title: Transcriptional activation of insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-4 by 17beta-estradiol in MCF-7 cells: role of estrogen receptor-Sp1 complexes.
abstract: Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-4 (IGFBP-4) is expressed in MCF-7 human breast cancer cells, and treatment of these cells with 17beta-estradiol (E2) resulted in induction of IGFBP-4 gene expression (>3-fold) and protein secretion (>6-fold). To identify genomic sequences associated with E2 responsiveness, the 5'-promoter region (-1214 to +18) of the IGFBP-4 gene was cloned into a vector upstream from the firefly luciferase reporter gene, and E2 induced a 10-fold increase in luciferase activity in MCF-7 cells transiently transfected with this construct. Deletion analysis of this region of the IGFBP-4 gene promoter identified two GC-rich sequences at -559 to -553 and -72 to -64 that were important for E2-induced trans-activation. Gel mobility shift assays using 32P-labeled -569 to -540 and -83 to -54 oligonucleotides from the IGFBP-4 gene promoter showed that Sp1 protein bound these oligonucleotides to form a retarded band, and the intensity of the band was competitively decreased after coincubation with unlabeled IGFBP-4-derived and consensus Sp1 oligonucleotides. Mutation of the GC-rich sites within these sequences resulted in loss of the retarded band formation. Wild-type human estrogen receptor did not bind directly to the IGFBP-4 oligonucleotides; however, human estrogen receptor enhanced Sp1-DNA binding in a concentration-dependent manner. The results of this study demonstrate that at least two GC-rich sequences at -559 to -553 and -72 to -64 are required for induction of IGFBP-4 gene expression by E2 in MCF-7 cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-4466, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Safe
mesh_terms: D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4 / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000502:physiology*; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor / Q000502:physiology*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D018974:Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 4; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor; D004958:Estradiol