The TATA-less, GC-rich porcine dipeptidylpeptidase IV (DPPIV) promoter shows bidirectional activity

Dipeptidylpeptidase IV (DPPIV) is an exopeptidase highly expressed in the brush-border membrane of the small intestine and in the proximal renal tubules. In this paper the 5'-flanking region of the DPPIV gene containing the promoter was sequenced and functionally characterized. The porcine DPPIV promoter lacks a consensus TATA-box, but contains two TATA-like sequences. Evidence for multiple transcription initiation sites was found. Different deletion constructs of the DPPIV 5'-flanking region in front of the CAT gene were analyzed for transient CAT-expression after transfection of the intestinal Caco-2 cell line. These experiments showed that a 89 base pair construct (-91 to -3 relative to the translation initiation site) is sufficient for promoter activity. In the reverse orientation this construct also stimulates transcription with a similar effectivity indicating that the DPPIV promoter has a bidirectional function. The bidirectional function was further demonstrated by the introduction of the -91 to -3 construct into the bidirectional vector system pLUC/CAT-3. In the hepatoma cell line HepG2 two selected deletion constructs (-857 to -3; -282 to -3) were analyzed in the normal orientation using the CAT gene as a reporter gene. The transfection experiments showed that deletion of the region -857 to -282 raised the promoter activity 3-fold. The GC-rich 5'-flanking region was further analyzed and we demonstrate that the DPPIV promoter contains a region with the characteristics of an unmethylated CpG island.

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

1998

Erschienen:

1998

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:379

Enthalten in:

Biological chemistry - 379(1998), 1 vom: 07. Jan., Seite 75-81

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Qvist, H [VerfasserIn]
Sjöström, H [VerfasserIn]
Norén, O [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase
Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4
EC 2.3.1.28
EC 3.4.14.5
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 10.04.1998

Date Revised 18.11.2010

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM094464804