[en] This study examines the regulation of the human PRL (hPRL) gene promoter by intracellular calcium. Deletants of the 5'-flanking region of the hPRL gene and constructs consisting of the thymidine kinase promoter linked to the first or second proximal Pit-1 binding site were fused to the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) reporter gene. With the complete 5-kilobase pair (kbp) hPRL promoter sequence the calcium channel agonist Bay K8644 induced a significant 2-fold increase in CAT reporter gene expression and the antagonist verapamil a 4.5-fold reduction, using GH3 cells cultured in physiological levels of calcium. The transcriptional response to calcium influx was similar with a series of 5'-deleted hPRL-CAT constructs including those that comprised the proximal (up to 740 bp) or distal (-1300- to -1700-bp) sequences alone. When treating cells cultured in low calcium conditions the induction with the hPRL promoter increased to 5-fold on the addition of exogenous calcium and Bay K8644. The pituitary-specific expression of the hPRL gene is conferred by the interaction of the pituitary-specific factor Pit-1 with several binding sites located in the 5'-flanking DNA, of which three are located in the proximal region. This suggested that Pit-1 binding sites may be involved in the calcium response.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Disciplines :
Biochemistry, biophysics & molecular biology
Author, co-author :
Hoggard, Nigel
Davis, Julian R E
Berwaer, Monique
Monget, Philippe
Peers, Bernard ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > GIGA-R : Biologie et génétique moléculaire
Belayew, Alexandra
Martial, Joseph ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences de la vie > GIGA-R : Biologie et génétique moléculaire
Language :
English
Title :
Pit-1 binding sequences permit calcium regulation of human prolactin gene expression
Publication date :
1991
Journal title :
Molecular Endocrinology
ISSN :
0888-8809
eISSN :
1944-9917
Publisher :
Endocrine Society, Chevy Chase, United States - Maryland
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