title: A PDE6A promoter fragment directs transcription predominantly in the photoreceptor.
abstract: Rod photoreceptor cGMP phosphodiesterase (PDE6) is a key enzyme in the phototransduction cascade. Lines of transgenic mice were established to determine the spatial expression pattern directed by an upstream fragment of the PDE6A gene. RT-PCR analysis showed that three of four lines analyzed transcribed the transgene predominantly in the retina and weakly in brain. The line showing no transgene transcription did not contain an intact transgene. Transcription of the transgene in the three lines was found in retina and weakly in brain, but not in heart, kidney, liver, or lung. Transcripts were most predominant in the photoreceptors of the retina. These results demonstrate that a short segment of the upstream region of the PDE6A gene comprises a functional promoter that is most active in photoreceptors.
authors.affiliation: Vision Science Research Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294-4390, USA.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Shows
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pittler
mesh_terms: D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D054707:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 6; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D005136:Eye Proteins; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017948:Retinal Rod Photoreceptor Cells / Q000201:enzymology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D005136:Eye Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015106:3',5'-Cyclic-GMP Phosphodiesterases; D054707:Cyclic Nucleotide Phosphodiesterases, Type 6; C498747:Pde6a protein, mouse