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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
39
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-10-15
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
PAX2, a member of the PAX gene family of developmental transcription factors, is expressed at high levels in the developing eyes, ears, central nervous and urogenital systems, as well as in Wilms' tumor and renal cell carcinoma. Expression of PAX2 in the urogenital system is associated with proliferating cells of the ureteric bud and the differentiating nephrogenic mesenchyme. To date, little is known about the molecular mechanisms controlling the regulation of PAX2 expression. This report describes the cloning and characterization of the human PAX2 gene promoter and localization of the transcription start sites in fetal kidney and Wilms' tumor. We identified two transcription start sites in a Wilms' tumor sample, which were found to be different from that in fetal kidney. The activity of a deletion series of the PAX2 promoter was assessed in NIH-3T3, COS-7, 293, and Madin-Darby canine kidney cells. Although some differences were observed in the activity of each promoter construct, the profile of activity for the promoter fragment series was similar in each experiment, regardless of cell type. The WT1 tumor suppressor protein, which has previously been shown to repress murine Pax2 expression in vitro, was shown to also repress expression from the human PAX2 promoter.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
273
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
25472-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Genes, Wilms Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Kidney, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-PAX2 Transcription Factor, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-RNA, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9738017-WT1 Proteins
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Cloning and characterization of the human PAX2 promoter.
pubmed:affiliation
Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't