Characterization of a silencer element in the human aromatase gene

被引:36
作者
Zhou, DJ [1 ]
Chen, SA [1 ]
机构
[1] City Hope Natl Med Ctr, Beckman Res Inst, Div Immunol, Duarte, CA 91010 USA
关键词
aromatase; gene expression regulation; silencer element;
D O I
10.1006/abbi.1998.0641
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Aromatase, a cytochrome P450, catalyzes three consecutive hydroxylation reactions converting C19 androgens to aromatic C18 estrogens. The control of human aromatase expression is complex in that several promoters drive aromatase expression in a tissue-specific manner. Promoters I.3 and II are situated within the 700-bp region immediately upstream of exon II of the human aromatase gene, and these promoters have been shown to drive aromatase expression in breast tumors. This paper reports the characterization of a negative regulatory element that is situated between promoters I.3 and II and down regulates the action of these promoters. This negative regulatory element is thought to be a silencer element (S1) because it acts in an orientation-and promoter-independent manner. The position of S1 (5'-CCAAGGTCAGAAATGCTGCA-ATTCAAGCCA-3 ') was mapped by DNase I footprinting and DNA deletion analyses. The region contains three pairs of inverted repeats, as indicated by an underline, probably explaining why S1 functions in both orientations. Chloramphenicol acetyltransferase functional analyses indicated that the transcriptional activity of promoter I.3 was suppressed two-to threefold by S1. Mutations of two inverted repeat segments (i.e., TTC and CC) in S1 destroyed its silencing action and modified the protein binding patterns in DNA mobility shift analysis. UV cross-linking experiments with P-32-labeled bromodeoxyuridine-substituted S1 as the probe and nuclear extracts from MCF-7 breast cancer cells and skin fibroblasts revealed that four major nuclear proteins, with molecular masses of approximately 150, 45, 30, and 25 kDa, bound to this element. Interestingly, two smaller proteins could be competed by an unlabeled fragment which contains promoter I.3. In addition, mutation of S1 at the region CC destroyed the ability to compete with the wild-type S1 for the binding of 30- and 25-kDa proteins. These results led us to propose that S1 down regulates the action of promoter I.3, and the 30-and 25-kDa proteins present in the nuclear extract of MCF-7 cells and skin fibroblasts are involved in the silencer action. (C) 1998 Academic Press.
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