cis-Regulatory control of cyclophilin, a member of the ETS-DRI skeletogenic gene battery in the sea urchin embryo

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作者
Amore, Gabriele [1 ]
Davidson, Enic H. [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH, Div Biol, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
关键词
cis-regulatory module; gene regulation; gene regulatory network; gene transfer; perturbation analysis;
D O I
10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.02.024
中图分类号
Q [生物科学];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
The Strongylocentrotus purpuratus cyclophilin1 gene (Sp-cypl) is expressed exclusively in skeletogenic mesenchyme cells of the embryo, beginning in the micromere lineage of the early blastula stage and continuing after gastrulation during the syncytial deposition of the skeleton. This gene encodes a protein which is a member of the peptidyl-prolyl cis-trans isomerase (PPIase) family. Sp-cyp1 is among the differentiation genes activated in the skeletogenic territory as a terminal function of the endomesodermal gene regulatory network. Network perturbation analysis had predicted the skeletogenic regulators Ets1 and Deadringer (Dri) to be its driver inputs. Here, we show that a 218-bp cis-regulatory DNA fragment recapitulates skeletogenic Sp-cyp1 expression; that elimination of either Ets1 or Dri inputs severely depresses the activity of expression constructs containing this DNA fragment; and that Ets1 and Dri target sites within the 218 bp fragment are required for normal expression. This indicates that the predicted inputs are direct. Other studies indicate that the same inputs are evidently necessary for expression of several other skeletogenic differentiation genes, and these genes probably constitute a skeletogenic gene battery, defined by its Ets plus Dri regulatory inputs. (c) 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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