title: Analysis of the sericin1 promoter and assisted detection of exogenous gene expression efficiency in the silkworm Bombyx mori L.
abstract: In genetics, the promoter is one of the most important regulatory elements controlling the spatiotemporal expression of a target gene. However, most studies have focused on core or proximal promoter regions, and information on regions that are more distant from the 5'-flanking region of the proximal promoter is often lacking. Here, approximately 4-kb of the sericin1 (Ser1) promoter was predicted to contain many potential transcriptional factor binding sites (TFBSs). Transgenic experiments have revealed that more TFBSs included in the promoter improved gene transcription. However, multi-copy proximal Ser1 promoter combinations did not improve gene expression at the transcriptional level. Instead, increasing the promoter copy number repressed transcription. Furthermore, a correlation analysis between two contiguous genes, firefly luciferase (FLuc) and EGFP, was conducted at the transcriptional level; a significant correlation was obtained regardless of the insertion site. The ELISA results also revealed a significant correlation between the transcriptional and translational EGFP levels. Therefore, the exogenous gene expression level can be predicted by simply detecting an adjacent EGFP. In conclusion, our results provide important insights for further investigations into the molecular mechanisms underlying promoter function. Additionally, a new approach was developed to quickly screen transgenic strains that highly express exogenous genes.
authors: College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China.
authors: Lupeng
authors: L
authors: Ye
authors: College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China.
authors: Qiujie
authors: Q
authors: Qian
authors: College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China.
authors: Yuyu
authors: Y
authors: Zhang
authors: College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China.
authors: Zhengying
authors: Z
authors: You
authors: College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China.
authors: Jiaqian
authors: J
authors: Che
authors: College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China.
authors: Jia
authors: J
authors: Song
authors: College of Animal Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, P. R. China.
authors: Boxiong
authors: B
authors: Zhong
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D012831:Bombyx / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D023061:Gene Order; D017344:Genes, Insect; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D019076:Transgenes
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