The Human Involucrin Gene Contains Spatially Distinct Regulatory Elements That Regulate Expression During Early Versus Late Epidermal DiErentiation
Oncogene (2002) 21, 738 ± 747 ã 2002 Nature Publishing Group All rights reserved 0950 ± 9232/02 $25.00 www.nature.com/onc The human involucrin gene contains spatially distinct regulatory elements that regulate expression during early versus late epidermal dierentiation James F Crish1, Frederic Bone1, Eric B Banks1 and Richard L Eckert*,1,2,3,4,5 1Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2109 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, Ohio, OH 44106-4970, USA; 2Department of Dermatology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2109 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, Ohio, OH 44106-4970, USA; 3Department of Reproductive Biology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2109 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, Ohio, OH 44106-4970, USA; 4Department of Biochemistry, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2109 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, Ohio, OH 44106-4970, USA; 5Department of Oncology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2109 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, Ohio, OH 44106-4970, USA Human involucrin (hINV) is a keratinocyte protein that Keywords: transgenic mice; activator protein-1; AP1; is expressed in the suprabasal compartment of the jun; fos; Sp1; gene regulation; epidermal keratinocyte; epidermis and other stratifying surface epithelia. In- keratinocyte dierentiation; tissue speci®c volucrin gene expression is initiated early in the dierentiation process and is maintained until terminal cell death. The distal regulatory region (DRR) is a Introduction segment of the hINV promoter (nucleotides 72473/ 71953) that accurately recapitulates the normal pattern The major cell type, and the cell type responsible for of suprabasal (spinous and granular layer) expression in the morphological characteristics of the epidermis, is transgenic mouse epithelia.
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