Abstract：
:In order to dissect the MHC class I H-2K gene regulatory sequences, we p reviously generated transgenic mice containing various H-2K/lacZ fusion genes. However contrary to transgenes where H-2K sequences were fused to other coding sequences, none of the lacZ fusion transgenes was widely ex pressed like H-2K gene. We now show that this silencing also occurs when lacZ is inserted into a larger H-2K genomic construct including promoter and other regulatory elements. Because the 5'H-2K region contains a CpG island, we suspected that the presence of lacZ coding sequences was inte rfering with the mechanism by which the H-2K promoter region is normally unmethylated and transcriptionally active. Indeed, we show that in high ( >10) copy number transgenic mice, insertion of lacZ sequences in the v icinity of the H-2K promoter results in partial or complete methylation of the H-2K CpG island. However, in low (1-3) copy number transgenic mic e no methylation was observed but the transgene was still silent, sugges ting that the silencing effect of lacZ does not only rely on abnormal CpG methylation. Intriguingly, when the H -2/lacZ construct was introduced via embryonic stem (ES) cells, regulate d transgene expression was observed in several chimaeric embryos derived from independent ES clones, but never in adult chimeras. Combined with t he fact that, despite much effort, it has been very difficult to generat e 'blue' mice, our results highlight the transcription-silencing effect of lacZ sequences when they are associated with regulatory sequences of ubiquitously expressed genes.
journal_name
Mech Devjournal_title
Mechanisms of developmentauthors
Cohen-Tannoudji M,Vandormael-Pournin S,Drezen J,Mercier P,Babinet C,Morello Ddoi
10.1016/s0925-4773(99)00226-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-01-01 00:00:00pages
29-39issue
1eissn
0925-4773issn
1872-6356pii
S0925477399002269journal_volume
90pub_type
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journal_title：Mechanisms of development
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journal_title：Mechanisms of development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mod.2004.08.005
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journal_title：Mechanisms of development
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.mod.2011.07.002
更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of development
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of development
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Mechanisms of development
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Mechanisms of development
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更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Mechanisms of development
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