title: Identification and sequencing of pineal-specific enhancing region in the mouse tryptophan hydroxylase promoter.
abstract: Pineal-specific expression of the tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH) gene has been demonstrated by a number of studies. However, little is known about the regulatory mechanism for pineal-specific expression of the TPH gene. To identify the cis-acting region responsible for pineal-specific expression of the TPH gene, we investigated a 6.1-kb 5'-flanking region of the mouse TPH gene using an immortalized pineal cell line (PGT-beta) derived from transgenic mice. By deletion analysis, it was demonstrated that the pineal-specific enhancing region resides approximately between -6.1 and -4.7 kb upstream from the transcription initiation site of the mouse TPH gene. Additionally, nucleotide sequence analysis of this region showed that the (AC/TG)22 repetitive sequence is located approximately -5.78 kb upstream of the mouse TPH gene, and several known tissue-specific cis-acting elements, such as Pit-1 and the pituitary specific element (PSE), have also been identified in the region. We believe that the analysis of the sequence and several cis-acting elements in the pineal-specific enhancing region of the mouse TPH promoter would enhance our understanding of the precise mechanism of pineal-specific expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, Kohwang Medical Research Institute, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Yim
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Huh
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000201:enzymology*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014162:Transfection; D014365:Tryptophan Hydroxylase / Q000235:genetics*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D014365:Tryptophan Hydroxylase