title: Retinoid regulation of the zebrafish cyp26a1 promoter.
abstract: Cyp26A1 is a major enzyme that controls retinoic acid (RA) homeostasis by metabolizing RA into bio-inactive metabolites. Previous research revealed that the mouse Cyp26A1 promoter has two canonical RA response elements (RAREs) that underlie the regulation of the gene by RA. Analyzing the 2,533-base pairs (2.5 k) genomic sequence upstream of zebrafish cyp26a1 start codon, we report that the two RAREs are conserved in zebrafish cyp26a1 promoter. Mutagenesis demonstrated that the two RAREs work synergistically in RA inducibility of cyp26a1. Fusing the 2.5 k (kilobase pairs) fragment to the enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (eYFP) reporter gene, we have generated two transgenic lines of zebrafish [Tg(cyp26a1:eYFP)]. The transgenic zebrafish display expression patterns similar to that of cyp26a1 gene in vivo. Consistent with the in vitro results, the reporter activity is RA inducible in embryos. Taken together, our results demonstrate that the 2.5 k fragment underlies the regulation of the zebrafish cyp26a1 gene by RA.
authors.affiliation: Model Animal Research Center, MOE Key Laboratory of Model Animal for Disease Study, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China.
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Miao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Jie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Guangdong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Xingxing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.forename: Xiang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Elwood
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Linney
authors.forename: Qingshun
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Zhao
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D002460:Cell Line; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000235:genetics; D017930:Genes, Reporter / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D018716:Molecular Mimicry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D053220:Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000072516:Retinoic Acid 4-Hydroxylase; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000378:metabolism*; D015027:Zebrafish / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins
chemical_list: D053220:Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand; D029961:Zebrafish Proteins; D014212:Tretinoin; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; C000607080:Cyp26a1 protein, mouse; D000072516:Retinoic Acid 4-Hydroxylase; C000607085:cyp26a1 protein, zebrafish