title: The 30-kDa rat liver transcription factor nuclear factor 1 binds the rat growth-hormone proximal silencer.
abstract: Transcription of the gene encoding rat growth hormone is under the influence of cis-acting negative regulatory elements termed silencers. We showed previously that one such element, designated the rat growth hormone proximal silencer-1 site, binds a nuclear protein, the nuclear-factor-1-like protein that is probably a member of the CAAT transcription factor/nuclear-factor-1 (CTF/NF-I) family of transcription factors. This nuclear protein possesses DNA-binding activity as well as biochemical properties similar to those reported for the 30-kDa rat liver form of nuclear factor 1 (NF1-L). Results from both gel mobility supershift assays and Western-blot analyses, performed in combination with a polyclonal antibody directed against the DNA-binding domain of NF1-L, indicated that rat liver nuclear factor 1 might indeed correspond to one of the transcription factors interacting with the rat growth-hormone proximal silencer element. Further experiments using gel mobility shift assays also indicated that, as for NF1-L, multiple proteins among the 52-66-kDa CTF/NF-I isoforms from human HeLa cells also possess the ability to bind the rat growth-hormone silencer.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Laval University Medical Research Center, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Guérin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000235:genetics*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010957:Plasmids; D051381:Rats; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C080333:transcription factor nuclear factor 1; D013006:Growth Hormone; D004247:DNA