title: In vitro transcription directed from the somatostatin promoter is dependent upon a purified 43-kDa DNA-binding protein.
abstract: In vitro transcription analyses were used to establish the biological function of a 43-kDa affinity-purified DNA-binding protein. The 43-kDa affinity-purified protein protects the region from position -59 to position -35 of the somatostatin promoter from DNase I digestion. This region of the somatostatin promoter harbors the TGACGTCA motif, also found and required for function in a number of other cAMP-responsive and adenovirus E1A-inducible promoters. Efficient and authentic transcription in vitro directed from the somatostatin promoter requires the TGACGTCA promoter element. In vitro transcription assays performed in the presence of somatostatin (positions -60 to -29), enkephalin (positions -105 to -71), and adenovirus type 5 E3 gene (positions -72 to -42) competitor fragments, harboring similar TGACGTCA motifs, selectively inhibit transcription directed from the somatostatin promoter, suggesting that the TGACGTCA element is the site of interaction of a somatostatin gene transactivator. Furthermore, extracts depleted of the TGACGTCA-binding activities by affinity chromatography utilizing a biotinylated oligonucleotide-avidin resin, are incapable of directing transcription from the somatostatin but not from the adenovirus major late promoter. Addition of the purified 43-kDa protein to the affinity-depleted extract restores transcription from the somatostatin promoter. These results are consistent with the 43-kDa protein being a trans-activator of the somatostatin gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
authors.forename: O M
authors.initials: OM
authors.lastname: Andrisani
authors.forename: Z N
authors.initials: ZN
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Pot
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dixon
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D005796:Genes; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D013004:Somatostatin / Q000235:genetics*; D013698:Templates, Genetic; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D013004:Somatostatin