Organization and characterization of the rat class 3 aldehyde dehydrogenase gene.
Expression of class 3 aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH-3) is constitutive or inducible, depending on the tissue. ALDH-3 induction occurs both during neoplastic development and after exposure to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD). In order to study the regulation of ALDH-3 gene expression, ALDH-3 genomic sequences have been obtained from normal rat genomic DNA. Two overlapping genomic fragments (ALDH-UTR-1 and ALDH-NL2) contain the entire ALDH-3 gene along with considerable 5'- and 3'-flanking sequences. The rat ALDH-3 gene spans approximately 9 kilobases in length and consists of eleven exons; ten coding and one 5'-noncoding. The region 5' to exon one contains several putative transcription factor binding elements which may be important in the TCDD inducibility of this gene. These include a xenobiotic response element (XRE), a drug response element (DRE), LAP and Ap1 binding sites, and one Sp1 site. There are considerable differences in organization between the rat and human class 3 ALDH genes. Primer extension and RNase protection analysis indicate that both basal and TCDD-inducible expression of the ALDH-3 gene utilize the same multiple transcription start sites.
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Vermillion 57069-2390.
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D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA; D005091:Exons; D015870:Gene Expression; D015698:Genomic Library; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015347:RNA Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D015347:RNA Probes; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D004247:DNA; D000444:Aldehyde Dehydrogenase