title: Characterization of an element within the rat parathyroid hormone/parathyroid hormone-related peptide receptor gene promoter that enhances expression in osteoblastic osteosarcoma 17/2.8 cells.
abstract: Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and PTH-related peptide (PTHrP) mediate their actions via a common G-protein-coupled receptor. High levels of PTH/PTHrP receptor expression have been detected in many tissues including bone and kidney. This study has demonstrated specific PTH/PTHrP receptor expression from the U3 promoter in the osteoblastic osteosarcoma ROS 17/2.8 cell line, which expresses the endogenous PTH/PTHrP receptor, compared to rat 2 fibroblasts which do not express the endogenous PTH/PTHrP receptor gene. Transient transfection studies revealed cell-specific expression of a construct containing 4391 bp of DNA upstream of exon U3 of the PTH/PTHrP receptor gene fused to a luciferase reporter gene. Deletion mapping of the 5' region of U3 revealed that a construct containing 206 bp upstream of U3 confers cell-specific expression. These data suggest that cell-specific expression in ROS 17/2.8 involves cell-specific elements within the PTH/PTHrP receptor promoter.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000235:genetics*; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D044168:Receptor, Parathyroid Hormone, Type 1; D018016:Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured