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50 ZBORNIK ABSTRAKATA III KONGRESA GENETIÈARA SRBIJE II-Usm-3<br />

Subotica, 30. novembar - 4. decembar 2004.<br />

ANALIZA PROMOTORSKOG REGIONA HUMANOG SOX3 GENA I<br />

IDENTIFIKACIJA TRANSKRIPCIONIH FAKTORA UKLJUÈENIH U<br />

REGULACIJU EKSPRESIJE<br />

Nataša Kovaèeviæ-Grujièiæ, Marija Mojsin, A. Krstiæ i Milena Stevanoviæ<br />

Institut za molekularnu genetiku i genetièko inenjerstvo, Beograd<br />

Familija SOX gena kodira proteine koji funkcionišu kao klasièni transkripcioni faktori i<br />

arhitektonske komponente hromatina i imaju znaèajnu ulogu u proliferaciji i<br />

diferencijaciji æelija tokom embriogeneze. Sox3 gen, smešten na X hromozomu, se<br />

eksprimira u centralnom nervnom sistemu u ranim fazama razviæa i predstavlja jedan od<br />

najranijih neuralnih markera kod kièmenjaka. Cilj našeg rada bio je definisanje i<br />

karakterizacija promotora SOX3 gena èoveka. Elongacijom prajmera reverznom<br />

transkripcijom odreðen je start transkripcije humanog SOX3 gena. Strukturno i<br />

funkcionalno je analiziran regulatorni region odgovoran za ekspresiju SOX3 gena u<br />

NT2/D1 æelijskoj liniji. Koristeæi promotor-reporterske konstrukte definisali smo<br />

minimalni promotorski region SOX3 gena odgovoran za njegovu bazalnu promotorsku<br />

aktivnost.<br />

PROMOTER ANALYSIS OF HUMAN SOX3 GENE AND<br />

IDENTIFICATION OF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IMPLICATED IN<br />

REGULATION OF ITS EXPRESSION<br />

Family of SOX genes encodes proteins that appear to govern cell fate decisions during<br />

embryogenesis by functioning both as classical transcription factors and architectural<br />

components of chromatin. Sox3, an X-linked member of the family, is expressed in the<br />

central nervous system from the earliest stages of development. It is considered to be one<br />

of the earliest neural markers in vertebrates playing the role in specifying neuronal fate.<br />

The aim of this study has been to determine and characterize the promoter of the human<br />

SOX3 gene and to elucidate molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of its expression.<br />

Using primer extension method, we have identified the transcription start point<br />

and carried out the structural and functional analysis of the regulatory region responsible<br />

for SOX3 expression in NT2/D1 cell line. Using promoter-reporter constructs we have<br />

determined the minimal SOX3 promoter region that confers the basal promoter activity.

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