Sequence and activity of the rat PB-inducible aldehyde dehydrogenase promoter

The 5' flanking region of the rat PB inducible aldehyde dehydrogenase gene was isolated and the sequence from +42 to -1339 was determined. This sequence contains several putative binding sites for the liver-enriched factors HNF3 and DBP as well as a GRE and several possible AP1 sites. A TATA and CCAAT motif were assigned at positions -26 and -53. A promoter construct containing the -1339 bp of the aldehyde dehydrogenase 5' flanking region was active when transfected into both H411 and HepG2 liver cell lines.