The cis-regulatory system of the tbrain gene: Alternative use of multiple modules to promote skeletogenic expression in the sea urchin embryo.
The genomic cis-regulatory systems controlling regulatory gene expression usually include multiple modules. The regulatory output of such systems at any given time depends on which module is directing the function of the basal transcription apparatus, and ultimately on the transcription factor inputs into that module. Here we examine regulation of the Strongylocentrotus purpuratus tbrain gene, a required activator of the skeletogenic specification state in the lineage descendant from the embryo micromeres. Alternate cis-regulatory modules were found to convey skeletogenic expression in reporter constructs. To determine their relative developmental functions in context, we made use of recombineered BAC constructs containing a GFP reporter and of derivatives from which specific modules had been deleted. The outputs of the various constructs were observed spatially by GFP fluorescence and quantitatively over time by QPCR. In the context of the complete genomic locus, early skeletogenic expression is controlled by an intron enhancer plus a proximal region containing a HesC site as predicted from network analysis. From ingression onward, however, a dedicated distal module utilizing positive Ets1/2 inputs contributes to definitive expression in the skeletogenic mesenchyme. This module also mediates a newly discovered negative Erg input which excludes non-skeletogenic mesodermal expression.
Wahl
Mary E
ME
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Hahn
Julie
J
Gora
Kasia
K
Davidson
Eric H
EH
Oliveri
Paola
P
D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D022202:Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial; D017931:DNA Primers; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D005809:Genes, Regulator; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D007438:Introns; D009154:Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D047270:Strongylocentrotus purpuratus / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*
D017931:DNA Primers; D014157:Transcription Factors; D049452:Green Fluorescent Proteins
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