A hybrid bovine β-casein/bGH gene directs transgene expression to the lung and mammary gland of transgenic mice

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Title
A hybrid bovine β-casein/bGH gene directs transgene expression to the lung and mammary gland of transgenic mice
Author(s)
Keon Bong Oh; Young Hee Choi; Yong Kook Kang; Wan Sung Choi; Myeong Ok Kim; Kyu Seung Lee; Kyung Kwang Lee; Chul Sang Lee
Bibliographic Citation
Transgenic Research, vol. 8, pp. 307-311
Publication Year
1999
Abstract
We investigated spatial and temporal expression of bGH controlled by two different sizes (1.8 kb and 15 kb) of 5'-flanking sequences of the bovine β-casein in transgenic mice. In the 1.8-kb promoter-containing mice, bGH expression was specifically confined to lung and mammary gland at lactation. While mammary gland expression was highly variable depending on the lines, lung expression was relatively constant with a high level in most lines. Moreover, this dual-tissue specificity of bGH expression was consistently retained in all of the 15 kb-promoter-containing mice, although a low ectopic expression was sometimes detected in salivary gland or brain. During mammary gland development in the 1.8-kb promoter-containing mice was mammary gland expression first detected at lactation, following the bovine rather than murine pattern of β-casein expression. In contrast, lung expression was almost constant regardless of mammary gland developmental state or sex. Therefore, it can be concluded that a combination of the bovine β-casein promoter and bGH gene directs a distinct dual-tissue specific bGH expression with different regulatory mechanisms between mammary gland and lung and as little as 1.8-kb promoter is sufficient for the proper regulation of the bovine β-casein gene in mammary gland.
Keyword
bovine β-caseinbGHlungmammary glandtransgenic mice
ISSN
0962-8819
Publisher
Springer
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1008978129000
Type
Article
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