Transcription of the mouse μ-opioid receptor gene is regulated by two promoters

Brain Research

Volumn 769, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 372-374

  Liang, Yanbin ^a   Carr, Lucinda G ^a,b  

^a Dept of Pharmacology and Toxicology ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Opioid; Promoter; Receptor; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHIMERA; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; REPORTER GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; START CODON; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CHIMERA; GENE DELETION; GENES, REPORTER; LUCIFERASES; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0030859563     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00854-8     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Chaillet P., Couland A., Zajac J.M., Fourniezaluski M.C., Costentin J., Roques B.P. The mu rather than the delta subtype of opioid receptors appears to be involved in enkephalin-induced analgesia. Eur. J. Pharmacol. 101:1984;83-90.
2. 2a adenosine receptor gene. DNA Cell Biol. 15:1996;329-337.
3. Corbett A.D., Daterson S.J., Kosterlitz H.W. Selectivity of ligands for opioid receptors. Handb. Exp. Pharmacol. 104:1993;645-679.
4. Delfs J.M., Kong H., Mestek A., Chen Y., Yu L., Reisine T., Chesselet M.-F. Expression of μ opioid receptor mRNA in rat brain: an in situ hybridization study at the single cell level. J. Comp. Neurol. 345:1994;46-68.
5. Geore S.R. Distinct distributions of mu, delta and kappa opioid receptor mRNA in rat brain. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 205:1994;1438-1444.
6. Koob G.F., Maldonado R., Stinus L. Neural substrates of opiate withdrawal. Trends Neurosci. 15:1992;186-191.
7. Liang Y., Carr L.G. Identification of an octamer-1 transcription factor binding site in the promoter of the mouse μ opioid receptor gene. J. Neurochem. 67:1996;1352-1359.
8. Liang Y., Mestek A., Yu L., Carr L.G. Cloning and characterization of the promoter region of the mouse mu opioid receptor gene. Brain Res. 679:1995;82-88.
9. Mansour A., Fox C.A., Akil H., Watson S.J. Opioid-receptor mRNA expression in the rat CNS: anatomical and functional implications. Trends Neurosci. 18:1995;22-29.
10. Mansour A., Fox C.A., Thompson R.C., Akil H., Watson S.J. μ-Opioid receptor mRNA expression in the rat CNS: comparison to μ-receptor binding. Brain Res. 32:1994;245-265.
11. Mayer P., Schulzeck S., Kraus J., Zimprich A., Hollt V. Promoter region and alternatively spliced exons of the rat mu-opioid receptor gene. J. Neurochem. 66(6):1996;2272-2278.
12. Min B.H., Augustin L.B., Felsheim R.F., Fuchs J.A., Loh H.H. Genomic structure and analysis of promoter sequence of a mouse μ opioid receptor gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 91:1994;9081-9085.
13. Olson G.A., Olson R.D., Kastin A.J. Endogenous opiates: 1987. Peptides. 10:1989;205-236.
14. G.W. Pasternak, The Opiate Receptors, Humana Press, Clifton, NJ, 1988.
15. Schibler U., Sierra F. Alternative promoters in developmental gene expression. Annu. Rev. Genet. 21:1987;237-257.
16. Snyder S.H. Drug and neurotransmitter receptors in the brain. Science. 224:1984;22-31.
17. 2-receptor gene from two promoters. Eur. J. Biochem. 220(2):1994;577-584.
18. Yu V.C., Richards M.L., Sadee W.A. Human neuroblastoma cell line expresses μ and δ opioid receptor sites. J. Biol. Chem. 261:1986;1065-1070.