title: Isolation and characterization of the murine Nanog gene promoter.
abstract: Nanog protein is expressed in the interior cells of compacted morulae and maintained till epiblasts but downregulated by implantation stage. It is also expressed in embryonic stem cells, embryonic carcinoma cells and embryonic germ cells but disappeared in differentiated ES cells. In this study, we have isolated, sequenced, and performed the first characterization of the Nanog promoter. The transcription start sites were mapped by primer extension analysis. Two promoter regions were found upstream the transcription start sites and the expression of major Nanog promoter/reporter gene construct is abolished in differentiated F9 EC cells as compared to the undifferentiated counterpart. We also showed that a putative octamer motif (ATGCAAAA) is necessary for the major promoter activity. Gel shift and supershift assays showed that Oct-1, Oct-4 and Oct-6 protein selectively bind to the octamer motif.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. dywu@sibs.ac.cn
authors.forename: Da Yong
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D000071317:Nanog Homeobox Protein; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D050814:Octamer Transcription Factor-3 / Q000378:metabolism; D050816:Octamer Transcription Factor-6 / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D024363:Transcription Initiation Site
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D000071317:Nanog Homeobox Protein; C475540:Nanog protein, mouse; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; D050814:Octamer Transcription Factor-3; C494166:Pou2f1 protein, mouse; D050816:Octamer Transcription Factor-6