A promoter within intron 35 of the human C4A gene initiates abundant adrenal-specific transcription of a 1 kb RNA: location of a cryptic CYP21 promoter element?

Human Molecular Genetics
M K TeeW L Miller

Abstract

Complement component C4 is encoded by two nearly identical genes, C4A and C4B, that encode a C4 precursor that is proteolytically cleaved into the alpha, beta and gamma subunits of the mature protein. C4 is expressed primarily in liver and to a much lesser extent in immune cells. We have identified a unique 1 kb RNA transcript, termed Z, that arises from a cryptic promoter lying in the intron between exons 35 and 36 of the C4 gene. Primer extension, RNase protection, and 5' RACE experiments locate the cap site in intron 35, 55 bases upstream from exon 36. Northern blotting and RNase protection assays show that expression of this 1 kb Z RNA transcript is confined to the adrenal gland. Z RNA contains the same open reading frame as C4 which predicts a protein of 131 amino acids, but antisera to C4 do not interact with epitopes on this protein when it is synthesized by cell-free translation, hence the presence or absence of a Z protein in vivo could not be determined. Transfection of Z promoter/reporter constructs into human adrenal NCI-H295 cells shows that most if not all of the sequences required for high-level adrenal expression lie within 235 bases upstream from the cap site, but that this region is inactive when transfected i...Continue Reading

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