title: Identification of a murine homolog of the human adenosine deaminase thymic enhancer.
abstract: We have identified a 236-bp first intron segment of the mouse adenosine deaminase gene (ADA) that shares 71.1% identity with the human ADA thymic enhancer. This segment has the same natural orientation as the human enhancer and a relative location within the first intron very analogous to that of the human enhancer. Four highly conserved regions were defined within this segment, including a 72-bp region having 83.6% identity with a segment containing the critical human enhancer core. Several consensus binding sequences were also conserved within these regions. Transient transfection assays in human and murine T-cell lines revealed that a 1.8-kb murine genomic fragment harboring the 236-bp segment functions as a weak activator of both the human and mouse ADA promoters. In contrast, a 2.3-kb human enhancer fragment exhibited high-level activation in conjunction with either the human or mouse ADA promoter in both the MOLT 4 (human) and S49 (murine) T-cell lines. Interestingly, the murine ADA promoter is significantly stronger than the human promoter in driving cat expression in transient transfection assays in all the T-cell lines tested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH, USA.
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Brickner
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Gossage
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Dusing
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Wiginton
mesh_terms: D000243:Adenosine Deaminase / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000201:enzymology; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000201:enzymology; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000243:Adenosine Deaminase