title: The human growth hormone receptor gene - characterisation of the liver-specific promoter.
abstract: Several variants (V1-V8) have been described for the 5' untranslated region of human growth hormone receptor cDNA (Pekhletsky, R.I., Chernov B.K., Rubtsov, P.M., 1992. Variants of the 5'-untranslated sequence of human growth hormone receptor mRNA. Mol. Cell. Endocrinol. 90, 103-109). Transcription of one of these, variant V1, is under the control of a liver-specific promoter (Zou, L., Burmeister L.A., Sperling, M.A., 1997. Isolation of a liver-specific promoter for human growth hormone receptor gene. Endocrinology 138, 1771-1774). Further characterisation of this promoter shows that: (1) a cluster of exon 1 variants, which includes that coding for V1, is located about 13 kb upstream of the first coding exon; (2) the human V1 promoter (and not V7, as previously suggested) is homologous to liver-specific regulatory regions of rat and mouse GH receptor genes; (3) the transcription start site for V1 is 27 bp further upstream than previously reported; (4) a 158-bp sequence is sufficient for basal promoter activity, while larger constructs provide evidence for negative elements further upstream; and (5) nuclear proteins from HepG2 hepatoma cells protect regions of the V1 promoter from DNase digestion, revealing putative regulatory sites.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine, Bristol Royal Infirmary, University of Bristol, Marlborough Street, Bristol, UK.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Rivers
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Norman
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018983:DNA Footprinting; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D005091:Exons; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012756:Sheep; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D017931:DNA Primers; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin