HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR-3 DETERMINES THE AMPLITUDE OF THE GLUCOCORTICOID RESPONSE OF THE RAT TYROSINE AMINOTRANSFERASE GENE

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作者
ROUX, J [1 ]
PICTET, R [1 ]
GRANGE, T [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV PARIS 07,CNRS,INST JACQUES MONOD,F-75251 PARIS 05,FRANCE
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10.1089/dna.1995.14.385
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Hepatocyte nuclear factor 3 (HNF3) recognizes two apparently distinct classes of sequence. However, a detailed mutational analysis of a representative binding site of each class reveals that these sequences display common features. We propose a unified consensus sequence for HNF3-binding sites. The basis of the sequence specificity of the interaction of HNF3 with DNA is analyzed in light of the recently determined structure of an HNF3-DNA complex (Clark et al., Nature 364, 412-420, 1993). Particularly, our study reveals that the DNA site used for this structural analysis is too short to account for all HNF3-DNA interactions. The better knowledge of the sequence determinant recognized by HNF3 has allowed us to analyze its function in the glucocorticoid response of the rat tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT) gene. This response is mediated through a complex array of neighboring and overlapping transcription factor binding sites. Selective inactivation of the HNF3-binding sites in this glucocorticoid response unit (GRU) allows us to demonstrate unambiguously that they play a major role in the amplitude of the glucocorticoid response. Furthermore, HNF3 beta overexpression results in a stimulation of the glucocorticoid response that is dependent on the integrity of its binding sites. We also show that the relative level of HNF3 determines the extent of the contribution of one of the glucocorticoid receptor binding sites. Our results indicate that HNF3 accounts for most of the liver-specific activity of this GRU.
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页码:385 / 396
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