title: Regulation of human calcitonin gene transcription by cyclic AMP.
abstract: Transcription of the human calcitonin (CT) gene is markedly increased by cAMP in the TT line of medullary thyroid carcinoma. This response is conferred by 5' flanking DNA sequences located between -132 and -252 relative to the transcription initiation site. Within this region are an upstream cyclic AMP response element (CRE), a downstream CRE flanked by two octamer motifs, and two adjacent C-rich AP2-like sequences. In transfection experiments in TT cells, the downstream CRE, combined with CT promoter sequences, generated 70% of the maximal cAMP response. The upstream CRE and the C-rich elements conferred 10 and 30% of this response, respectively. In gel mobility shift assays, specific TT cell proteins bound to each of these sequences. Therefore, the cAMP response of the CT gene is complex, requiring multiple elements acting in concert.
authors.affiliation: Oncology Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21231.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: de Bustros
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Ball
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Peters
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Compton
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Nelkin
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002116:Calcitonin / Q000235:genetics*; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000502:physiology; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D014157:Transcription Factors; D003994:Bucladesine; D002116:Calcitonin; D004247:DNA; D000242:Cyclic AMP