Bahn S, Jones A, Wisden W
Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Medical Research Council Centre, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 2QH, United Kingdom.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1997 Aug 19;94(17):9417-21. doi: 10.1073/pnas.94.17.9417.
Expression of the gamma-aminobutyric acid type A receptor alpha6 subunit gene is restricted to differentiated granule cells of the cerebellum and cochlear nucleus. The mechanisms underlying this limited expression are unknown. Here we have characterized the expression of a series of alpha6-based transgenes in adult mouse brain. A DNA fragment containing a 1-kb portion upstream of the start site(s), together with exons 1-8, can direct high-level cerebellar granule cell-specific reporter gene expression. Thus powerful granule cell-specific determinants reside within the 5' half of the alpha6 subunit gene body. This intron-containing transgene appears to lack the cochlear nucleus regulatory elements. It therefore provides a cassette to deliver gene products solely to adult cerebellar granule cells.
γ-氨基丁酸A型受体α6亚基基因的表达仅限于小脑和耳蜗核的分化颗粒细胞。这种有限表达背后的机制尚不清楚。在这里,我们已经对成年小鼠大脑中一系列基于α6的转基因的表达进行了表征。一个包含起始位点上游1 kb部分以及外显子1 - 8的DNA片段,可以指导高水平的小脑颗粒细胞特异性报告基因表达。因此,强大的颗粒细胞特异性决定因素存在于α6亚基基因体的5'半部分内。这个含内含子的转基因似乎缺乏耳蜗核调节元件。因此,它提供了一个仅将基因产物递送至成年小脑颗粒细胞的盒式载体。