title: Cloning and characterization of the 5' flanking region of the HGFIN gene indicate a cooperative role among p53 and cytokine-mediated transcription factors: relevance to cell cycle regulation.
abstract: HGFIN, previously identified as nmb, and its homologs, osteoactivin are single transmembrane protein that is expressed in differentiated immune cells, and are linked to tumor progression. These dichotomous roles suggest that HGFIN could be linked to cell cycle regulation. We hypothesize that HGFIN is linked to different phases of cell cycle regulation via specific transcription factors. This study cloned and analyzed two fragments in the 5' flanking region of HGFIN: HGFIN-RM/2.0: 2.0 kb upstream of Exon 1; HGFIN-RM/1.5: 5' deletion (500 bp) of HGFIN-RM/2.0. Computer analyses indicated that HGFIN has unique upstream sequence with eight potential p53 sites. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay with Cy3-labeled PCR fragments indicated that p53 could interact with fragments encompassing p53 consensus regions. Reporter gene activities with HGFIN-RM/2.0 and HGFIN-RM/1.5 in cells with different p53 levels showed that p53 is relevant to HGFIN activities. Studies with modified T47D in which cytokine production was downregulated, but with p53 level similar to parental line showed synergism between p53 and mediators of cytokine in the regulation of HGFIN. In summary, p53 cooperate with cytokine-mediated transcription factors to regulate the expression of HGFIN.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Medicine and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey 07103 USA.
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Metz
authors.forename: Ghassan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yehia
authors.forename: Helen
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fernandes
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.forename: Pranela
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rameshwar
mesh_terms: D024506:5' Flanking Region / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016207:Cytokines / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D015536:Down-Regulation; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D014162:Transfection; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D016207:Cytokines; C503042:GPNMB protein, human; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor