title: DNA sequence requirements for Ah receptor/Arnt recognition determined by in vitro transcription.
abstract: The enhancer of the mouse cytochrome P450 cyp1a1 gene, which contains six binding sites (A-F) for the Ah receptor (AhR), has been a useful model system for studying the mechanism of AhR-mediated activation of transcription. In the presence of ligand, AhR interacts with its dimerization partner, Arnt, and the heteromeric complex is able to bind DNA. In the present study, we test the effects of single base pair substitutions of site D on the ability of the AhR/Arnt heteromer to recognize this response element using an in vitro transcription system. Synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides corresponding to the wild-type sequence of site D, or single base pair mutations of that sequence, were used to compete for AhR/Arnt binding with the transcription template. Using this competition assay, the sequence of the core recognition motif 5'-GCGTG-3' was shown to be critical for AhR/Arnt binding, and the importance of the position and orientation of the G:C and A:T base pairs of this sequence was determined.
authors.affiliation: Scripps Research Institute, Department of Immunology, La Jolla, CA 92037.
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: McLane
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Whitlock
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D051784:Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018257:Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C497397:Arnt protein, mouse; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051784:Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System