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Mol. Cell. Biol., 01 1996, 430-436, Vol 16, No. 1
HP Ko, ST Okino, Q Ma and JP Whitlock Jr
We have analyzed the dioxin-inducible transcriptional control mechanism for
the mouse CYP1A1 gene in its native chromosomal context. Our genetic and
biochemical studies indicate that a C-terminal segment of the aromatic
hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) contains latent transactivation capability and
communicates the induction signal from enhancer to promoter. Thus,
transactivation and enhancer-promoter communication may be congruent
functions of AhR. Both functions require heterodimerization between AhR and
the AhR nuclear translocator (Arnt). Our findings also indicate that
heterodimerization activates AhR's latent transactivation function and
silences that of Arnt. Furthermore, removal of Arnt's transactivation
domain does not affect dioxin-induced CYP1A1 transcription in vivo. In
addition, our studies demonstrate that dioxin-induced changes in chromatin
structure occur by different mechanisms at the CYP1A1 enhancer and promoter
and that events at an enhancer can be experimentally dissociated from
events at the cognate promoter during mechanistic analyses of mammalian
transcription in vivo.
Copyright © 1996, American Society for Microbiology
Dioxin-induced CYP1A1 transcription in vivo: the aromatic hydrocarbon receptor mediates transactivation, enhancer-promoter communication, and changes in chromatin structure
Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305-5332, USA.
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