title: Human insulin gene enhancer-binding proteins in pancreatic alpha and beta cell lines.
abstract: Electrophoretic mobility shift assays were performed using oligonucleotides corresponding to known protein binding sites within the human insulin gene enhancer and nuclear extracts from mouse pancreatic alpha and beta cell lines. The results demonstrate that a previously described factor, IUF-1, binds to three sites at -82 (the CT1 box), -215 (the CT2 box), and -319 (the CT3 box) in the human insulin gene enhancer. IUF-1 was present only in beta but not in alpha cells, while all other DNA-binding proteins were present in both cell lines. IUF-1 may therefore be an important determinant of insulin gene beta cell-specific expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Read
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Michelsen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Docherty
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000737:chemistry; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000378:metabolism; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010179:Pancreas / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D007328:Insulin; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D004247:DNA