title: Cloning and functional analysis of the mouse 5-lipoxygenase promoter.
abstract: 5-lipoxygenase (ALOX5), an enzyme essential for the formation of all leukotrienes, is highly regulated at multiple levels, including gene transcription. The human ALOX5 promoter sequence has been cloned and is well characterized. Several important cis-acting elements have been identified including a G+C-rich sequence approximately 145-179 base pairs (bp) upstream from the ATG start codon. This region contains consensus-binding sites for the transcription factor serum protein 1, a zinc-finger transcription factor (SP1) and early growth-response protein 1, a zinc-finger transcription factor (EGR-1) and is unique in that functionally significant polymorphisms alter these sequences. To further understand the significance of these polymorphisms and other regulatory sequences in the promoter we cloned approximately 2,000 bp of the mouse promoter sequence from a 129/SvJ BAC library for direct comparison with the human gene. Like the human promoter, the mouse Alox5 promoter lacks a TATA box and has multiple start sites. The first 292 bp immediately upstream of the translational start site function as a core promoter that is capable of mediating high basal transcription in RAW cells but not 3T3 cells. There are vast differences in the distribution of consensus cis elements between human and mouse genes; however, three areas of strong homology exist and they contain consensus-binding sites for the SP1, GATA, GGAGA, and ETS family of transcription factors. We show that Sp1/Sp3 is essential for constitutive promoter-reporter activity.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary and Critical Care Division and Genetics Division, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: Eric S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Silverman
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Rebecca M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Baron
authors.forename: Arlene
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hallock
authors.forename: Josephine
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hjoberg
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shikanai
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Storm van's Gravesande
authors.forename: Philip E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Auron
authors.forename: Weining
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008264:Macrophages / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010455:Peptides / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D051705:Sp3 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D024363:Transcription Initiation Site
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D010455:Peptides; C497121:SP3 protein, human; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor; C497122:Sp3 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; C086597:lambda Spi-1; D051705:Sp3 Transcription Factor; D001094:Arachidonate 5-Lipoxygenase