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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 263, Issue 21, 10180-10185, Jul, 1988

Interactions of DNA-binding proteins with the 5' region of the human transferrin gene

F Brunel, A Ochoa, E Schaeffer, F Boissier, Y Guillou, S Cereghini, GN Cohen and MM Zakin
Unite de Biochimie Cellulaire, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

We have established by transient expression experiments that the 620 base pairs upstream of the cap site of the human transferrin gene contain the information necessary for efficient expression of the gene in hepatoma cells HepG2 or Hep3B but not in HeLa cells. DNase I footprint analysis reveals that at least five distinct factors present in human or rat liver nuclear extracts interact with different sites of this region. One of these factors, binding to nucleotides -193 to -162, is closely related to or identical with the eukaryotic factor CCAAT- binding transcription factor/nuclear factor I; another one, binding to nucleotides -103 to -83 seems to be related to the CCAAT-binding protein. The binding sites of two other factors, not recognized by HeLa nuclear proteins, each contain an identical 10-nucleotide-long sequence (5' TCTTTGACCT 3') in reverse orientation, separated by 400 base pairs. Results of gel retardation assays, cross-competition experiments, and heat inactivation strongly suggest that the proteins binding to these sites are different. One of these sequences and the binding site of the CCAAT-binding protein related factor are located in the region between nucleotides -119 and -45. We have shown by transient expression experiments with 3' deleted vectors that this region is functionally essential for human transferrin gene expression.
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