Cross-regulation in the mouse HoxB complex: the expression of Hoxb2 in rhombomere 4 is regulated by Hoxb1 - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1997 Jul 15;11(14):1885-95.

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Cross-regulation in the mouse HoxB complex: the expression of Hoxb2 in rhombomere 4 is regulated by Hoxb1

M K Maconochie et al. Genes Dev. 1997.

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Correct regulation of the segment-restricted patterns of Hox gene expression is essential for proper patterning of the vertebrate hindbrain. We have examined the molecular basis of restricted expression of Hoxb2 in rhombomere 4 (r4), by using deletion analysis in transgenic mice to identify an r4 enhancer from the mouse gene. A bipartite Hox/Pbx binding motif is located within this enhancer, and in vitro DNA binding experiments showed that the vertebrate labial-related protein Hoxb1 will cooperatively bind to this site in a Pbx/Exd-dependent manner. The Hoxb2 r4 enhancer can be transactivated in vivo by the ectopic expression of Hoxb1, Hoxa1, and Drosophila labial in transgenic mice. In contrast, ectopic Hoxb2 and Hoxb4 are unable to induce expression, indicating that in vivo this enhancer preferentially responds to labial family members. Mutational analysis demonstrated that the bipartite Hox/Pbx motif is required for r4 enhancer activity and the responses to retinoids and ectopic Hox expression. Furthermore, three copies of the Hoxb2 motif are sufficient to mediate r4 expression in transgenic mouse embryos and a labial pattern in Drosophila embryos. This reporter expression in Drosophila embryos is dependent upon endogenous labial and exd, suggesting that the ability of this Hox/Pbx site to interact with labial-related proteins has been evolutionarily conserved. The endogenous Hoxb2 gene is no longer upregulated in r4 in Hoxb1 homozygous mutant embryos. On the basis of these experiments we conclude that the r4-restricted domain of Hoxb2 in the hindbrain is the result of a direct cross-regulatory interaction by Hoxb1 involving vertebrate Pbx proteins as cofactors. This suggests that part of the functional role of Hoxb1 in maintaining r4 identity may be mediated by the Hoxb2 gene.

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