title: Identification of three transcriptional regulatory elements in the rat mitochondrial benzodiazepine receptor-encoding gene.
abstract: The sequence upstream from the first exon in the rat mitochondrial benzodiazepine receptor-encoding gene (MBR) was analyzed for transcriptional promoter activity by three techniques: promoter deletion analysis in vectors containing the gene cat encoding chloramphenicol acetyltransferase, electrophoretic mobility shift analysis (EMSA) and DNase I protection assay. All three methods are in uniformity with the identification of at least three regulatory elements corresponding to locations -51/-33, -267/-249 and -555/-526. The most distal and proximal domains are positive-acting, whereas the element at -267/-249 acts in a negative manner. The positive-acting -51/-33 element contains the middle of three consensus Sp1-recognition sequences found in this region of the gene. Binding of Y1 cell nuclear protein to a DNA fragment corresponding to this region of the gene is competed by a synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotide bearing the consensus Sp1-binding site sequence. These studies provide the first reported functional evidence localizing transcriptional elements of MBR.
authors.affiliation: Fidia-Georgetown Institute for the Neurosciences, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC 20007, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Oberto
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Longone
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Krueger
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000737:chemistry*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A / Q000235:genetics*; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011963:Receptors, GABA-A