Distinct regulatory elements mediate similar expression patterns in the excretory cell of Caenorhabditis elegans

Zhao, Z. Y., Fang, L., Chen, N. S., Johnsen, R. C., Stein, L., Baillie, D. L. (November 2005) Distinct regulatory elements mediate similar expression patterns in the excretory cell of Caenorhabditis elegans. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280 (46). pp. 38787-38794. ISSN 0021-9258

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Abstract

Identification of cis-regulatory elements and their binding proteins constitutes an important part of understanding gene function and regulation. It is well accepted that co-expressed genes tend to share transcriptional elements. However, recent findings indicate that co-expression data show poor correlation with co-regulation data even in unicellular yeast. This motivates us to experimentally explore whether it is possible that co-expressed genes are subject to differential regulatory control using the excretory cell of Caenorhabditis elegans as an example. Excretory cell is a functional equivalent of human kidney. Transcriptional regulation of gene expression in the cell is largely unknown. We isolated a 10-bp excretory cell-specific cis-element, Ex-1, from a pgp-12 promoter. The significance of the element has been demonstrated by its capacity of converting an intestine-specific promoter into an excretory cell-specific one. We also isolated a cDNA encoding an Ex-1 binding transcription factor, DCP-66, using a yeast one-hybrid screen. Role of the factor in regulation of pgp-12 expression has been demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo. Search for occurrence of Ex-1 reveals that only a small portion of excretory cell-specific promoters contain Ex-1. Two other distinct cis-elements isolated from two different promoters can also dictate the excretory cell-specific expression but are independent of regulation by DCP-66. The results indicate that distinct regulatory elements are able to mediate the similar expression patterns.

Item Type: Paper
Uncontrolled Keywords: Gene Expression C Elegans transcription co-regulation interference co-expression eukaryotes networks
Subjects: organism description > animal > C elegans
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > transcription
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > cis-regulatory elements
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Depositing User: CSHL Librarian
Date: November 2005
Date Deposited: 04 Jan 2012 21:05
Last Modified: 04 Jan 2012 21:05
URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/22744

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