title: Transcriptional regulation of the membrane-associated prostaglandin E2 synthase gene. Essential role of the transcription factor Egr-1.
abstract: Membrane-associated prostaglandin (PG) E2 synthase (mPGES) is an inducible terminal enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway for prostaglandin E2, which participates in many biological processes. In this study, we investigated the molecular mechanism controlling the inducible expression of mPGES. The mouse mPGES gene consisted of three exons, and its 5'-proximal promoter contained consensus motifs for the binding of several transcription factors. Transgenic expression in mice of the mouse mPGES promoter flanked by a reporter gene resulted in stimulus-dependent induction of the reporter in tissues where mPGES was intrinsically induced. Deletion and site-specific mutation analyses of the 5'-flanking region demonstrated that stimulus-inducible expression of mouse and human mPGES required tandem GC boxes adjacent to the initiation site. The stimulus-induced GC box binding activity was present in nuclear extracts of cells, in which the proximal GC box was essential for binding. An 80-kDa stimulus-inducible nuclear protein that bound to this GC box was identified as the transcription factor Egr-1 (for early growth response-1). These results suggest that Egr-1 is a key transcription factor in regulating the inducible expression of mPGES.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroaki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Naraba
authors.forename: Chieko
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Naomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tago
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Mai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fueki
authors.forename: Sachiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Oh-Ishi
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanabe
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1; D005091:Exons; D017353:Gene Deletion; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011485:Protein Binding; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1; C486109:Egr1 protein, mouse; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases