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XB-ART-27310
Nucleic Acids Res 1988 Sep 12;1617:8291-305.
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The human estrogen receptor can regulate exogenous but not endogenous vitellogenin gene promoters in a Xenopus cell line.

Seiler-Tuyns A , Mérillat AM , Haefliger DN , Wahli W .


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Transfection of a human estrogen receptor cDNA expression vector (HEO) into cultured Xenopus kidney cells confers estrogen responsiveness to the recipient cells as demonstrated by the hormone dependent expression of co-transfected Xenopus vitellogenin-CAT chimeric genes. The estrogen stimulation of these vit-CAT genes is dependent upon the presence of the vitellogenin estrogen responsive element (ERE) in their 5' flanking region. Thus, functional human estrogen receptor (hER) can be synthesized in heterologous lower vertebrate cells and can act as a trans-acting regulatory factor that is necessary, together with estradiol, for the induction of the vit-CAT constructs in these cells. In addition, vitellogenin minigenes co-transfected with the HEO expression vector also respond to hormonal stimulation. Their induction is not higher than that of the vit-CAT chimeric genes. It suggests that in the Xenopus kidney cell line B 3.2, the structural parts of the vitellogenin minigenes do not play a role in the induction process. Furthermore, no stabilizing effect of estrogen on vitellogenin mRNA is observed in these cells. In contrast to the transfected genes, the endogenous chromosomal vitellogenin genes remain silent, demonstrating that in spite of the presence of the hER and the hormone, the conditions necessary for their activation are not fulfilled.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: vit

References [+] :
Andres, Persistence, methylation and expression of vitellogenin gene derivatives after injection into fertilized eggs of Xenopus laevis. 1984, Pubmed, Xenbase