title: Sequence and characterisation of the RET proto-oncogene 5' flanking region: analysis of retinoic acid responsiveness at the transcriptional level.
abstract: The RET proto-oncogene encodes a receptor tyrosine kinase expressed during neural crest development. RET expression is enhanced in vitro by several differentiating agents, including retinoic acid (RA), which up-regulates RET expression in neuroblastoma cell lines. In the present work we sequenced and analysed a 5 kbp genomic fragment 5' to RET. Three deletion fragments of this region were tested for their RA inducibility in transient transfection assays and failed to support the hypothesis of a direct transcriptional activation. Finally, our functional analysis of a candidate RA response element present in the RET promoter provides new hints for the understanding of the interaction between nuclear receptors and their specific recognition sites.
authors.affiliation: Università di Genova, Facoltà di Medicina e Laboratorio di Genetica Molecolare, Istituto G. Gaslini, Genoa, Italy. genetica@unige.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Patrone
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Puliti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bocciardi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ravazzolo
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Romeo
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009447:Neuroblastoma; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000235:genetics*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014212:Tretinoin; D051096:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ret; D020794:Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; C416649:Ret protein, Drosophila