作者: Sang-Hyeon Lee , M.Maral Mouradian
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00133-1
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摘要: Abstract Estrogen exerts complex physiologic effects on brain functions which could partly be mediated through modulation of the dopaminergic system. Transcription control human D1A dopamine receptor gene by estrogenic stimulation was studied in expressing neuroblastoma cell line SK-N-MC. Transient co-transfection promoter-CAT constructs along with expression vectors for steroid hormone receptors indicated that estrogen, but not progesterone or glucocorticoid, up-regulate transcription this about 1.7-fold. Serial 5′ deletion mutants upstream region localized estrogen responsive segment between nucleotides −1472 and −1342 relative to initiator methionine. This contains a half palindrome (TGACC) consensus element (ERE). Additional experiments revealed specifically activate promoter downstream located intron gene. Consistent transient experiments, 17β-estradiol treatment SK-N-MC cells transfected an vector resulted approximately 20% increase steady-state levels long transcripts derived from short originating promoter. These observations demonstrate molecular basis induced up-regulation provide mechanism central hormone.