title: An indirect negative autoregulatory mechanism involved in hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 gene expression.
abstract: Recent studies have revealed that hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (HNF-4) is an essential positive regulator of another liver enriched transcription factor HNF-1, defining a transcriptional hierarchy between the two factors operating in hepatocytes. To assess the possible autoregulation of the HNF-1 gene we have examined the effect of HNF-1 on its own transcription. In transient transfection assays, HNF-1 strongly down-regulated transcription driven by its own promoter in HepG2 cells. In addition HNF-1 also repressed the activity of HNF-4 dependent ApoCIII and ApoAI promoters. The same effect was observed using vHNF-1, a distinct but highly related protein to HNF-1. Both HNF-1 and vHNF-1 downregulated HNF-4 activated transcription from intact and chimeric promoter constructs carrying various HNF-4 binding sites implying that they act by impeding HNF-4 binding or activity. DNA binding and cell free transcription experiments however failed to demonstrate any direct or indirect interaction of HNF-1 and vHNF-1 with the above regulatory regions. Both factors repressed HNF-4 induced transcription of the ApoCIII and HNF-1 genes in HeLa cells, arguing against the requirement of a hepatocyte specific function. These findings define an indirect negative autoregulatory mechanism involved in HNF-1 gene expression, which in turn may affect HNF-4 dependent transcription of other liver specific genes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Crete, Greece.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Kritis
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ktistaki
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Barda
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Zannis
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Talianidis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D053305:Apolipoprotein C-III; D001056:Apolipoproteins C / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015536:Down-Regulation; D005246:Feedback; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006367:HeLa Cells; D051537:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1; D051538:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha; D051539:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta; D051557:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D016632:Apolipoprotein A-I; D053305:Apolipoprotein C-III; D001056:Apolipoproteins C; D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C496487:HNF1A protein, human; C496495:HNF1B protein, human; D051538:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha; D051557:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4; C496489:Hnf1a protein, rat; C403128:MLX protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051537:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1; D051539:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta; D004247:DNA