title: Cell-specific involvement of HNF-1beta in alpha(1)-antitrypsin gene expression in human respiratory epithelial cells.
abstract: The synergistic action of hepatocyte nuclear factor (HNF)-1alpha and HNF-4 plays an important role in expression of the alpha(1)-antitrypsin (alpha(1)-AT) gene in human hepatic and intestinal epithelial cells. Recent studies have indicated that the alpha(1)-AT gene is also expressed in human pulmonary alveolar epithelial cells, a potentially important local site of the lung antiprotease defense. In this study, we examined the possibility that alpha(1)-AT gene expression in a human pulmonary epithelial cell line H441 was also directed by the synergistic action of HNF-1alpha and HNF-4 and/or by the action of HNF-3, which has been shown to play a dominant role in gene expression in H441 cells. The results show that alpha(1)-AT gene expression in H441 cells is predominantly driven by HNF-1beta, even though HNF-1beta has no effect on alpha(1)-AT gene expression in human hepatic Hep G2 and human intestinal epithelial Caco-2 cell lines. Expression of alpha(1)-AT and HNF-1beta was also demonstrated in primary cultures of human respiratory epithelial cells. HNF-4 has no effect on alpha(1)-AT gene expression in H441 cells, even when it is cotransfected with HNF-1beta or HNF-1alpha. HNF-3 by itself has little effect on alpha(1)-AT gene expression in H441, Hep G2, or Caco-2 cells but tends to have an upregulating effect when cotransfected with HNF-1 in Hep G2 and Caco-2 cells. These results indicate the unique involvement of HNF-1beta in alpha(1)-AT gene expression in a cell line and primary cultures derived from human respiratory epithelium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
authors.forename: Chaobin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: David H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Perlmutter
mesh_terms: D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D018938:Caco-2 Cells; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000502:physiology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D051537:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1; D051538:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha; D051539:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta; D051541:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-alpha; D051557:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000502:physiology; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000235:genetics; D020545:Respiratory Mucosa / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D051778:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Leucine Zipper Transcription Factors; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C496499:FOXA1 protein, human; C496487:HNF1A protein, human; C496495:HNF1B protein, human; D051538:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha; D051541:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-alpha; D051557:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4; C403128:MLX protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin; D051537:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1; D051539:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta