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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
The function encoded by the Ke 6 gene has been recently determined to be 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase. Previously, the abnormal expression of the Ke 6 gene has been intimately associated with development of recessive polycystic kidney disease. The Ke 6 gene is normally expressed at very high levels in the kidney and liver and is severely down regulated in all recessive murine models of polycystic kidney disease that have been examined to date. Here, we report a detailed examination of the promoter region of the Ke 6 gene in normal mouse kidney cells (CTA) and in cells derived from mouse kidneys homozygous for the cpk (congenital polycystic kidney) mutation, using transfection analysis and DNA-protein gel shift assays. The minimal promoter region, P1 (+1 to -96), and a putative enhancer site, P3 (-165 to -256), within the Ke 6 gene 5' flanking sequence have been identified. We have also identified another region, P2 (-97 to -165), that may be responsible for the lower promoter activity of the Ke 6 gene in cpk cells. Furthermore, absence of binding of a 38 kDa nuclear protein to a 16 bp sequence element (P1A) within the minimal promoter of the Ke 6 gene suggests that the P1A element could be responsible for the overall reduction in promoter function in cpk cells.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0303-7207
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
143
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9-22
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Abnormal regulation of the Ke 6 gene, a new 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in the cpk mouse kidney.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't