title: Cloning and characterization of a 5' regulatory region of the prolactin receptor-associated protein/17{beta} hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 7 gene.
abstract: Prolactin receptor-associated protein (PRAP) originally cloned in our laboratory was shown to be a novel, luteal isoform of 17beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 7 (17betaHSD7). In this study, we cloned the promoter region of rat PRAP/17betaHSD7 and investigated the mechanisms regulating both basal activity and LH-induced repression of this promoter. Truncated and site-specific mutants of PRAP/17betaHSD7 promoter identified two enhancer regions that contained highly conserved Sp1 binding site and bound Sp1 from nuclear extracts of both corpora lutea and a rat luteal cell line. Repression of PRAP/17betaHSD7 expression and promoter activity by human chorionic gonadotropin/forskolin was localized to a -52-bp proximal segment of the promoter. This region contained a conserved CCAAT site and bound nuclear factor Y; binding of this transcription factor was inhibited by human chorionic gonadotropin in vivo. Furthermore, mutation of the nuclear factor Y site in the -52-bp promoter-reporter construct abolished forskolin-mediated inhibition of the promoter in a rat luteal cell line. In summary, we have identified the promoter elements involved in the basal expression of PRAP/17betaHSD7. We have also found that LH-mediated repression of this gene is at the level of transcription and involves inhibition of nuclear factor YA binding to the CCAAT site within the proximal promoter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Illinois at Chicago, 835 South Wolcott (M/C 901), Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Risk
authors.forename: Aurora
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shehu
authors.forename: Jifang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: Carlos O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Stocco
authors.forename: Laura T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Goldsmith
authors.forename: Jennifer M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bowen-Shauver
authors.forename: Geula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gibori
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D003338:Corpus Luteum / Q000166:cytology; D015536:Down-Regulation; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; C100390:Hsd17b7 protein, rat; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone