title: Full-length cDNA cloning and genomic organization of the mouse liver-specific organic anion transporter-1 (lst-1).
abstract: We have cloned a cDNA that codes for mouse liver-specific transporter-1, mouse lst-1. The cDNA is comprised of 3296 base pairs and it contains a coding sequence for a protein of 689 amino acids with 12 putative transmembrane domains. The deduced amino acid sequence of the mouse lst-1 shares 64 and 77% identities with the reported human and rat lsts, respectively. Northern blot analysis demonstrates that mouse lst-1 mRNA is expressed exclusively in liver. We also report here the structural organization of the mouse lst-1 gene as the first evidence for the structure of a gene encoding an lst. The mouse lst-1 gene spans approximately 60 kbp in length and consists of 16 exons, including two noncoding exons. All the introns are flanked by GT-AG consensus splice sequences. 5'-Rapid Amplification of cDNA Ends (RACE) analyses demonstrate three splice variant mRNAs involving the noncoding exon 2 and exon 3. The 5'-flanking region of the gene contains consensus CAAT and TATA boxes and several potential binding sites for transcription factors for CAAT enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) and hepatocyte nuclear factors (HNF-3beta, HFH-1, and HFH-2), transcription factors important for liver-specific gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7417, USA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Choudhuri
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Klaassen
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D027321:Anion Transport Proteins; D001483:Base Sequence; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010802:Phylogeny; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D020218:Response Elements / Q000235:genetics; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D016385:TATA Box / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D027321:Anion Transport Proteins; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors