title: Detection of elements responsible for stage- and tissue-specific expression of mouse Sry using an in vitro Cre/loxP system.
abstract: We have successfully specified essential sequences of the 5' upstream region for the stage- and tissue-specific expression of mouse Sry by using an in vitro Cre/loxP system. Sry/Cre plasmids carrying Sry 5' sequences of various sizes were transfected into the primary cultured cells from different tissues of CAG/loxP/CAT/loxP/LacZ transgenic fetuses on 11.5-day post coitus (dpc) or 13.5-dpc. Stage- and tissue-specific regulation of Sry expression was disrupted by the deletion of positions 7549-7660 (from -0.4 to -0.5 kb region). In vitro transcription assay also suggested that the region contains element(s) responsible for stage- and tissue-specific expression of mouse Sry. SRY promoter of Shiba goat (Capra hircus var Shiba), a native Japanese miniature goat, showed the tissue-specific activity in the cells from urogenital ridges of the male mouse, but not in the cells from female mice, indicating a possibly different mechanism among species in the regulation of Sry expression.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Applied Genetics, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. mito@tmh.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Kou
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yokouchi
authors.forename: Kunihiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Endo
authors.forename: Yoji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hakamata
authors.forename: Jun-Ichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Hideaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tojo
mesh_terms: D024506:5' Flanking Region; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006041:Goats / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006066:Gonads / Q000378:metabolism; D019426:Integrases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D051876:Sex-Determining Region Y Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051876:Sex-Determining Region Y Protein; C497746:Sry protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014764:Viral Proteins; C045073:Cre recombinase; D019426:Integrases