title: Identification of zinc finger binding protein 89 (ZBP-89) as a transcriptional activator for a major bovine growth hormone receptor promoter.
abstract: The objective of this study was to identify the transcription factors that regulate the expression of growth hormone receptor (GHR) 1A mRNA, a major GHR mRNA variant in the bovine liver. A deoxyribonuclease I footprint analysis revealed that the GHR1A promoter region -69 to -30 (relative to the transcription start site for GHR1A mRNA) contained binding sites for bovine liver nuclear proteins. Using a yeast one-hybrid analysis, zinc finger binding protein 89 (ZBP-89) was identified as a binding protein to this promoter region. Binding of ZBP-89 to the GHR1A promoter region -69 to -30 was further confirmed by an electrophoretic mobility shift assay. In cotransfection analyses, overexpression of ZBP-89 enhanced (P<0.01) the activity of the GHR1A promoter and this enhancement was dependent on the putative ZBP-89 binding site in the promoter. These results together indicate that ZBP-89 is a transcription factor that regulates the expression of GHR1A mRNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, 24061-0306, USA.
authors.forename: Qingfu
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Springer
authors.forename: Juanita L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Merchant
authors.forename: Honglin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D018983:DNA Footprinting; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000378:metabolism*; D008099:Liver; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection; D016335:Zinc Fingers / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011986:Receptors, Somatotropin; D014157:Transcription Factors; C073294:growth hormone, bovine; D013006:Growth Hormone