title: An Sp1 binding site is essential for basal activity of the human prostate-specific transglutaminase gene (TGM4) promoter.
abstract: Human prostate-specific transglutaminase (hTG(P)) is a cross-linking enzyme encoded by the TGM4 gene. The TGM4 gene promoter was characterized by deletion mapping and mutational analysis. Promoter constructs, containing the minimal promoter requirements, could efficiently drive transcription in the prostate cancer cell lines PC346C and LNCaP and the hepatic cancer cell line Hep3B. The region between positions -113 and -61 was demonstrated to be essential for core promoter activity. Further analysis revealed the functional importance of an Sp1 binding motif, 5'-ACCCCGCCCC-3', at positions -96 to -87. This sequence is a binding site of the ubiquitous transcription factors Sp1 and Sp3.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, 3000 DR, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Dubbink@path.fgg.eur.nl
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Dubbink
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Cleutjens
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: van der Korput
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trapman
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Romijn
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D006801:Humans; D008156:Luciferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D011467:Prostate / Q000201:enzymology*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D051705:Sp3 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D011503:Transglutaminases / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; C497121:SP3 protein, human; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051705:Sp3 Transcription Factor; D004247:DNA; D008156:Luciferases; D011503:Transglutaminases