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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-10-21
pubmed:abstractText
Spermatogenesis is a complex process that occurs in successive mitotic, meiotic and post-meiotic phases and involves a highly regulated selective gene-expression pattern. However, this process has not been well characterised at the gene expression level due to the absence of germinal cell lines. We previously demonstrated that the rat skeletal muscle-specific gene for the glycolytic enzyme phosphoglycerate mutase is also specifically expressed in meiotic and haploid male germ cells from testis (12). To analyse the promoter elements that regulate the transcription of the phosphoglycerate mutase m gene (pgam-m)during spermatogenesis, we developed transgenic mice for a construct containing 1.3 kb from the pgam-m promoter linked to the Escherichia coli LacZ gene. RNA analysis by retrotranscription and PCR amplification of transgene expression showed transcriptional activity in the testis with a pattern during testis development that was identical to the endogenous gene. The transgene was also active in skeletal muscle but not in the adult heart in all the transgenic lines analysed. Collectively, these studies demonstrate that the 1.3 kb pgam-m promoter contains sufficient sequences to specify temporally regulated testis-specific expression as well as skeletal-muscle expression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
263
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
244-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Lac Operon, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Male, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Phosphoglycerate Mutase, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Spermatogenesis, pubmed-meshheading:10486284-Testis
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
A 1.3-kb upstream 5' region of the rat phosphoglycerate mutase m gene confers testis and skeletal muscle-specific expression in transgenic mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Departament de Ciències Fisiològiques II, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't