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Wakabayashi, N. et al.

A novel cis-acting element regulates HES-1 gene expression in P19 embryonal carcinoma cells treated with retinoic acid.

The regulatory mechanisms of mammalian hairy and Enhancer of split homologue-1 (HES-1) genes were examined in mouse P19 embryonic carcinoma cells (P19 cells). Undifferentiated P19 stem cells expressed a basal level of the HES-1 gene, whereas the expression of this gene was increased upon induction of the cells to a neural cell lineage using retinoic acid (RA). Reporter co-transfection analysis identified an activating region within the upstream promoter region of HES-1 from nucleotides -201 to -172. This activating region, called activating region X (ARX), shows a high GC content and contains both an AP-2 binding motif and a CCAAT box. An electrophoretic mobility shift assay using nuclear proteins extracted from P19 cells showed that ARX forms a specific DNA-protein complex. Importantly, ARX-dependent transcription, as well as ARX-binding activity, was significantly increased in P19 cells treated with RA. These results indicate that ARX transduces signals that up-regulate HES-1 gene expression in response to RA-treatment. Thus, a novel cis-acting element involved in HES-1 gene regulation that plays a role in RA-induced neural differentiation of P19 cells has been identified.[1]

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A novel cis-acting element regulates HES-1 gene expression in P19 embryonal carcinoma cells treated with retinoic acid. Wakabayashi, N., Kageyama, R., Habu, T., Doi, T., Morita, T., Nozaki, M., Yamamoto, M., Nishimune, Y. J. Biochem. (2000) [Pubmed]

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