title: Critical regulatory domains in intron 2 of a porcine sarcomeric myosin heavy chain gene.
abstract: The porcine sarcomeric fast 2a myosin heavy chain (MyHC) gene was previously found to require a region extending 3' from the transcriptional start site for high levels of expression. Here we established the existence of two novel opposing regulatory domains in intron 2. A positive regulatory element, defined to a 75bp region, resembles a TATA-less intronic promoter, with a consensus transcription initiation element. It can up-regulate its endogenous or a heterologous muscle promoter in a position specific manner, and on its own drive a reporter gene. In tandem with it is a dominant negative regulatory element, localised to a 81bp region, which can down-regulate its native gene and a heterologous muscle promoter. Bandshift and DNase I footprinting assays demonstrated that specific nuclear factors bound to both regulatory elements are distinctly different. Both elements appear to have no counterpart in intron 2 of the porcine fast 2x and 2b MyHC genes. Taken together, we demonstrate for the first time that a 5'-end terminal intron of a sarcomeric MyHC gene contains two critical regulatory domains, which may be involved in the complexity of temporo-spatial expression.
authors: Veterinary Molecular Medicine Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Glasgow. k.chang@vet.gla.ac.uk
authors: K C
authors: KC
authors: Chang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics; D016189:Dystrophin / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000502:physiology*; D005809:Genes, Regulator / Q000502:physiology*; D007438:Introns / Q000502:physiology*; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D012518:Sarcomeres / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013552:Swine; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D016189:Dystrophin; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D018995:Myosin Heavy Chains