title: Three individual regulatory elements of the promoter positively activate the transcription of the murine gene encoding granulocyte colony-stimulating factor.
abstract: At least three regulatory elements GPE1, GPE2 and GPE3 (G-CSF promoter elements) controlling the gene (G-CSF) encoding granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) are indispensable for the constitutive expression of the G-CSF gene in human CHU-2 cells and for its lipopolysaccharide(LPS)-inducible expression in macrophages. The enhancer activities of each regulatory element were examined with or without the SV40 enhancer element placed downstream from the reporter gene. A GPE1 tetramer mediated the constitutive expression in CHU-2 cells, and the LPS-inducible expression in macrophage cell lines, while the GPE2 element was active in CHU-2 and LPS-treated macrophage cell lines only in combination with the SV40 enhancer. A GPE3 tetramer had efficient enhancer activity in CHU-2 cells but not in macrophage cell lines without the SV40 enhancer. In combination with the SV40 enhancer, GPE3 worked as an LPS-inducible enhancer element in macrophage BAM3 cells. Gel retardation assay indicated that the CHU-2 and the macrophage cells contained nuclear factors which specifically bound to each GPE sequence.
authors.affiliation: Osaka Bioscience Institute, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Asano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nishizawa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagata
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics*; D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D016179:Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase