title: Transforming-growth-factor-beta activation elements in the distal promoter regions of the rat alpha 1 type I collagen gene.
abstract: We have located a cis-acting element (alpha 1-TAE) within the promoter sequences of the rat collagen alpha 1(I) gene (COL1A1) 1600 bases upstream of the transcription start site which mediates transcriptional activation by transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta). The functional significance of this region was established by (1) deletion analysis of the alpha 1(I) promoter cloned upstream of the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene and (2) by co-transfection of promoter constructs with double-stranded oligonucleotides. DNA-mobility-shift assays with radiolabelled alpha 1-TAE demonstrated increased nuclear binding activity after TGF-beta stimulation. Oligonucleotides encoding the alpha 1-TAE, additional upstream regions within the alpha 1(I) promoter, as well as consensus nuclear-factor-1 (NF-1) sequences, competed with the alpha 1-TAE sequence. The two collagen type I genes are stimulated by TGF-beta through different regions of their promoters.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Boston University Medical Center, MA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Ritzenthaler
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lichtler
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Rowe
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003094:Collagen / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D051381:Rats; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014162:Transfection; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D003094:Collagen; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase