title: Identification of a distal regulatory sequence of the human IGFBP-1 gene promoter and regulation by the progesterone receptor in a human endometrial adenocarcinoma cell line.
abstract: The activity of the insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 (IGFBP-1) gene promoter was studied in the human endometrial adenocarcinoma cell line HEC-1B. Basal promoter activity was directed by the region +68 to -207 bp, similar to observations in the hepatoma HepG2 cell line. A distal regulatory sequence approximately -2.6 kb from the transcription initiation site strongly enhanced the activity of the IGFBP-1 gene promoter in HEC-1B cells, but not in HepG2 cells. Sequence analysis revealed that this active region resides in 105 bp between -2,628 to -2,732 bp (the Rsa I-Cla I fragment). This region contains many putative active motifs homologous to known cis elements. Additional deletion and mutation in the Rsa I-Cla I fragment showed that the activity was confined to a 58-bp DNA fragment. In cells treated with progestin and co-transfected with progesterone receptor vector hPR1, the CAT activity derived from constructs containing the Rsa I-Cla I fragment was reduced in a dose-dependent manner. The active DNA fragment also stimulated the activity of the heterologous TK/CAT promoter in HEC-1B cells, while the PR complex inhibited this activity by 50%. These observations indicate that most of the regulation of the IGFBP-1 gene in HEC-1B cells is derived from the distal promoter region confined to the Rsa I-Cla I fragment and that the same region mediates an inhibitory effect from the progesterone receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794.
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mazella
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tseng
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms; D004717:Endometrium / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018970:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000502:physiology*; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018970:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone