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ArticleScientific reports2018

Characteristics of the fads2 gene promoter in marine teleost Epinephelus coioides and role of Sp1-binding site in determining promoter activity.

Dizhi Xie, Zhixiang Fu, Shuqi Wang, Cuihong You, Óscar Monroig, Douglas R Tocher, Yuanyou Li

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Dizhi XieCollege of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510842, China.
Zhixiang FuGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China.
Shuqi WangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China.
Cuihong YouGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Biotechnology, Shantou University, Shantou, 515063, China.
Óscar MonroigInstitute of Aquaculture, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK.
Douglas R TocherInstitute of Aquaculture, School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland, UK.
Yuanyou LiCollege of Marine Sciences, South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, 510842, China. yyli16@scau.edu.cn.
Shantou University · CNSouth China Agricultural University · CNUniversity of Stirling · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Δ6 fatty acyl desaturase (Fads2) is a rate-limiting enzyme in long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFA) biosynthesis. Comparative analysis of gene promoters of Fads2 between salmonids and carnivorous marine fish suggested that the lack of binding site for stimulatory protein 1 (Sp1) was responsible for the low expression of fads2 gene of carnivorous marine species. To confirm this speculation, the fads2 candidate promoter (2646 bp) was cloned from carnivorous marine teleost Epinephelus coioides, and 330 bp core regulatory region was identified. Several binding sites for transcriptional factors such as nuclear factor 1, nuclear factor Y, sterol regulatory element and hepatocyte nuclear factor 4γ were identified, while that for Sp1 was shown to be absent in the promoter by both bioinformatic analysis and site-directed mutation. Moreover, after the Sp1-binding site from the fads2 promoter of herbivorous Siganus canaliculatus, the first marine teleost demonstrated to have LC-PUFA biosynthetic ability, was inserted into the corresponding region of E. coioides fads2 promoter, activity was significantly increased. The results provided direct data for the importance of the Sp1-binding site in determining fads2 promoter activity, and indicated that its lack may be a reason for low expression of fads2 and poor LC-PUFA biosynthetic ability in E. coioides.

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AnimalsBassBinding SitesFatty Acid DesaturasesFatty Acids, UnsaturatedFish ProteinsPerciformesPromoter Regions, GeneticSp1 Transcription FactorFatty Acid DesaturasesFatty Acids, UnsaturatedFish ProteinsSp1 Transcription Factor

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PMID29593294
PMCPMC5871817
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