High Level Activity of the Mouse CCAAT/enhancer Binding Protein (C/EBP Alpha) Gene Promoter Involves Autoregulation and Several Ubiquitous Transcription Factors

Overview

Journal Nucleic Acids Res

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Biochemistry

Date 1993 Apr 25

PMID 8493090

Citations 33

Authors

C Legraverend

P Antonson

P Flodby

K G Xanthopoulos

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Abstract

The promoter region of the mouse CCAAT-Enhancer Binding Protein (C/EBP alpha) gene is capable of directing high levels of expression of reporter constructs in various cell lines, albeit even in cells that do not express their endogenous C/EBP alpha gene. To understand the molecular mechanisms underlying this ubiquitous expression, we have characterized the promoter region of the mouse C/EBP alpha gene by a variety of in vitro and in vivo methods. We show that three sites related in sequence to USF, BTE and C/EBP binding sites and present in promoter region -350/+3, are recognized by proteins from rat liver nuclear extracts. The sequence of the C/EBP alpha promoter that includes the USF binding site is also capable of forming stable complexes with purified Myc+Max heterodimers and mutation of this site drastically reduces transcription of C/EBP alpha promoter luciferase constructs both in liver and non liver cell lines. In addition, we identify three novel protein-binding sites two of which display similarity to NF-1 and a NF kappa B binding sites. The region located between nucleotides -197 and -178 forms several heat-stable complexes with liver nuclear proteins in vitro which are recognized mainly by antibodies specific for C/EBP alpha. Furthermore, transient expression of C/EBP alpha and to a lesser extent C/EBP beta expression vectors, results in transactivation of a cotransfected C/EBP alpha promoter-luciferase reporter construct. These experiments support the notion that the C/EBP alpha gene is regulated by C/EBP alpha but other C/EBP-related proteins may also be involved.

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