title: Biolistic transformation of Schistosoma mansoni with 5' flanking regions of two peptidase genes promotes tissue-specific expression.
abstract: The gene-regulatory elements controlling peptidase expression in Schistosoma mansoni are unknown. A genomic DNA library was constructed from which 5' flanking fragments of the cathepsins F (SmCF; 649 bp) and B2 (SmCB2; 810 bp) peptidase genes were isolated. These were cloned into a GFP-expression vector for biolistic transformation of schistosomes. Both fragments promoted expression of GFP that was localised in the gut for SmCF and tegument for SmCB2, consistent with previous immunochemical data. Promoter-deletion of the SmCF gene indicated the importance of one or more transcription factor binding sites in the first 169 bp for both GFP-expression and its tissue specificity.
authors.affiliation: Insitute for Genetics, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: Volker
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Wippersteg
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sajid
authors.forename: Deirdre
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Walshe
authors.forename: Dustin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Khiem
authors.forename: Jason P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Salter
authors.forename: James H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: McKerrow
authors.forename: Christoph G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Grevelding
authors.forename: Conor R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Caffrey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D019470:Biolistics / Q000379:methods; D002401:Cathepsin B / Q000235:genetics; D056646:Cathepsin F; D002403:Cathepsins / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017353:Gene Deletion; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D015723:Gene Library; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007422:Intestines; D049408:Luminescent Agents; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D014170:Transformation, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D049408:Luminescent Agents; D014157:Transcription Factors; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins; D002403:Cathepsins; D002401:Cathepsin B; D056646:Cathepsin F