Tapscott S J, Lassar A B, Weintraub H
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Laboratory, Seattle, Washington 98104.
Mol Cell Biol. 1992 Nov;12(11):4994-5003. doi: 10.1128/mcb.12.11.4994-5003.1992.
The MyoD gene can orchestrate the expression of the skeletal muscle differentiation program. We have identified the regions of the gene necessary to reproduce transcription specific to skeletal myoblasts and myotubes. A proximal regulatory region (PRR) contains a conserved TATA box, a CCAAT box, and a GC-rich region that includes a consensus SP1 binding site. The PRR is sufficient for high levels of skeletal muscle-specific activity in avian muscle cells. In murine cells the PRR alone has only low levels of activity and requires an additional distal regulatory region to achieve high levels of muscle-specific activity. The distal regulatory region differs from a conventional enhancer in that chromosomal integration appears necessary for productive interactions with the PRR. While the Moloney leukemia virus long terminal repeat can enhance transcription from the MyoD PRR in both transient and stable assays, the simian virus 40 enhancer cannot, suggesting that specific enhancer-promoter interactions are necessary for PRR function.
肌细胞生成素基因(MyoD基因)能够协调骨骼肌分化程序的表达。我们已经确定了该基因中重现骨骼肌成肌细胞和肌管特异性转录所必需的区域。一个近端调控区域(PRR)包含一个保守的TATA框、一个CCAAT框以及一个富含GC的区域,该区域包含一个共有SP1结合位点。PRR足以在禽类肌肉细胞中实现高水平的骨骼肌特异性活性。在鼠细胞中,单独的PRR只有低水平的活性,需要一个额外的远端调控区域才能实现高水平的肌肉特异性活性。远端调控区域与传统增强子的不同之处在于,染色体整合似乎是与PRR进行有效相互作用所必需的。虽然莫洛尼白血病病毒长末端重复序列在瞬时和稳定试验中都能增强MyoD PRR的转录,但猿猴病毒40增强子却不能,这表明PRR功能需要特定的增强子-启动子相互作用。