Transcriptional activity of the short gastrulation primary enhancer in the ventral midline requires its early activity in the presumptive neurogenic ectoderm.
The short gastrulation (sog) shadow enhancer directs early and late sog expression in the neurogenic ectoderm and the ventral midline of the developing Drosophila embryo, respectively. Here, evidence is presented that the sog primary enhancer also has both activities, with the late enhancer activity dependent on the early activity. Computational analyses showed that the sog primary enhancer contains five Dorsal (Dl)-, four Zelda (Zld)-, three Bicoid (Bcd)-, and no Single-minded (Sim)-binding sites. In contrast to many ventral midline enhancers, the primary enhancer can direct lacZ expression in the ventral midline as well as in the neurogenic ectoderm without a canonical Simbinding site. Intriguingly, the impaired transcriptional synergy between Dl and either Zld or Bcd led to aberrant and abolished lacZ expression in the neurogenic ectoderm and in the ventral midline, respectively. These findings suggest that the two enhancer activities of the sog primary enhancer are functionally consolidated and geographically inseparable. [BMB Reports 2016; 49(10): 572-577].
Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Korea.
Dong-Hyeon
DH
Shin
Graduate School of East-West Medical Science, Kyung Hee University, Yongin 17104, Korea.
Joung-Woo
JW
Hong
D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D019295:Computational Biology; D004330:Drosophila / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004475:Ectoderm / Q000378:metabolism*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000378:metabolism; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D016296:Mutagenesis; D055495:Neurogenesis; D052156:SELEX Aptamer Technique; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C091428:sog protein, Drosophila