title: The different tissue transcription patterns of genes for HNF-1, C/EBP, HNF-3, and HNF-4, protein factors that govern liver-specific transcription.
abstract: The transcription factors that act in hepatocyte-specific gene expression include proteins that are present mainly in liver cells (HNF-1/LFB1, C/EBP, HNF-3, HNF-4) (HNF, hepatocyte nuclear factor; C/EBP, rat enhancer binding protein) and proteins that are widely distributed (AP-1, NF-1, NF-Y/ACF). We show here that the genes encoding each of these liver-enriched factors exhibit different patterns of transcriptional control in different tissues. In addition, there were several instances in which transcription was detected (e.g., for HNF-1) when no mRNA or specific DNA binding protein was found, suggesting the importance of posttranscriptional control in some instances for these factors. These experiments identify C/EBP, HNF-3, and HNF-4, and perhaps also HNF-1, as targets for the study of cascades of transcriptionally controlled transcription factors in differentiated cells.
authors.affiliation: Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021-6399.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Xanthopoulos
authors.forename: V R
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Prezioso
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Sladek
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cortese
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Darnell
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D051537:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1; D051538:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha; D051539:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D008099:Liver / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D013154:Spleen / Q000502:physiology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051538:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051537:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1; D051539:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta