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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-30
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
As an initial step to study the function of the gene encoding the human neuropeptide FF (NPFF), we cloned a 4.7-kb sequence from the promoter region. Primer extension and 5'-rapid amplification of cDNA ends revealed multiple transcription initiation sites. Northern blot analysis of the mRNA expression revealed a specific signal only in poly(A) + RNA from medulla and spinal cord. Chimeric luciferase reporter gene constructs were transiently transfected in A549, U-251 MG, SK-N-SH, SK-N-AS and PC12 cells. The promoter activity was directly comparable with the level of endogenous NPFF mRNA as determined by real-time quantitative RT-PCR. The highest promoter activity was measured when a region from - 552 to - 830 bp of the 5'-flanking region was fused to the constructs, and a potential silencer element was localized between nucleotides -220 and -551. A twofold increase in NPFF mRNA was observed after 72 h of nerve growth factor stimulation of PC12 cells and the region between - 61 and - 214 bp of the 5'-flanking region was found to be responsive to this stimulation. We postulate that control of human NPFF gene expression is the result of both positive and negative regulatory elements and the use of multiple transcription initiation sites.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
82
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1330-42
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12354280-3' Untranslated Regions, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-5' Flanking Region, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Oligopeptides, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-PC12 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Transcription Initiation Site, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12354280-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Analysis of human neuropeptide FF gene expression.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Abo Akademi University, Biocity, Turku, Finland.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't