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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-7-27
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
In fucosyltransferase genes, mRNA expression is regulated in a cell-type-specific manner. The expression level of human fucosyltransferase 4 (FUT4) mRNA is high in both colon adenocarcinoma and myeloid cell lines. We will demonstrate here cell-specific expression and transcriptional regulation of the FUT4 gene. FUT4 has two different transcription initiation sites that respectively produce long- and short-form mRNAs. To determine the major FUT4 transcript in colon adenocarcinoma and myeloid cell lines, we analyzed the transcriptional starting sites of the FUT4 gene in myeloid and colon adenocarcinoma cell lines, using 5'-RACE, RT-PCR, and luciferase analysis. The results suggested that the expression level of short-form mRNA is higher than the long-form transcript in the colon adenocarcinoma cell lines and that the expression level of long-form mRNA is higher than the short-form transcript in the myeloid cell lines. Using a luciferase assay, we identified a functional DNA portion within FUT4 genomic DNA that confers a colon adenocarcinoma cell line-specific enhancer, located in nucleotide number (nt) -256 to -44, and a myeloid cell line-specific enhancer, located in nt -686 to -582. The present results suggest that these elements play a critical role in the colon adenocarcinoma and leukemia cell-specific transcriptional regulation of the FUT4 gene.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
24
pubmed:volume
273
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
370-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Colonic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Fucosyltransferases, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Leukemia, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:10873613-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression and transcriptional regulation of the human alpha1, 3-fucosyltransferase 4 (FUT4) gene in myeloid and colon adenocarcinoma cell lines.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, 2-2-1, Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba, 274-8510, Japan. taniaki@phar.toho-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article