title: Transcriptional regulation of mouse delta-opioid receptor gene: role of Ets-1 in the transcriptional activation of mouse delta-opioid receptor gene.
abstract: Previously, we identified a minimum core promoter of the mouse delta-opioid receptor (DOR) gene. The DOR promoter contains an E-box that binds upstream stimulatory factor and is crucial for the DOR promoter activity in NS20Y cells, a mouse neuronal cell line that constitutively expresses DOR. In the present study, we further analyzed the DOR promoter in NS20Y cells and have demonstrated that transcription factor Ets-1 binds to an Ets-1-binding site overlapping the E-box and trans-activates the DOR promoter by synergizing with upstream stimulatory factor in specific DNA binding. In addition, the Ets-1 DNA-binding domain is sufficient to play the functional role of Ets-1 in trans-activating the DOR promoter. Furthermore, through in vivo cross-linking assays and Northern blot analyses, we have demonstrated that Ets-1 binds to the DOR promoter in the neonatal mouse brain and that overexpressed Ets-1 can significantly enhance the expression of DOR mRNA in primary neonatal mouse neuronal cells. Collectively, our data suggest that Ets-1 functions as a trans-activator of the DOR promoter in the neonatal mouse brain and thus may contribute to the development of the mouse brain DOR system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA. sunx0078@tc.umn.edu
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Loh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D051379:Mice; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D050784:Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; C494042:Ets1 protein, mouse; D050784:Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017465:Receptors, Opioid, delta; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I