• 미생물학회지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.85-91
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• 1989

조직특이적 및 일반적 유전자 발현에 미치는 SV40와 murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) enhancer의 영향을 조사하였다. 이를 위하여 chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) 유전자의 아래쪽에 이들 enhancer들을 삽입한 재조합 플라스미드 들을 제조하였다. 원숭이세포(CV1PO)와 HeLa 세포에 이들 플라스미드들을 이입시킨 후, CAT 유전자가 발현되는 정도를 조사하였다. Enhancer가 없는 플라스미드에 비해 SV40와 MCMV enhancer는 CAT의 발현을 각각 20배와 150배로 가중시켰다. CAT 유전자의 앞에 있는 SV40 프로모터를 2.2kbp의 소성장호르몬(bGH) 유전자의 조절부위로 치환한 경우는 enhancer가 있어도 전혀 CAT 의 말현이 검출되지 않았다. 조절부위을 230 bp 로 짧게 하여 치환한 경우는, SV 40 enhancer 가 있을 때, CAT의 말현이 매우 증가하였다. 이와는 내조적으로 더 강한 MCMV enhancer는 bGH 특이적인 발현을 별로 증가시키지 못하였다.

• 한국식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물학회 1987년도 식물생명공학 심포지움 논문집 Proceedings of Symposia on Plant Biotechnology
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• pp.349-356
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• 1987

Insertions of transposable elements in or near a structural gene give rise to null phenotypes, reduced levels of gene expression, or alteration on the tissue-specific pattern of gene expression. Null phenotypes often result from insertions in exons. Reduced levels of gene expression results from insertions in various regions such as promoter region, 5' non-translated region, exon and intron. The maize allele of Adh1-3F1124 is an example of alteration in the tissue-specific patetern of gene expression. Adh1-3F1124 contains a Mu element inserted 31 bp 5' to the transcriptional start site of the wild-type Adh1 activity in seeds and anaerobically-treated seedlings but normal levels in the pollen. Upon the insertion of a transposable element a certain number of host DNA sequences at the insertion site is duplcated. When transposable elements excise, all element sequences are deleted. However, the duplicated host sequences may be left intact or deleted to various extents. This results in null phenotypes, restoration of original levels of gene expression, or altered levels of gene expression. On the basis of effects of transposable-element insertions or excisions on gene expression, the usefulness of transposable ellements for studies on gene expression is discussed.

• 대한의생명과학회지
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.23-29
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• 2005

Molecular imaging with targeted contrast agents enables tissues to be distinguished by detecting specific cell-surface receptors. In the present study, a ligand-targeted acoustic nanoparticle system is used to identify angioplasty-induced expression of tissue factor by smooth muscle cell within carotid arteries. Pig carotid arteries were overstretched with balloon catheters, treated with tissue factor-targeted or a control nanoparticle system, and imaged with intravascular ultrasound before and after treatment. Tissue factor-targeted emulsion bound and increased the echogenicity and gray-scale levels of overstretched smooth muscle cell within the tunica media, versus no change in contralateral control arteries. Expression of stretch-induced tissue factor in carotid artery media was confirmed by immunohistochemistry. The potential for abnormal thrombogenicity of balloon-injured arteries, as reflected by smooth muscle expression of tissue factor, was imaged using a novel, targeted, nanoparticulate ultrasonic contrast agent.

• Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.197-208
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• 2005

Although little information is available on the underlying mechanisms, various genetic factors have been associated with tissue-specific responses to radiation. In the present study, we explored the possibility whether organ specific gene expression is associated with radiosensitivity using samples from brain, lung and spleen. We examined intrinsic expression pattern of 23 genes in the organs by semi-quantitative RT-PCR method using both male and female C57BL/6 mice. Expression of p53 and p21, well known factors for governing sensitivity to radiation or chemotherapeutic agents, was not different among the organ types. Both higher expression of sialyltransferase, delta7-sterol reductase, leptin receptor splice variant form 12.1, and Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD) and lower expression of alphaB crystalline were specific for spleen tissue. Expression level of glutathione peroxidase and APO-1 cell surface antigen gene in lung tissue was high, while that of Na, K-ATPase alpha-subunit, Cu/ZnSOD, and cyclin G was low. Brain, radioresistant organ, showed higher expressions of Na, K-ATPase-subunit, cyclin G, and nucleolar protein hNop56 and lower expression of delta7-sterol reductase. The result revealed a potential correlation between gene expression patterns and organ sensitivity, and Identified genes which might be responsible for organ sensitivity.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• 제32권7호
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• pp.1044-1051
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• 2019

Objective: Recent studies have implied that gene expression has high tissue-specificity, and therefore it is essential to investigate gene expression in a variety of tissues when performing the transcriptomic analysis. In addition, the gradual increase of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) annotation database has increased the importance and proportion of mapped reads accordingly. Methods: We employed simple statistical models to detect the sexually biased/dimorphic genes and their conjugate lncRNAs in 40 RNA-seq samples across two factors: sex and tissue. We employed two quantification pipeline: mRNA annotation only and mRNA+lncRNA annotation. Results: As a result, the tissue-specific sexually dimorphic genes are affected by the addition of lncRNA annotation at a non-negligible level. In addition, many lncRNAs are expressed in a more tissue-specific fashion and with greater variation between tissues compared to protein-coding genes. Due to the genic region lncRNAs, the differentially expressed gene list changes, which results in certain sexually biased genes to become ambiguous across the tissues. Conclusion: In a past study, it has been reported that tissue-specific patterns can be seen throughout the differentially expressed genes between sexes in cattle. Using the same dataset, this study used a more recent reference, and the addition of conjugate lncRNA information, which revealed alterations of differentially expressed gene lists that result in an apparent distinction in the downstream analysis and interpretation. We firmly believe such misquantification of genic lncRNAs can be vital in both future and past studies.

• 식물조직배양학회지
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• 제25권2호
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• pp.89-93
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• 1998

Tomato phenylalanine ammonia-lyase 5 (tPAL5) was identified that alternate initiation sites were utilized differentially in response to environmental stimuli (Lee et al, 1992b). In this study, we tried to look into tissue -or cell- specific expression pattern of tPAL5 gene by fusing with ${\beta}-glucuronidase$ (GUS) gene in transgenic tobacco plants. In transgenic plants, root and stem extracts contained 8~12 fold higher levels of GUS activity than petiole or leaf tissue while the highest levels of induction was observed from leaf tissue by mechanical wounding (5~11 fold). In trans-sections of stems and petioles, GUS activity was restricted to phloem cells(outer region) of developing vascular bundle and mainly at apical tip region in the root tissues. The levels of GUS activity was drastically reduced (10~12 fold reduction) when the 5'-upstream region of tPAL5 gene (-1151bp from ATG codon) was deleted up to -665. The levels of GUS expression, however, raised up by 6~8 fold when deleted up to -455. Therefore, we conclude that there are positive cis-elements at the region -1151 to -1008 and at -455 to -195 while the negative cis-element is at -1008 to -455.

• 생명과학회지
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• 제20권9호
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• pp.1314-1323
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• 2010

유전자를 이소성으로 발현하고 억제하는 것은 유전자의 기능 연구에 있어서 매우 유용하다. 본 연구에서는 표적 유전자의 동시 과발현, 조직/발달 단계 특이적 발현 및 스트레스 유도성 발현을 위해 pPZP를 골격으로 다양한 binary 벡터를 제작하고 그 유용성을 검증하였다. 변형된 CaMV 35S 프로모터를 이용하여, 다른 두 개의 유전자를 동시 과발현시키는 binary 벡터를 제작하였고, 이 벡터가 동시에 그리고 같은 장소에서 다른 두 개의 표적 유전자를 과발현 하는데 효과적임을 확인하였다. At2S3, KNAT1 및 LFY 프로모터를 포함하는 조직 또는 발달 단계 특이적 발현 binary 벡터들을 제작하고 분석한 결과, 이 벡터들은 각각 배/유식물 시기, 새싹 끝의 분열조직 및 잎 원기 특이적 발현에 유용하였다. RD29A와 AtNCED3 프로모터를 포함하는 스트레스 유도성 발현 binary 벡터들은 고염, ABA, MV 또는 저온과 같은 비생물성 스트레스에 의한 유전자의 이소성 발현에 유용하였다. 본 연구에서 제작된 binary 벡터들은 표적 유전자의 이소성 발현을 통해 유전자의 생물학적 기능연구, 분자생물학적작용 기작 연구에 유용하게 사용될 것으로 사료된다.

• 한국식물학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국식물학회 1987년도 식물생명공학 심포지움 논문집 Proceedings of Symposia on Plant Biotechnology
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• pp.323-347
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• 1987

The R locus of maize in one of several genes that regulate the anthocyanin pigments throughout the body of the plant and seed. The R gene product may regulate pigment deposition by controlling the expression of the flavonoid biosynthetic gene pathway in a tissue-specific manner. To understand the basis for tissue specific regulation and allelic variation at R, the molecular study has been done by cloning a portion of the R complex by transposon tagging with Ac. R specific probe were cloned from the R-nj mutant induced by Ac insertion mutagenesis. From southern analysis of R-r complex using the R-nj probe, the structure of R-r was proposed that R-r containes the three elements, (P)(Q)(S). These elements may organize as the inversion triplication model which (S) sequence was inverted in relation to (P) and (Q). The R-sc derivated from R-mb or R-nj was cloned with R-nj probe, and molecular genetical data showed that R-sc containes tissue specific and tissue nonspecific area, and the sequencing of R-sc are progressed now.

• Laboraroty Animal Research
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.147-159
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• 2018

Genetically engineered mouse models are commonly preferred for studying the human disease due to genetic and pathophysiological similarities between mice and humans. In particular, Cre-loxP system is widely used as an integral experimental tool for generating the conditional. This system has enabled researchers to investigate genes of interest in a tissue/cell (spatial control) and/or time (temporal control) specific manner. A various tissue-specific Cre-driver mouse lines have been generated to date, and new Cre lines are still being developed. This review provides a brief overview of Cre-loxP system and a few commonly used promoters for expression of tissue-specific Cre recombinase. Also, we finally introduce some available links to the Web sites that provides detailed information about Cre mouse lines including their characterization.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.315-320
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• 1999

Molecular regulation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) was investigated in deoxycorticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt hypertension. The expression of renin, angiotensinogen and angiotensin II receptor genes in the kidney and liver was determined by Northern blot analysis in rats which were made DOCA-salt hypertensive over the period of 2 or 4 weeks. Along with the hypertension, renin mRNA was decreased in the remnant kidney. The expression of angiotensinogen gene was not significantly altered in the kidney, but was significantly decreased in the liver. The expression of angiotensin II receptor gene was increased in the kidney, while it remained unaltered in the liver. The duration of hypertension did not affect the altered gene expression. It is suggested that the components of RAS are transcriptionally regulated in DOCA-salt hypertension in a tissue-specific manner.