title: YB-1 regulation of the human and rat gelatinase A genes via similar enhancer elements.
abstract: Experimental and clinical studies strongly suggest that gelatinase A plays a central role in the evolution of glomerular injury and sclerosis. The sequences of the 5' flanking regions of the human and rat gelatinase A genes do not share similarities with other members of the matrix metalloproteinase gene family and are regulated in a distinctive manner. The human and rat gelatinase A genes include regions of significant homology (r2 human; RE-1 rat), which have been shown to act as potent cis-activators of transcription. The rat RE-1 sequence interacts specifically with the developmentally regulated transcription factors AP2 and YB-1, resulting in a synergistic activation of gelatinase A transcription. Although the human r2 sequence specifically interacts with AP2 (Mol Cell Biol 10: 6524-6532, 1990), there is no clear evidence for the presence of a canonical YB-1 binding site (Y-box) within this sequence. This study demonstrates, despite the absence of a canonical Y-box sequence in the r2 element, that YB-1 and AP2 specifically interact with r2, yielding synergistic transactivation of the human gelatinase A gene. It is concluded that the r2 element is the conserved functional analog of the RE-1 element, and that interactions of AP2 and YB-1 govern human gelatinase A gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Medical Clinic II, RWTH Aachen, Germany. pmertens@post.klinikum.rwth-aachen.de
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Mertens
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Alfonso-Jaume
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Steinmann
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lovett
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000201:enzymology; D006801:Humans; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2 / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D051381:Rats; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection; D051840:Y-Box-Binding Protein 1
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051840:Y-Box-Binding Protein 1; C070856:YBX1 protein, human; D004247:DNA; D020778:Matrix Metalloproteinase 2