title: Xenobiotic responsive element-mediated transcriptional activation in the UDP-glucuronosyltransferase family 1 gene complex.
abstract: We have isolated genomic DNA clones containing rat UDP-glucuronosyltransferase family 1 (UGT1) sequences and have shown drug-responsive and tissue-specific alternative expression of multiple first exons (Emi, Y., Ikushiro, S., and Iyanagi, T. (1995) J. Biochem. (Tokyo) 117, 392-399). The UGT1 locus encodes at least nine UGT1 isoforms. UGT1A1 is a major 3-methylcholanthrene (MC)-inducible form in rat liver. In this report, we have identified a cis-acting element necessary for transcriptional activation of UGT1A1 in hepatocytes. A promoter region was fused to a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene, and the resultant construct was transiently transfected into hepatocytes. A DNA fragment carrying 1,100 nucleotides derived from the 5'-flanking region of the UGT1A1 gene was enough for MC induction. Unidirectional deletion of this region revealed that there existed one xenobiotic responsive element (XRE), TGCGTG, between -134 and -129. When a single base substitution was introduced into the XRE, MC-induced expression of the UGT1A1 gene was completely abolished. In addition, an XRE-deleted construct failed to respond to MC. Gel mobility shift assays showed MC-inducible binding of the nuclear aromatic hydrocarbon receptor-ligand complex to this motif. Gel shift-coupled DNase I protection analyses revealed that the GCGTG-core sequence was a target site of the liganded aromatic hydrocarbon receptor. These results suggest that the XRE participates in induction of the rat UGT1A1 gene by MC.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Science, Faculty of Science, Himeji Institute of Technology, Harima Science Park City, Hyogo 678-12, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Emi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikushiro
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iyanagi
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology / Q000201:enzymology*; D008297:Male; D008748:Methylcholanthrene / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000187:drug effects; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D015262:Xenobiotics / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D007527:Isoenzymes; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D015262:Xenobiotics; D008748:Methylcholanthrene; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D014453:Glucuronosyltransferase