title: Comparison of genomic and cDNA sequences of guinea pig CYP2B18 and rat CYP2B2: absence of a phenobarbital-responsive enhancer module in the upstream region of the CYP2B18 gene.
abstract: Potential mechanisms were investigated whereby CYP2B18, a cytochrome P450 gene exhibiting high constitutive expression but only low levels of phenobarbital-inducibility in the guinea pig liver, may be differentially regulated versus the highly inducible rat CYP2B2 gene. To comparatively assess potential regulatory sequences associated with CYP2B18, a guinea pig genomic library was screened enabling isolation of the CYP2B18 gene. The genomic screening process resulted in the identification of at least four closely-related CYP2B18 genes, designated here as CYP2B18A-D. Of these isolates, CYP2B18A exhibited sequence identical to that of the CYP2B18 cDNA. Further, the deduced amino acid sequence of the CYP2B18 cDNA was identical to that of N-terminal and internally-derived peptide sequences obtained in this investigation from CYP2B18 protein isolated from guinea pig liver. Genomic structural sequences were derived for CYP2B18A, together with the respective 5'-upstream and intronic regions of the gene. Comparison of the CYP2B18A and CYP2B2 gene sequences revealed the lack of repetitive LINE gene sequences in CYP2B18A, putative silencing elements that effect neighboring genes, although these sequences were present in both 5'-upstream and 3'-downstream regions of CYP2B2. We determined that the phenobarbital-responsive enhancer module was absent from the 5'-upstream region as well as the intronic regions of CYP2B18A gene. We hypothesize that the compromised phenobarbital inducibility of CYP2B18A stems from its lack of a functional phenobarbital responsive enhancer module.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan.
authors.forename: Midori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mise
authors.forename: Sanae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: Shoich
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Noriko
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gohyama
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ishida
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sagara
authors.forename: Curtis J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Omiecinski
authors.forename: Kazuta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oguri
authors.forename: Hideyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamada
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002999:Clone Cells; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics*; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D005091:Exons; D016678:Genome; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D007438:Introns; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D001189:Aryl Hydrocarbon Hydroxylases; C025619:steroid 16-beta-hydroxylase; D010634:Phenobarbital