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Journal Articles Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research Year : 2010

Control of vitellogenin genes expression by sequences derived from transposable elements in rainbow trout.

Abstract

In most of oviparous animals, vitellogenins (VTG) are the major egg yolk precursors. They are produced in the liver under the control of estrogens. In rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), the vtg genes cluster contains an unusually large number of almost identical gene copies. In order to identify the regulatory elements in their promoters, we used a combination of reporter plasmids containing genomic sequences including putative estrogen response elements (EREs) and we performed transient transfection assays in MCF-7 and yeast cells. We found a functional ERE corresponding to the sequence GGGGCAnnnTAACCT (rtvtgERE), which differs from the consensus ERE (ERE(cs)) by three base pairs. This non-palindromic ERE is located in the env gene of a retrotransposon relic, 180 base pairs upstream of the transcriptional start site. Fluorescence anisotropy experiments confirmed that the purified human estrogen receptor alpha (hERalpha) can specifically bind to rtvtgERE. Furthermore, we observe that the stability of hERalpha-ERE(cs) and hERalpha-rtvtgERE complexes is similar with equilibrium dissociation constants of 3.0nM and 6.2nM respectively, under our experimental conditions. Additionally, this rtvtgERE sequence displays a high E2-responsiveness through ER activation in cellulo. In the rainbow trout, the functional ERE (rtvtgERE) lies within promoter sequences which are mostly composed of sequences derived from transposable elements (TEs), which therefore may have acted as an evolutionary buffer to secure the proper expression of these genes.
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inserm-00511709 , version 1 (03-09-2010)

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Anthony Bouter, Nicolas Buisine, Adélaïde Le Grand, Nathalie Mouchel, Franck Chesnel, et al.. Control of vitellogenin genes expression by sequences derived from transposable elements in rainbow trout.. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research, 2010, 1799 (8), pp.546-554. ⟨10.1016/j.bbagrm.2010.07.003⟩. ⟨inserm-00511709⟩
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