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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-9-21
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The Ah-receptor (AHR) is a ligand activated transcription factor that mediates the biological effects of agonists such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Upon binding agonists, the AHR dimerizes with a structurally related protein known as ARNT and this heterodimer then binds cognate enhancer elements and activates the expression of target genes. In this report we describe the cloning of the rat AHR cDNA and a fragment of the rat ARNT cDNA for use as probes in ribonuclease protection analysis. Ribonuclease protection analysis indicated that the rat AHR mRNA is expressed at the highest levels in the lung > thymus > kidney > liver while lower levels were expressed in heart and spleen. The rat AHR and ARNT mRNAs were expressed in a largely coordinate manner across the eight tissues examined with the exception of the placenta where AHR levels were relatively low compared to ARNT. In these experiments, a rare splice variant of the AHR was cloned that encoded a protein with a deletion in the ligand binding domain. In vitro expression studies demonstrated that in contrast to the full length AHR, the splice variant did not bind ligand nor did it bind to a cognate enhancer element in the presence of ARNT.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:commentsCorrections
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0305-1048
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
11
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3038-44
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-DNA Probes, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Enhancer Elements, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Female, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Macromolecular Substances, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Rats, Inbred F344, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Ribonucleases, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:8065918-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Tissue specific expression of the rat Ah-receptor and ARNT mRNAs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Biological Chemistry, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL 60611.
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