title: Rat lactase-phlorizin hydrolase/human growth hormone transgene is expressed on small intestinal villi in transgenic mice.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH) is an absorptive enterocyte-specific gene that is expressed in a well-characterized pattern along the cryptvillus (vertical), proximal-distal (horizontal), and developmental (temporal) gradients. The aim of this study was to characterize the capacity of regulatory elements within the rat LPH gene to direct appropriate cell lineage and topographical patterns of expression in vivo in transgenic mice.
  
  
  METHODS
  Transgenic mouse lines were established using a construction containing bases -2038 to +15 of the rat LPH gene fused to a human growth hormone reporter gene.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In one line, the transgene was expressed only in small intestine and was localized to absorptive enterocytes on villi. The transgene was not expressed in goblet or enteroendocrine cells or in crypts. Transgene expression along horizontal and developmental gradients was different from that of the native mouse LPH gene.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results suggest that the region from -2038 to +15 of the rat LPH gene contains regulatory elements that direct correct tissue, cell, and vertical expression but may not contain all the elements necessary for appropriate horizontal and temporal control. This investigation provides further insight into the complexities of the molecular control of intestinal gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Boston Floating Hospital, New England Medical Center Hospitals, Massachusetts, USA. skrasinski@es.nemc.org
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Krasinski
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Upchurch
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Irons
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: June
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mishra
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Grand
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Verhave
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000254:growth & development / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D015870:Gene Expression; D019382:Human Growth Hormone / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D010694:Lactase-Phlorizin Hydrolase / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic / Q000235:genetics; D008871:Microvilli / Q000502:physiology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D019076:Transgenes
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019382:Human Growth Hormone; D010694:Lactase-Phlorizin Hydrolase