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To determine whether sequences contained within the small intervening sequence (IVS 1) or large intervening sequence (IVS 2) are involved in the regulated expression of the human beta-globin gene, chimeric genes containing portions of the human beta- and delta-globin genes were stably transfected into mouse erythroleukemia (MEL) cells. Since MEL cells can be induced to differentiate in culture, the expression of the chimeric genes was compared to the expression of beta and delta both before and after the induction of erythroid differentiation. The expression of beta delta 1, a beta-globin gene containing delta IVS 1 in place of beta IVS 1, was comparable to the expression of a beta-globin gene both before and after erythroid differentiation. However, the base-line expression of human beta-globin genes containing delta IVS 2 in place of beta IVS 2 was dramatically decreased. Furthermore, the substitution of delta IVS 2 for beta IVS 2 prevented the regulated increase in expression of the beta-globin gene upon induction. The results also indicate that sequences present in beta IVS 2 are not sufficient for this induced increase in expression since the substitution of beta IVS 2 for delta IVS 2 in a delta gene does not increase the regulated expression of delta during differentiation. These experiments suggest that either the presence of delta IVS 2 in a beta gene interrupts sequences required for the induced expression of beta-globin or that sequences in beta IVS 2 act in concert with other beta globin sequences not present in the delta-globin gene to permit optimal expression.
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