Structure, organization, and regulation of human metallothionein IF gene: differential and cell-type-specific expression in response to heavy metals and glucocorticoids.
AUTOR(ES)
Varshney, U
RESUMO
We describe a human genomic clone containing the metallothionein (MT) IF and MT IG genes. Southern blot analysis and partial DNA sequence determinations show that these genes are organized in a head-to-head fashion and are located approximately 7.0 kilobases apart from each other. Sequence analysis shows that the MT IF gene contains three exons separated by two introns. All of the intron-exon junctions are defined by the GT-AG rule. The 5' flanking region shows the presence of a duplicated metal regulatory element (TGCGC CCGGCCC) important in heavy-metal induction of this gene and a sequence for its basal level expression (GCGGGGCGGGTGCAAAG). The 5' flanking region is also highly G + C rich (approximately 75%) and contains several GC boxes (GGGCGG), probably important in the binding of transcription factors. The TATAA box and the AATAAA sequence are represented by their variants, the TATCAA box and the AATTAA sequence, respectively. This gene is functional and inducible by heavy metals but not by dexamethasone in mouse LMTK- cells after its transfer on a plasmid containing the herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene. Further studies on various human cell lines show that this gene is not expressed in a splenic lymphoblastoid cell line (WI-L2) but is expressed in two hepatoma cell lines (Hep 3B2 and Hep G2) in response to cadmium, zinc, and copper. Dexamethasone appears to have no significant effect on its expression. The studies suggest that the MT IF gene shows cell-type-specific expression and is differentially regulated by heavy metals and glucocorticoids.
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