Murine glypican-4 gene structure and expression; Sp1 and Sp3 play a major role in glypican-4 expression in 3T3-F442A cells.
In this report we describe the genomic organization of the mouse glypican-4 (Gpc4), an analysis of its promoter and its transcriptional regulation in the 3T3-F442A adipocyte cell line. The Gpc4 gene consists of nine exons separated by eight introns. A series of deletion mutants and 4391 bp of the 5'-flanking region were cloned into pGL3-BASIC upstream of the luciferase reporter gene and transfected into 3T3-F442A adipocytes. Analysis of a 4.3-kb DNA fragment at the 5'-flanking region of this gene revealed that the Gpc4 promoter is a TATA-less promoter with a large cluster of GC boxes. Competitive electrophoretic mobility shift and supershift assays identified a cluster of nine functional GC boxes binding Sp1 and Sp3 in this region. Transactivation experiments in insect cells showed that both Sp1 and Sp3 are major activators of the Gpc4 promoter. Gpc4 is expressed in adipocytes where its expression is highest in confluent 3T3-F442A adipoblasts and decreases dramatically as cells differentiate. Sp protein analyses demonstrated a major decrease in Sp3 protein in differentiated adipocytes as compared to undifferentiated adipoblasts. These experiments show that Gpc4 is developmentally regulated in 3T3-F442A adipocytes and suggest that Sp transcription factors play a significant role in the regulated expression of Gpc4.
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Huaixing
H
Li
Kristan
K
Melford
Andrea
A
Judson
André
A
Bensadoun
D016475:3T3 Cells; D017667:Adipocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D005091:Exons; D053673:Glypicans; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D007313:Insecta; D007438:Introns; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016366:Open Reading Frames; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D051705:Sp3 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D024363:Transcription Initiation Site; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D053673:Glypicans; C115814:Gpc4 protein, mouse; D019812:Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor; C497122:Sp3 protein, mouse; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051705:Sp3 Transcription Factor