title: Structure and expression of the mouse AhR nuclear translocator (mArnt) gene.
abstract: Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) nuclear translocator (Arnt) gene has been isolated and characterized from a mouse genomic DNA library. The gene is about 60 kilobases long and split into 22 exons. An unusual exon/intron junctional sequence was found in the 11th intron of the gene that begins with GC at its 5'-end. The exon/intron arrangement of mArnt gene differs greatly from those of the other members of the same basic-helix-loop-helix/PAS family. The gene is TATA-less and has several transcription start sites. The promoter region of the mArnt gene is GC-rich and contains a number of putative regulatory DNA sequences such as two GC-boxes, a cAMP-responsive element, E-box, AP-1 site, and CAAT-box. Deletion experiments revealed that all these DNA elements made substantial contributions to a high level of expression of the gene, except for the cAMP-responsive element. Of all, two GC-boxes displayed the most dominant enhancing effects. It was demonstrated that there exist specific factors binding to these DNA elements in the nuclear extracts of HeLa cells. Among them, Sp1 and Sp3, and CAAT-box binding factor-A were identified to bind the GC-boxes and CAAT-box, respectively. Expression of MyoD in HeLa cells stimulated the Arnt promoter activity by binding to the E-box.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: J X
authors.initials: JX
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mimura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sogawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii-Kuriyama
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D051784:Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator; D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D015698:Genomic Library; D006367:HeLa Cells; D018257:Helix-Loop-Helix Motifs; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017570:MyoD Protein / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: C497396:ARNT protein, human; C497397:Arnt protein, mouse; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D017570:MyoD Protein; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051784:Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator