Part:BBa_K1431301

TRE-3G promoter+SV40 PolyA, an ideal controller of mammalian gene expression with Tet-On 3G protein

TRE-3G promoter(P_TRE3G) is a kind of eukaryocyte cell promoters that will be switched on after combine with the compound of Tet-On 3G(BBa_K1431101) protein and doxycycline(Dox) mix.

The inducible promoter TRE3G provides for very low basal expression and high maximal expression after induction (Loew et. al., 2010). It consists of 7 repeats of a 19 bp tet operator sequence located upstream of a minimal CMV promoter. In the presence of Dox, Tet-On 3G binds specifically to P_TRE3G and activates transcription of the downstream gene of interest (GOI). P_TRE3G lacks binding sites for endogenous mammalian transcription factors, so it is virtually silent in the absence of induction.(Source: Clontech)

Figure 1.The Tet-On 3G systems allow inducible gene expression only in the presence of doxycycline. When Dox binds, the
transactivator undergoes a conformational change allowing it to bind tet operator (tetO) repeats within the
TREG Promoter. The transactivator activates expression through transcription activation domain repeats.

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Data

The plasmid transfected into Hela Cell shows below.

pBX-093 PB5-HS4-SV40-puro-2A-tetON3G-pA-HS4-TRE-AzaminGreen-2A-T

Transfect Hela Cell with different doxycycline(Dox) concentration by lipofectamine3000 and get the data after 30hours.

fluorescence microscope

0 ng/mL doxycycline after 30h	0 ng/mL doxycycline after 30h
100 ng/mL doxycycline after 30h	100 ng/mL doxycycline after 30h

Flow Cytometry

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0 ng/mL doxycycline	0.1 ng/mL doxycycline	1.0_ng/mL_doxycycline
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10_ng/mL_doxycycline	100_ng/mL_doxycycline	1000_ng/mL_doxycycline

We could find that without Dox, TRE-3G promoter hardly be activated because the fluorescent protein do not expressed. The higher concentration of Dox,the higher fluorescent protein expressed. But if the concentration reached 1000 ng/ml, the expression become low, that may be toxic to Hela cell for too high concentration.

Sequence and Features

Assembly Compatibility:

• 10
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
• 12
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
• 21
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]
• 23
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
• 25
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
• 1000
  COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]