Promoter region of the human platelet-derived growth factor A-chain gene

Journal Article · Fri Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.88.5.1686· OSTI ID:6045354

Takimoto, Yasuo; Wang, Zhao Yi; Kobler, K; Deuel, T F ^[1]

---

1. Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO (United States)

The platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) A- and B-chain genes are widely expressed in mammalian tissues and their homodimeric gene products appear to regulate the autocrine growth of both normal and transformed cells. In this study, we analyzed the 5{prime} flanking sequences of the human PDGF A-chain gene to seek elements important to regulating its transcription. The promoter reigon was exceptionally G + C-rich and contained a TATA box but no CAAT box. The transcription start site was identified 845 base pairs 5{prime} to the translation initiation site by S1 nuclease mapping and by primer extension. Both in vitro transcription and transient expression of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene linked to the PDGF A-chain 5{prime} flanking sequences established that the putative promoter region was active, and RNase H mapping established that the three characteristic mRNAs used the same transcription start site, which was used in normal endothelial cells and in two human tumor cell lines that express high levels of A-chain transcripts. The results extablished an exceptionally G + C-rich promoter region and a single transcription start site active for each of the three mRNAs of the PDGF A-chain gene. DNA sites of potential importance in mediating the activation of the PDGF A-chain gene in normal cells and in transformed cell lines expressing high levels of PDGF A-chain were identified.

• OSTI ID: 6045354
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States), Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America; (United States) Vol. 88:5; ISSN 0027-8424; ISSN PNASA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

550201* -- Biochemistry-- Tracer Techniques
59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS
ANTIBIOTICS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BLOOD PLATELETS
BODY FLUIDS
CHLORAMPHENICOL
DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
DNA HYBRIDIZATION
DNA SEQUENCING
DRUGS
ENZYMES
GENE REGULATION
GENE REPRESSORS
GENES
GROWTH FACTORS
HYBRIDIZATION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MATERIALS
MITOGENS
NUCLEI
NUCLEOPROTEINS
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PHOSPHORUS 32
PHOSPHORUS ISOTOPES
PROTEINS
RADIOISOTOPES
STRUCTURAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
TRANSFERASES