title: A strong inhibitory element down-regulates SRE-stimulated transcription of the A3 cytoplasmic actin gene of Bombyx mori.
abstract: To identify the functional regulatory elements of the promoter of the cytoplasmic actin A3 gene in Bombyx mori, transient expression of A3-LacZ mutants was assayed in cultured Lepidoptera cells. This led to the recognition of two proximal and contiguous domains exerting strong negative and positive effects, respectively on promoter activity. The negative region contains a ten-base-pair sequence that binds Bombyx silk gland cell nuclear proteins in vitro. The positive regulatory element was identified as a serum response element (SRE) by its sequence, and its in vitro binding properties. Moreover, structural analysis of posterior and median silk gland cell chromatin by dimethyl sulfate-aided LMPCR revealed that SRE is bound to its cognate factor in situ, in most, if not all, the approximately 100,000 A3 copies of the polyploid DNA stock. The regulation of the A3 promoter in the silk gland would thus result from the combined action of these two antagonist factors.
authors.affiliation: Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, CNRS-UMR 5534 43, Villeurbanne, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mangé
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Julien
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Prudhomme
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Couble
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D012831:Bombyx / Q000235:genetics*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000235:genetics; D018983:DNA Footprinting; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D005088:Exocrine Glands / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017344:Genes, Insect; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D026362:Serum Response Factor; D018411:Spodoptera / Q000166:cytology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D002843:Chromatin; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D026362:Serum Response Factor