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Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 2005, p. 2938-2945, Vol. 25, No. 8
0270-7306/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.8.2938-2945.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Identification of cis-Regulatory Sequences in the Human Angiotensinogen Gene by Transgene Coplacement and Site-Specific Recombination

Taku Shimizu,1 Takayuki Oishi,1 Akane Omori,1 Akiko Sugiura,1 Keiko Hirota,1 Hisanori Aoyama,1 Tomoko Saito,1 Takeshi Sugaya,1 Yasuhiro Kon,2 James Douglas Engel,3 Akiyoshi Fukamizu,1 and Keiji Tanimoto1*

Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Center for Tsukuba Advanced Research Alliance, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki,1 Laboratory of Experimental Animal Science, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan,2 Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan3

Received 30 July 2004/ Returned for modification 8 November 2004/ Accepted 7 January 2005

The function of putative regulatory sequences identified in cell transfection experiments can be elucidated only through in vivo experimentation. However, studies of gene regulation in transgenic mice (TgM) are often compromised by the position effects, in which independent transgene insertions differ in expression depending on their location in the genome. In order to overcome such a dilemma, a method called transgene coplacement has been developed in Drosophila melanogaster. In this method, any two sequences can be positioned at exactly the same genomic site by making use of Cre/loxP recombination. Here we applied this method to mouse genetics to characterize the function of direct repeat (DR) sequences in the promoter of the human angiotensinogen (hAGT) gene, the precursor of the vasoactive octapeptide angiotensin II. We modified a hAGT bacterial artificial chromosome to use Cre/loxP recombination in utero to generate TgM lines bearing a wild-type or a mutant promoter-driven hAGT locus integrated at a single chromosomal position. The expression analyses revealed that DR sequences contribute 50 or >95% to hAGT transcription in the liver and kidneys, respectively, whereas same sequences are not required in the heart and brain. This is the first in vivo dissection of DNA cis elements that are demonstrably indispensable for regulating both the level and cell type specificity of hAGT gene transcription.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tennoudai 1-1-1, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8577, Japan. Phone: (81) 29-853-6070. Fax: (81) 29-853-6070. E-mail: keiji{at}tara.tsukuba.ac.jp.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, April 2005, p. 2938-2945, Vol. 25, No. 8
0022-538X/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/MCB.25.8.2938-2945.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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