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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-5-19
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The human alcohol dehydrogenase 5 gene (ADH5) differs from all other human alcohol dehydrogenase genes in its ubiquitous expression, although there are tissue-specific differences in the level of expression. To understand the expression of ADH5, we characterized the structure and function of its 5' region by DNase I foot-printing and transient transfection assays. The region from base pair (bp) -34 to +61, flanking the major transcription start site, had strong promoter activity in three different cell lines: HeLa, H4IIE-C3, and CV-1, and could explain the ubiquitous expression. Two Sp1 sites within that region are footprinted by nuclear extracts from all tissues and cells tested. There are sites further upstream that show cell- and tissue-specific differences in both their patterns of occupancy and their effects on promoter activity. The region between bp -34 and -64 strongly increases promoter activity in H4IIE-C3 cells, weakly activates in CV-1 cells, but has no effect in HeLa cells. The region between bp -127 and -163 is a positive element in both HeLa cells and CV-1 cells, but is a negative regulatory element in H4IIE-C3 cells. These differences in part explain the levels of expression of ADH5 in various tissues. Two regions (bp -64 to -127 and bp -163 to -365) contain negative regulatory elements that reduce promoter activity in all three cells. The 5'-nontranslated region of ADH5 contains two upstream ATGs. Insertion of 12 bp within the putative coding region of these upstream ATGs led to a 1.6-2.3-fold increase in activity. This suggests that the 5'-nontranslated region has regulatory significance.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
270
pubmed:geneSymbol
ADH5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9002-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Alcohol Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Cercopithecus aethiops, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Protein Biosynthesis, pubmed-meshheading:7721811-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Cell-specific function of cis-acting elements in the regulation of human alcohol dehydrogenase 5 gene expression and effect of the 5'-nontranslated region.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis 46202-5122, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.