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Mol Cell Biol. 1994 April; 14(4): 2243-2256

Sequences containing the second-intron enhancer are essential for transcription of the human apolipoprotein B gene in the livers of transgenic mice.

Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, University of California at San Francisco.

ABSTRACT

To identify DNA sequence elements from the human apolipoprotein B (apoB) gene required for high-level, correct tissue-specific expression in transgenic mice, we made several constructs that included one or more of the key regulatory elements that were previously characterized with cultured liver-derived and intestine-derived cell lines. Our data show that the apoB promoter alone (-898 to +121) is not sufficient to direct transcription in transgenic mice. An enhancer located in the second intron is absolutely required to specify transcription by the homologous apoB promoter in the livers of transgenic mice; this enhancer does not direct transcription in the small intestines. Thus, the elements controlling transcriptional activation of the apoB gene in the liver and the intestine in vivo are distinct and separable. Analysis of the DNase I hypersensitivity of the integrated human transgenes in various lines of expressing and nonexpressing mice suggests that the formation of DH4, a strong hypersensitive site in intron 2, may be a prerequisite for hepatic expression of the apoB gene. Nuclear matrix association regions (MARs) of the apoB gene may play a role in transgene expression. Constructs including MAR sequences displayed higher levels of expression than those lacking them. However, these MARs did not completely insulate the associated transgenes from position effects.

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