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Volume 271, Number 40, Issue of October 4, 1996 pp. 24976-24981
©1996 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

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The TATA Motif Is a Target for Efficient Transcriptional Activation and Nerve Growth Factor Induction of the Peripherin Gene

(Received for publication, May 13, 1996, and in revised form, June 26, 1996)

From the Groupe de Recherche en Oncogénétique, Département de Pathologie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7

Three proximal elements, PER1, PER2, and PER3, have been implicated in the regulation of peripherin gene expression. PER1 contains the TATA motif and was identified as the principal mediator of neuronal specificity. Here, we demonstrate by transfection of constructs mutated in PER1 that the in vitro protein binding activity of PER1 is irrelevant to its function. However, mutations or substitutions in the TATA box decreased promoter activity by up to 80%. We have investigated this unusual preference for a particular TATA sequence in PC12 cells. In these cells, nerve growth factor induces neuronal differentiation, increasing peripherin gene expression 3-4-fold, while dexamethasone elicits chromaffin differentiation and a 3-fold decrease in peripherin mRNA. Experiments with stably transfected PC12 cells revealed that the specific TATA box of the peripherin gene was crucial for nerve growth factor response. However, it did not affect dexamethasone down-regulation. Therefore, nerve growth factor acts through an element essential for neuronal peripherin gene expression. The results predict that proteins interacting in the vicinity of the TATA box, by inference factors associated with the preinitiation complex, are important for peripherin gene regulation and provide new insights into the mechanisms underlying neuronal differentiation.

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