title: Promoter and upstream regulatory activities of the mouse cellular retinoic acid-binding protein-I gene.
abstract: The promoter and its upstream regulatory region of the mouse cellular retinoic acid-binding protein I (crabp-I) gene were examined in transgenic mouse embryos, a mouse embryonal carcinoma cell line P19, and a mouse embryonic fibroblast cell line 3T6. In transgenic mouse embryos, a beta-galactosidase reporter gene under the control of crabp-I promoter and its upstream regulatory region displayed a very specific pattern of expression characteristic of crabp-I gene expression during developmental stages. In tissue culture systems, the minimal promoter of this gene was identified, and regions containing positive and negative regulatory activities were dissected from the upstream 3-kilobase sequence using assays for transient reporter activity. It is concluded that the minimal promoter of the mouse crabp-I gene is located between 120 and 150 base pairs upstream from the transcription initiation site. Several cell type-specific positive and negative regulatory regions for this promoter have been identified. A region encoding a common negative regulatory activity in both P19 and 3T6 cells is also inhibitory to two heterologous promoters, and specific protein-DNA interactions between this DNA fragment and nuclear extracts of P19 and 3T6 are demonstrated by gel retardation experiments.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D004622:Embryo, Mammalian; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D013937:Thymidine Kinase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000378:metabolism; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C082927:retinoic acid binding protein I, cellular; D014212:Tretinoin; D013937:Thymidine Kinase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase