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ArticleBrain research2011

The vesicular glutamate transporter-1 upstream promoter and first intron each support glutamatergic-specific expression in rat postrhinal cortex.

Guo-rong Zhang, Xu Li, Haiyan Cao, Hua Zhao, Alfred I Geller

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Article in Brain research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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Guo-rong ZhangDepartment of Neurology, West Roxbury VA Hospital/Harvard Medical School, W. Roxbury, MA 02132, USA.
Xu Li
Haiyan Cao
Hua Zhao
Alfred I Geller
Harvard University · US

Funding

Promoters for Long-term Expression from HSV-1 VectorsR01NS045855 · NINDS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI GELLER, ALFRED I. · 2003 to 2011
$2.0M
Targeted Gene Transfer, to Specific Types of Neurons, with HSV-1 VectorsR01NS057558 · NINDS · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI GELLER, ALFRED I. · 2007 to 2011
$1.3M
Correcting Cognitive Deficits by Gene TherapyK01AG025894 · NIA · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI ZHANG, GUORONG · 2006 to 2010
$615k
NIA NIH HHS AG025894NIA NIH HHS K01 AG025894NINDS NIH HHS NS045855NINDS NIH HHS NS057558NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS045855NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS057558
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Abstract

Multiple applications of direct gene transfer into neurons require restricting expression to glutamatergic neurons, or specific subclasses of glutamatergic neurons. Thus, it is desirable to develop and analyze promoters that support glutamatergic-specific expression. The three vesicular glutamate transporters (VGLUTs) are found in different populations of neurons, and VGLUT1 is the predominant VGLUT in the neocortex, hippocampus, and cerebellar cortex. We previously reported on a plasmid (amplicon) Herpes Simplex Virus vector that contains a VGLUT1 promoter. This vector supports long-term expression in VGLUT1-containing glutamatergic neurons in rat postrhinal (POR) cortex, but does not support expression in VGLUT2-containing glutamatergic neurons in the ventral medial hypothalamus. This VGLUT1 promoter contains both the VGLUT1 upstream promoter and the VGLUT1 first intron. In this study, we begin to isolate and analyze the glutamatergic-specific regulatory elements in this VGLUT1 promoter. We show that the VGLUT1 upstream promoter and first intron each support glutamatergic-specific expression. We isolated a small, basal VGLUT1 promoter that does not support glutamatergic-specific expression. Next, we fused either the VGLUT1 upstream promoter or the first intron to this basal promoter. The VGLUT1 upstream promoter or the first intron, fused to the basal promoter, each supported glutamatergic-specific expression in POR cortex.

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AnimalsCell LineCerebral CortexCricetinaeGene Expression RegulationGenetic VectorsGlutamic AcidIntronsMalePromoter Regions, GeneticRatsRats, Long-EvansSimplexvirusVesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 1Glutamic AcidSlc17a7 protein, ratVesicular Glutamate Transport Protein 1

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PMID21172319
PMCPMC3042281
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