title: Yellow fever mosquito sterol carrier protein-2 gene structure and transcriptional regulation.
abstract: AeSCP-2, a sterol carrier protein, is involved in sterol trafficking in mosquitoes. The activity of the AeSCP-2 gene is important for mosquito development. An earlier study demonstrated that the transcription of this gene was upregulated by 20-hydroxyecdysone (20E) in cultured gut tissues. To investigate 20E-regulated transcription of the AeSCP-2 gene we truncated the upstream flanking region of AeSCP-2 gene and linked it to a reporter gene. The mosquito Aag-2 cell line was transfected with these promoter/reporter constructs and treated with 20E at various concentrations. Expression vectors of different transcription factors such as HR3 and beta FTZ-F1 were also co-transfected with the AeSCP-2 promoter/reporter constructs. The observed results demonstrated that varied combinations of transcription factors produce different promoter activities of the AeSCP-2 gene. This observation leads us to the conclusion that the partnership of transcription factors is crucial in regulating the transcriptional activity of the AeSCP-2 gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Entomology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Vyazunova
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Lan
mesh_terms: D000330:Aedes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D030801:Animals, Genetically Modified; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004441:Ecdysterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D017344:Genes, Insect / Q000187:drug effects; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics; D054339:Steroidogenic Factor 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D046509:Tissue Culture Techniques; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; C409663:HR3 protein, Aedes aegypti; D019476:Insect Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D054339:Steroidogenic Factor 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C072087:sterol carrier proteins; D004441:Ecdysterone; D004247:DNA