title: DNA binding factors which interact with the Sp1 site of the chicken delta 1-crystallin promoter are developmentally regulated.
abstract: Transcription of the delta 1-crystallin gene is developmentally regulated in the embryonic chicken lens. Previous work defined a positive transcription regulatory element between positions -120 and -43 of the delta 1-crystallin promoter. This region contains a putative Sp1 binding site (-78 to -71), adjacent to a CAAT box (-70 to -67). Gel retardation assays using lens nuclear extracts revealed two protein-DNA complexes which involved the Sp1 site. The formation of the complexes increased from day 6 to day 11 of embryogenesis (period of lens organogenesis) peaked between days 11 and 15, then decreased in a non-parallel manner until hatching (day 21). A point mutation in the Sp1 binding site of the delta 1-crystallin promoter abolished formation of one of the complexes (complex 1, slower in mobility), while point mutations in the CAAT box had no effect on the formation of either complex. Studies using purified Sp1 protein and increasing amounts of embryonic chicken lens nuclear extracts showed cooperativity in the formation of both complexes, more remarkable with complex 1.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas, CSIC, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alemany
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Klement
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Borrás
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Pablo
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry; D002642:Chick Embryo; D003459:Crystallins / Q000235:genetics*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000196:embryology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D003459:Crystallins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins