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The aim of this study was to clarify the mechanisms that regulate the transcription of the chicken Abcg2 gene through cloning and characterization of its promoter region. Results showed that the Abcg2 gene is transcribed by a TATA-less promoter with several putative Sp1 sites upstream from two putative CpG islands. A luciferase reporter assay conducted both in chicken leghorn male hepatoma (LMH) cells and chicken primary hepatocytes mapped a basal promoter to nucleotides \u2212110 to +30, which is responsible for the constitutive expression of Abcg2. The 5\u2032-region upstream of the basal promoter was characterized by both positive and negative regulatory domains. Further, using the cell-based reporter gene assay combined with RT-PCR and drug accumulation analysis, we found that four xenobiotics, daidzein, clotrimazole, ivermectin, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS), influence the expression and function of BCRP through significant regulation of the Abcg2 gene promoter. Interaction sites with the Abcg2 gene promoter of these four selected regulators were clarified by progressive deletions and mutation assays. This study shed some light on the regulatory mechanisms involved in chicken Abcg2 gene expression and the results may have far-reaching significance regarding the usage and development of veterinary drugs.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/genes11020186","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,11]],"date-time":"2020-02-11T11:45:30Z","timestamp":1581421530000},"page":"186","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Identification of Functional Transcriptional Binding Sites within Chicken Abcg2 Gene Promoter and Screening Its Regulators"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Yujuan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China"},{"name":"School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212018, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8149-1486","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jinhu","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiangxiu","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ci","family":"Fang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Liping","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"MOE Joint International Research Laboratory of Animal Health and Food Safety, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nanjing Agricultural University, Nanjing 210095, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,10]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"e234","article-title":"The Role of OATP1B1 and BCRP in Pharmacokinetics and DDI of Novel Statins","volume":"30","author":"Wen","year":"2012","journal-title":"Cardiovasc. 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