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Function identification of bovine Nramp1 promoter and intron 1

  • Hao, Linlin (College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University) ;
  • Zhang, Libo (College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University) ;
  • Li, Mingtang (College of Resources and Environment, Jilin Agricultural University) ;
  • Nan, Wang (China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control) ;
  • Liu, Songcai (College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Jilin University) ;
  • Zhong, Jifeng (Center of Dairy Cattle Research, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Science)
  • Received : 2010.12.21
  • Accepted : 2011.03.17
  • Published : 2011.09.30
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Abstract

The Nramp1/Slc11a1 locus encodes a proton-coupled divalent cation transporter, expressed in late endosomes/lysosomes of macrophages, that constitutes a component of the innate immune response to combat intracellular pathogens and it was shown to play an important role in regulating inherent immunity. The previously identified Z-DNA forming polymorphic repeat(GT)n in the promoter region of the human Nramp1 gene does act as a functional polymorphism influencing gene expression. Research has shown that INF-${\gamma}$, TNF-${\alpha}$, IL-$1{\beta}$ and bacteria LPS increase the level of Nramp1 expression. However, the molecular mechanism for Nramp1 gene regulation is unclear. In this research, bovine Nramp1 5'-flanking region (-1748~+769) was cloned and analyzed by bioinformatics. Then to find the core promoter and the cis-acting elements, deletion analysis of promoter was performed using a set of luciferase reporter gene constructs containing successive deletions of the bovine Nramp1 5'-flanking regions. Promoter activity analysis by the dual luciferase reporter assay system showed that the core promoter of Nramp1 was located at +58~-89 bp. Some positive regulatory elements are located at -89~-205 bp and -278~-1495 bp. And the repressor elements were in region -205~-278 bp, intron1 and -1495~-1748 bp. LPS-responsive regions were located at -1495~-1748 bp and -278~-205 bp. The present study provides an initial effort to explore the molecular mechanism of transcriptional activation of the bovine Nramp1 gene and should facilitate further studies to decode the complex regulatory process and for molecular breeding for disease resistance in bovines.

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