The Upstream 1350~1250 Nucleotide Sequences of the Human ENDOU-1 Gene Contain Critical Cis-Elements Responsible for Upregulating Its Transcription during ER Stress
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Cloning the Upstream DNA Fragment of the Human ENDOU-1 Gene in Which the Stress-Responsive Element Was Inclusive
2.2. Reporter Gene Expression Driven by the Upstream 2.1-kb of Human ENDOU-1 Could Be Upregulated When the Stress Inducers Were Applied to Cells
2.3. Computational Analysis Proposes That the Distal Region of the −2.1 kb ENDOU-1 Fragment May Contain Critical Regulatory Elements
2.4. The −2055~−1125 Segment of Human ENDOU-1 Contains Cis-Acting Elements Involved in Increasing Promoter Activity under Stress Conditions
2.5. Two Indispensable Cis-Acting Elements within the −1850~−1250 Segment Controlled the Expression of −2.1-kb Human ENDOU-1 under Normal and Stress Conditions
2.6. TFBSs Predicted in the −1650~−1485 and −1350~−1250 Segments
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Zebrafish Husbandry and Microscopy
3.2. Cell Culture, Transfection, Drug Treatment, and Observation
3.3. Dual-Luc Assay
3.4. Western Blotting
3.5. Construction of Expression Plasmids
3.6. Statistics and Reproducibility
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Lee, H.-C.; Chao, H.-T.; Lee, S.Y.-H.; Lin, C.-Y.; Tsai, H.-J. The Upstream 1350~1250 Nucleotide Sequences of the Human ENDOU-1 Gene Contain Critical Cis-Elements Responsible for Upregulating Its Transcription during ER Stress. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2023, 24, 17393. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242417393
Lee H-C, Chao H-T, Lee SY-H, Lin C-Y, Tsai H-J. The Upstream 1350~1250 Nucleotide Sequences of the Human ENDOU-1 Gene Contain Critical Cis-Elements Responsible for Upregulating Its Transcription during ER Stress. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023; 24(24):17393. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242417393
Chicago/Turabian StyleLee, Hung-Chieh, Hsuan-Te Chao, Selina Yi-Hsuan Lee, Cheng-Yung Lin, and Huai-Jen Tsai. 2023. "The Upstream 1350~1250 Nucleotide Sequences of the Human ENDOU-1 Gene Contain Critical Cis-Elements Responsible for Upregulating Its Transcription during ER Stress" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, no. 24: 17393. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms242417393