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ArticleMolecular and cellular biochemistry2012

Characterization and functional analysis of the 5'-flanking promoter region of the mouse Tcf3 gene.

Nina Solberg, Ondrej Machon, Stefan Krauss

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Article in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nina SolbergDepartment of Microbiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Forskningsparken, Oslo, Norway. Nina.Therese.Solberg@rr-research.no
Ondrej Machon
Stefan Krauss
Biofokus · NOOslo University Hospital · NO

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Abstract

Tcf3 is a nuclear mediator of canonical Wnt signaling which functions in many systems as a repressor of target gene transcription. In this study, we have cloned and characterized a 6.7 kb fragment of the 5'-flanking promoter region of the mouse Tcf3 gene. In silico analysis of the promoter sequence identified the existence of GC boxes and CpG islands, but failed to identify any TATA box. In addition, the promoter sequence contained putative binding sites for multiple transcription factors, including a few known to regulate the function of mTcf3. Of those, we confirmed functional binding sites for NFκB and Oct1 using a luciferase assay and ChIP. In vitro analysis revealed five potential transcription start sites which resulted in a 298 base pair 5'-untranslated region upstream of the mTcf3 translation start site ATG. Using a luciferase assay, we analyzed the activity of the cloned promoter fragment in embryonically derived neural stem cells. The luciferase activity of a 3.5 kb core promoter fragment (-3243/+211) showed up to 40-fold increased activity compared to the empty vector. Addition of sequences 5' to the 3.5 kb core promoter fragment resulted in a 20-fold drop in luciferase activity, indicating the presence of further upstream repressive elements. In vivo analysis of a 4.5 kb promoter fragment (-4303/+211) driving, the expression of EGFP in mouse embryos highly resembled endogenous expression of mTcf3.

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5' Flanking RegionPromoter Regions, GeneticAnimalsBase SequenceBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsBinding SitesCells, CulturedCloning, MolecularCodon, InitiatorConserved SequenceEmbryo, MammalianGenes, ReporterGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLuciferases, RenillaMiceMolecular Sequence DataBasic Helix-Loop-Helix ProteinsCodon, Initiatorenhanced green fluorescent proteinGreen Fluorescent ProteinsLuciferases, RenillaNF-kappa BOctamer Transcription Factor-1Pou2f1 protein, mouseTcf3 protein, mouse

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