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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-1-28
pubmed:abstractText
In vivo analyses of the VWF promoter previously demonstrated that a fragment spanning sequences -487 to +247 targets promoter activation to brain vascular endothelial cells, whereas a longer fragment including 2182 bp of the 5'-flanking sequences, the first exon, and the first intron activated expression in endothelial cells of the heart and muscles as well as the brain of transgenic mice. These results suggested that additional VWF gene sequences were required for expression in other vascular endothelial cells in vivo. We have now identified a region within intron 51 of the VWF gene that is DNase I-hypersensitive (HSS) specifically in non-endothelial cells and interacts with endothelial and non-endothelial specific complexes that contain YY1. We demonstrate that beta-actin is associated with YY1 specifically in the nucleus of non-endothelial cells and is a component of the nuclear protein complexes that interact with the DNase I-hypersensitive region. In vitro transfection analyses demonstrated that HSS sequences containing this YY1-binding site do not significantly affect VWF promoter activity. However, in vivo analyses demonstrated that addition of these sequences to the VWF promoter (-487 to +247) results in promoter activation in lung and brain vascular endothelial cells. These results demonstrate that the HSS sequences in intron 51 of the VWF gene contain cis-acting elements that are necessary for the VWF gene transcription in a subset of lung endothelial cells in vivo.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
283
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2741-50
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Deoxyribonuclease I, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Endothelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Introns, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Lac Operon, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Mice, Transgenic, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Organ Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-Sheep, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-YY1 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:18048367-von Willebrand Factor
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Sequences in intron 51 of the von Willebrand factor gene target promoter activation to a subset of lung endothelial cells in transgenic mice.
pubmed:affiliation
Biology Department, Allegheny College, Meadville, PA 16335, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural