Vascular-specific expression of the bean GRP 1.8 gene is negatively regulated.

AUTOR(ES)

Keller, B

RESUMO

In French bean, the glycine-rich cell wall protein GRP 1.8 is specifically synthesized in the vascular tissue. To identify cis-acting sequences required for cell type-specific synthesis of GRP 1.8, expression patterns of fusion gene constructs were analyzed in transgenic tobacco. In these constructs, the uidA (beta-glucuronidase) gene was placed under control of 5' upstream deletions as well as internal deletions of the GRP 1.8 promoter. Four different cis-acting regulatory regions, SE1 and SE2 (stem elements), a negative regulatory element, and a root-specific element, were found to control the tissue-specific expression. Deletion of the negative regulatory element resulted in expression of the uidA gene in cell types other than vascular cells. The SE1 region was essential for expression in several cell types in the absence of further upstream regulatory sequences. Full-length promoters having insertions between the negative regulatory element and SE1 strongly expressed the gene in nonvascular cell types in stems and leaves. Thus, vascular-specific expression of the GRP 1.8 promoter is controlled by a complex set of positive and negative interactions between cis-acting regulatory regions. The disturbance of these interactions results in expression in additional cell types.

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