title: GATA-2 and HNF-3beta regulate the human alcohol dehydrogenase 1A (ADH1A) gene.
abstract: In this paper, we have identified several distal cis-acting elements that contribute to the regulation and tissue- specificity of ADH1A, which encodes an alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) that metabolizes ethanol. A negative element from bp -1873 to -1558, relative to the translational start site, decreased transcriptional activity to 52% in H4IIE-C3 cells and 70% in CV-1 cells. A positive element from bp -2459 to -2173 increased transcriptional activity twofold in H4IIE-C3 cells and 1.7-fold in CV-1 cells. Gel mobility shift and supershift assays demonstrated that GATA-2 bound a region within this positive element. A tissue-specific regulatory element from bp -6380 to -5403 increased transcription twofold in H4IIE-C3 cells while decreasing transcription to 86% in CV-1 cells. Within this tissue-specific fragment, the region from bp -5668 to -5403 increased transcription 1.7-fold in H4IIE-C3 cells and 1.3-fold in CV-1 cells. Hepatocyte nuclear factor-3beta (HNF- 3beta) bound a region of the tissue-specific element in CV-1 cells, but not in H4IIE-C3 cells. Positive regulation of the ADH1A gene may be influenced by GATA-2 binding, while differences in HNF-3beta binding in cells/tissues may contribute to tissue specificity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, 46202, USA. edenberg@iupui.edu
authors.forename: Luke O
authors.initials: LO
authors.lastname: Dannenberg
authors.forename: Hui-Ju
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Howard J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Edenberg
mesh_terms: D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002460:Cell Line; D018983:DNA Footprinting; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D050989:GATA2 Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D051542:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D050436:Regulatory Elements, Transcriptional / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D050989:GATA2 Transcription Factor; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D051542:Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 3-beta; D000426:Alcohol Dehydrogenase