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Nucleic Acids Res
1997 Aug 01;2515:3175-82. doi: 10.1093/nar/25.15.3175.
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An extracellular matrix response element in the promoter of the LpS1 genes of the sea urchin Lytechinus pictus.
Seid CA
,
Ramachandran RK
,
George JM
,
Govindarajan V
,
González-Rimbau MF
,
Flytzanis CN
,
Tomlinson CR
.
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The extracellular matrix (ECM) has been shown to play an important role in development and tissue-specific gene expression, yet the mechanism by which genes receive signals from the ECM is poorly understood. The aboral ectoderm-specific LpS1-alpha and -beta genes of Lytechinus pictus , members of the Spec gene family, provide an excellent model system to study ECM- mediated gene regulation. Disruption of the ECM by preventing collagen deposition using the lathrytic agent beta-aminopropionitrile (BAPN) inhibits LpS1 gene transcription. LpS1 transcription resumes after removal of BAPN and subsequent collagen reformation. Using a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene assay, we show that a 125 bp region of the LpS1-beta promoter from -108 to +17 contains an ECM response element (ECM RE). Insertion of the 125 bp region into the promoter of the metallothionein gene of L. pictus, a gene unaffected by ECM disruption, caused the fused promoter to become ECM dependent. As with the endogenous LpS1 genes, CAT activity directed by the fused LpS1-beta promoter resumed in embryos recovered from ECM disruption. A mutation in a cis -acting element called the proximal G-string, which lies in the 125 bp region, caused CAT activity levels in ECM-disrupted embryos to equal that of the wild-type LpS1-bet apromoter in ECM-intact embryos. These results suggest that the intact ECM normally transmits signals to inhibit repressor activity at the proximal G-string in aboral ectoderm cells. Consistent with these results were our findings which showed that in addition to expression in the aboral ectoderm, the proximal G-string mutation caused expression of the CAT gene in oral ectoderm cells. These studies suggested that the proximal G-string serves as a binding site for negative regulation of the LpS1 genes in oral ectoderm during development. We also examined trans -acting factors binding the proximal G-string following ECM disruption. Band shift gels revealed a predominant set of slower migrating nuclear proteins from ECM-disrupted embryos which bound the proximal G-string. This work suggested that ECM disruption initiates signaling that induces a repressor to bind the ECM RE and/or modifies ECM RE binding proteins, which in turn represses LpS1 gene activity.
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