title: Regulation of the human leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) promoter in HEC-1B endometrial adenocarcinoma cells.
abstract: Leukaemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is a pleiotropic cytokine which has been found to be expressed in the human endometrium and to play an important role in human reproduction. In the present study we investigated expression and regulation of the human LIF promoter in HEC-1B endometrial adenocarcinoma cells using a luciferase reporter plasmid bearing a 666 bp promoter fragment (h666LIF-Luc) in transient transfection assays. HEC-1B cells were first shown by reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) to be able to produce endogenous LIF mRNA. The LIF promoter was efficiently transcribed in HEC-1B cells, showing much higher levels of basal activity than in the previously studied Jurkat T-lymphoma cells and SKUT-1B uterine mesodermal tumour cells. The activity of the LIF promoter was stimulated in HEC-1B cells by a combination of phorbol ester (TPA) and ionomycin, which we had previously found to strongly induce its activity in Jurkat T-lymphoma cells. We next studied the effect of progestin (medroxyprogesterone acetate; MPA) on the LIF promoter activity in HEC-1B cells. The LIF promoter was not stimulated by MPA treatment in the presence of transfected progesterone receptor B (PR-B) expression vector in HEC-1B cells, while we had previously described its induction by MPA in SKUT-1B cells. This indicates that progestin-dependent regulation of the LIF promoter in uterine tumour cells is different in cells of epithelial and mesodermal origin.
authors.affiliation: IHF, Institute for Hormone and Fertility Research, University of Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bamberger
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Erdmann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jenatschke
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Bamberger
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Schulte
mesh_terms: D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D016889:Endometrial Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006131:Growth Inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6; D015759:Ionomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D008222:Lymphokines / Q000235:genetics*; D010703:Phorbol Esters / Q000494:pharmacology; D011372:Progestins / Q000494:pharmacology; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D006131:Growth Inhibitors; D015850:Interleukin-6; C507837:LIF protein, human; D053605:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; D008222:Lymphokines; D010703:Phorbol Esters; D011372:Progestins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015759:Ionomycin