Abstract
Using a plasmid bearing chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene controlled by Simian virus 40 (SV40) early promoter/enhancer complex (pA0cat), we analyzed functional enhancer motifs in 3T3-L1 fibroblast and adipocyte cells. Deletion mutant series of pA0 at the enhancer complex showed that gene expression both in fibroblast and adipocyte cells was dependent on a similar set of enhancer motifs. When pA0 was introduced into 3T3-L1 fibroblasts and the cells were induced to differentiate into adipocytes, CAT activity expressed in fibroblasts was suppressed. Experiments with the deletion mutants at the enhancer complex showed that the suppression was not related to any enhancer motif, and CAT activity was observed with a plasmid having only the promoter sequence. When pA0cat was co-transfected with excess of promoter sequence, the suppression in adipocytes was counteracted. This suggested that negativetrans-acting factors of the promoter sequence were responsible for the suppression in adipocytes.
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Abbreviations
- CAT:
-
chloramphenicol acetyltransferase
- CAT :
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the gene encoding CAT
- SV40:
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Simian virus 40
- Asc-P:
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ascorbic acid phosphate
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Taniguchi, Y., Kitagawa, Y. The differentiation-dependent inhibition of SV40 early promoter/enhancer activity in 3T3-L1 cells is mediated through promoter and not enhancer sequences. Cytotechnology 11, 175–182 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00749867
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