ACTA VETERINARIA ET ZOOTECHNICA SINICA ›› 2014, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (4): 533-540.doi: 10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2014.04.004

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Cloning and Preliminary Function Analysis of Xuhuai Goat c-Myc Promoter

WEI Guang-hui,ZUO Qi-sheng,LI Dong,ZHANG Ya-ni,LIU Zhi-yong,ZHU Rui,QIU Feng-long,LI Bi-chun*   

  1. (Key Laboratory of Animal Breeding Reproduction and Molecular Design for Jiangsu Province,College of Animal Science and Technology,Yangzhou University,Yangzhou 225009, China)
  • Received:2013-11-22 Online:2014-04-23 Published:2014-04-23

Abstract:

The aim of this study was to determine and find the promoter core regulatory regions of Xuhuai goat’s c-Myc gene,and to investigate c-Myc gene regulation mechanism.According to the sequence of ovis aries c-Myc gene published in GenBank,the primers were designed and the different deletion fragments of 5′ flanking region of c-Myc gene promoter were amplified,and then were cloned into pEGFP-N1 and PGL3-Basic,then were transfected into gFF,COS7 and P19 cells and treated with TSA and NFAT1.SP1 transcription factor binding sites in the region of -402--249 bp was mutated,and the activity of dual-luciferase reporter gene was detected.The study showed that the region containing -1 334-+1 bp of c-Myc promoter had the maximal promoter activities,and sequence of -402-+1 bp had the basal promoter activities,further study showed that there were positive (the region of -1 334--971 bp,-587--147 bp) and negative (the region of -1 976--1 334 bp,-971--587 bp) regulatory domains,respectively.TSA and NFAT1 significantly enhanced the activity of c-Myc promoter.The activity was declined by the point mutation of SP1 binding site.By constructing the recombinant expression vectors containing different fragments of c-Myc gene promoter and comparing their activity,the core regulatory region of c-Myc gene promoter was identified.SP1 is an important regulatory element of c-Myc promoter core region,which lay a foundation for the further research on the mechanism of regulation and expression of c-Myc gene.

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