title: A magnetic field-responsive domain in the human HSP70 promoter.
abstract: HSP70 gene expression is induced by a wide range of environmental stimuli, including 60-Hz electromagnetic fields. In an earlier report we showed that the induction of HSP70 gene expression by magnetic fields is effected at the level of transcription and is mediated through c-myc protein binding at two nCTCTn sequences at -230 and -160. in the human HSP70 promoter. We report on the identification of a third c-myc binding site (between -158 and -162) that is an important regulator of magnetic field-induced HSP70 expression. We also show that the heat shock element (HSE), lying between -180 and -203, is required for induction of HSP70 gene expression by magnetic fields. The HSE centered at -100 alone is insufficient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Columbia University Health Sciences, New York, New York 10032, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blank
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Goodman
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D055590:Electromagnetic Phenomena; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc