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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-4-20
pubmed:abstractText
Regulation of the lens-specific betaB1-crystallin promoter in Xenopus laevis was investigated using transgenic larvae and tadpoles. Comparison of the promoter sequence with that of chicken betaB1-crystallin gene indicates significant sequence similarity over a span of several hundred base pairs starting from the transcriptional start site. Remarkably, PL-1 and PL-2 sequences identified in the chicken promoter as essential binding sites of MAF, Pax6 and Prox1 transcription factors were conserved. Mutations of X (Xenopus) PL-1 and XPL-2 sequences eliminated the promoter activity, indicating a conserved mechanism regulating betaB1-crystallin promoter among vertebrate species. A stepwise deletion of the promoter sequence starting from 2800 bp indicated that the proximal 260 bp directly upstream of the transcription initiation site is sufficient for eliciting lens-specific expression, but the 150 bp promoter sequence is inactive despite it containing the XPL-1 and XPL-2 sequences, suggesting the presence of an additional and essential regulatory sequence located between -150 and -260 bp. Activity of the betaB1-crystallin promoter during lens regeneration from cornea was examined using transgenic tadpoles and found to have the same dependence on promoter regions as in embryonic lens development, indicating that gene regulation is largely shared by the two lens-generating processes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0012-1592
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
47
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
131-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Larva, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Lens, Crystalline, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Mutagenesis, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Regeneration, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Sequence Alignment, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Sequence Analysis, DNA, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-Xenopus laevis, pubmed-meshheading:15839998-beta-Crystallin B Chain
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Requirement for betaB1-crystallin promoter of Xenopus laevis in embryonic lens development and lens regeneration.
pubmed:affiliation
Differentiation Transition Group, Kondoh Differentiation Signaling Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Kyoto 606-8305, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't