Molecular cloning of promoter in human fibrinogenlike protein 2 (hfgl2) gene and functional analysis of its sequence

摘要

The aim of this study is to investigate the important regulative elements region which plays an important role on the activation of transcription exerted by the 5' noncoding region of hfgl2 gene in response to HBc and HBx. A series of promoter luciferase report plasmids, in which the hfgl2 gene has been deleted of the 5' and retained the common 3', were constructed. All the plasmids constructed were subjected to electrophoretic analysis and DNA sequencing. A eukaryotic construct expressing HBc or HBx, a luciferase reporter construct containing hfgl2 promoter and aβ-galactosidase (β-gal) plasmid were co-transfected into Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells and hepG2 cells, respectively. Luciferase report plasmids containing hfgl2 promoter were successfully constructed, and a serial assays of deletion of hfgl2 gene promoter showed that a strong regulatory region from -817 to -467 (relative to the transcription start site) was responsible for transcription and expression regulation of hfgl2 gene. The important regulative elements region in the promoter of hfgl2 gene was in response to HBc and HBx. which contributes to further pursuit of cis-acting elements and transcriptional factors involved in the transcription of hfgl2 gene.