An indirect negative autoregulatory mechanism involved in hepatocyte nuclear factor-1 gene expression.
AUTOR(ES)
Kritis, A A
RESUMO
Recent studies have revealed that hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (HNF-4) is an essential positive regulator of another liver enriched transcription factor HNF-1, defining a transcriptional hierarchy between the two factors operating in hepatocytes. To assess the possible autoregulation of the HNF-1 gene we have examined the effect of HNF-1 on its own transcription. In transient transfection assays, HNF-1 strongly down-regulated transcription driven by its own promoter in HepG2 cells. In addition HNF-1 also repressed the activity of HNF-4 dependent ApoCIII and ApoAI promoters. The same effect was observed using vHNF-1, a distinct but highly related protein to HNF-1. Both HNF-1 and vHNF-1 downregulated HNF-4 activated transcription from intact and chimeric promoter constructs carrying various HNF-4 binding sites implying that they act by impeding HNF-4 binding or activity. DNA binding and cell free transcription experiments however failed to demonstrate any direct or indirect interaction of HNF-1 and vHNF-1 with the above regulatory regions. Both factors repressed HNF-4 induced transcription of the ApoCIII and HNF-1 genes in HeLa cells, arguing against the requirement of a hepatocyte specific function. These findings define an indirect negative autoregulatory mechanism involved in HNF-1 gene expression, which in turn may affect HNF-4 dependent transcription of other liver specific genes.
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