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© The Rockefeller University Press, 0021-9525/1997//1343 $5.00
The Journal of Cell Biology, Volume 138, Number 6, , 1997 1343-1354

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Tissue-specific Expression of the L1 Cell Adhesion Molecule Is Modulated by the Neural Restrictive Silencer Element



Pekka Kallunki, Gerald M. Edelman, and Frederick S. Jones

Department of Neurobiology, The Scripps Research Institute and The Skaggs Institute for Chemical Biology, La Jolla, California 92037

The cell adhesion molecule L1 mediates neurite outgrowth and fasciculation during embryogenesis and mutations in its gene have been linked to a number of human congenital syndromes. To identify DNA sequences that restrict expression of L1 to the nervous system, we isolated a previously unidentified segment of the mouse L1 gene containing the promoter, the first exon, and the first intron and examined its activity in vitro and in vivo. We found that a neural restrictive silencer element (NRSE) within the second intron prevented expression of L1 gene constructs in nonneural cells. For optimal silencing of L1 gene expression by the NRSE-binding factor RE-1–silencing transcription factor (REST)/NRSF, both the NRSE and sequences in the first intron were required. In transgenic mice, an L1lacZ gene construct with the NRSE generated a neurally restricted expression pattern consistent with the known pattern of L1 expression in postmitotic neurons and peripheral glia. In contrast, a similar construct lacking the NRSE produced precocious expression in the peripheral nervous system and ectopic expression in mesenchymal derivatives of the neural crest and in mesodermal and ectodermal cells. These experiments show that the NRSE and REST/NRSF are important components in restricting L1 expression to the embryonic nervous system.

Abbreviations used in this paper: BMP, bone morphogenetic protein; CAM, cell adhesion molecule; CBP, CCAAT-binding protein; CNS and PNS, central and peripheral nervous system; E, embryonic day; HA, hemagglutinin; N-CAM, neural cell adhesion molecule; NF-1, nuclear factor-1; Ng-CAM, neuron-glia cell adhesion molecule; NRSE, neural restrictive silencer element; NRSF, neural restrictive silencer factor; RACE, rapid amplification of cDNA ends; REST, RE-1–silencing transcription factor; RLU, raw light units.

Address all correspondence to Frederick S. Jones, Department of Neurobiology, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Rd., La Jolla, CA 92037. Tel.: (619) 784-2600. Fax: (619) 784-2646. e-mail: fjones{at}scripps.edu


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