HeLa细胞ezrin基因基本启动子区转录调控元件的鉴定

 目的 鉴定HeLa细胞中调控ezrin基因基本启动子活性的顺式作用元件,探讨ezrin基因在HeLa细胞的表达调控机制。 方法 采用碱基定点突变实验和双荧光素酶报告基因分析系统,检测在HeLa细胞中Sp1结合位点(-75/-69, 相对于转录起始位点)和AP 1结合位点(-64/-58)对人ezrin基因基本启动子活性的影响;采用电泳迁移率变动分析法(EMSA)实验,检测ezrin基因基本启动子区序列与HeLa细胞核蛋白提取物的特异性结合活性。 结果 在HeLa细胞中,单独删除和置换Sp1结合位点或AP 1结合位点,ezrin基因基本启动子活性降低50％左右;同时置换Sp1结合位点和AP 1结合位点,启动子活性几乎完全丧失。ezrin基因基本启动子序列能够与HeLa细胞核蛋白提取物相结合。 结论 HeLa细胞中,Sp1结合位点和AP 1结合位点为ezrin基因基本启动子区的重要转录调控元件,有可能存在某种转录因子与之结合,激活ezrin基因转录。     

Identification of a novel SP3 binding site in the promoter of human IGFBP4 gene: role of SP3 and AP-1 in regulating promoter activity in CaCo2 cells

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 4 (IGFBP4/BP4) gene expression plays an important role in the transition from proliferation to differentiation of a human colon cancer cell line, CaCo2. We recently cloned and identified multiple cis elements (including putative binding sites for activator protein 1 (AP-1) and specificity proteins (Sps) ) in the promoter of human BP4 gene, and measured a significant upregulation of the promoter activity in response to c-Jun. We therefore examined the role of the single AP-1 site (-869/-863) and other cis elements, in regulating the expression of hBP4 gene, in the current studies. Deletion of a 25 bp sequence from -872 to -848, which contains the AP-1 site, significantly reduced BP4 promoter activity by approximately 50%. Surprisingly, mutation of the AP-1 site did not produce significant alteration in the activity of the BP4 promoter. However, mutation of 7 bp (5'-TGCTGCA) at the 3' end of the AP-1 site resulted in significantly decreasing the promoter activity by >50%. Proteins bound to the 25 bp probe (-872/-848) could be supershifted by antibodies specific for JunD and Sp3 in an EMSA. JunD binding was abolished on mutation of the AP-1 site and Sp3 binding was abolished on mutation of the 7 bp at -861/-855; binding of the purified Sp3 protein to the 25 bp probe was similarly abolished on mutation of the newly discovered Sp3 binding site (TGCTGCA). BP4 promoter activity was upregulated in insect cells in response to Sp3 expression, confirming a functional importance of the novel Sp3 binding site. These studies suggest that the Sp3 binding site, rather than the AP-1 site, may be playing a significant role in regulating the expression of IGFBP4 gene in CaCo2 cells.     

人卵巢癌相关候选基因HE4(WFDC2)的转录调控主要由Sp1与位于-71和-48的Egr-1位点结合所介导

目的阐明HE4基因转录调控机制的细节.方法1.用半定量RT-PCR的方法评估HE4基因在肿瘤细胞株中的表达情况;2.以荧光素酶报告基因载体为基础,对HE4基因的上游顺序构建了3'、5'缺失突变和一系列连接体扫描突变;3.通过瞬时转染/体外双荧光素酶报告系统对这些重组质粒中插入片段进行启动子活性的分析;4.针对蛋白和关键顺式区域的结合的特异性和能力,开展泳动滞后和抗体介导的超迁移分析.结果通过对(-1860/ 29)的HE4基因上游片段及其剪切体的分析,将HE4基因最小启动子确定为-107/ 15的DNA片段.通过对连接体扫描突变体的分析,将关键的顺式作用元件确定在W45(-71/-48)片段,生物信息学提示该区存在两个Egr-1位点.通过用已知的反式作用因子与报告基因质粒分别进行共转染,提示Sp1是最为有效的反式作用因子,而不是Egr-1.通过泳动滞后和抗体介导的超迁移实验,证实Sp1确实是参与作用的转录因子.结论HE4基因的转录活性主要是由转录因子Sp1与位于(-71/-48)区域的两个Egr-1位点结合所介导的.     

A negative regulatory element within the proximal promoter region of the rat ornithine decarboxylase gene

A putative Ets site with a core of GGAA located at nt -88 to -85 of the rat ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) gene was characterized by site-directed mutagenesis and transient expression assays. Mutation of this site, when in pODClux2m, which contains a cluster of four Sp1-binding sites, resulted in a 2.6-fold increase in basal promoter activity in untreated cells, whereas the ratio of activity in 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA)-treated cells relative to the ratio in untreated cells (the induction ratio) remained largely unchanged. However, when the mutation was in pODClux168, which contains only a single Sp1-binding site (GC box V), it caused little alteration to either basal promoter activity or TPA induction ratio. A protein of 55-60 kDa was found specifically bound to this site, as shown by ultraviolet cross-linking assay. In competition assay and methylation interference assay, this protein was shown to occupy the GGAA core, although it showed no antigenic relation to c-Ets-1 in an supershift assay. We suggest that this protein binds specifically to the GGAA core and functions to inhibit activation of the ODC promoter by distal elements, including the upstream Sp1 sites.