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Volume 272, Number 11, Issue of March 14, 1997 pp. 7546-7555
©1997 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

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Transcriptional Activation of Fibroblast Growth Factor 1.B Promoter Is Mediated through an 18-Base Pair cis-Acting Element

(Received for publication, October 22, 1996, and in revised form, January 10, 1997)

From the Department of Internal Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210

Four different transcripts encoding fibroblast growth factor 1 (FGF-1, also known as aFGF) have been previously identified in our laboratory. Among them, FGF-1.B is the major transcript expressed specifically in the neuronal cells in brain tissue. Using the transient transfection experiment in a glioblastoma cell line, U1240MG, that expresses 1.B, we previously identified two regulatory regions (RR1 and RR2) in the brain-specific promoter, FGF-1.B. In the present study, we showed that the minimal region required for the DNA-protein interaction in RR2 resides in an 18-base pair (484 to 467) sequence, by using DNase I footprinting and methylation interference studies and electrophoretic mobility shift assays. This minimal cis-acting element was found to be sufficient in enhancing the reporter activity driven by the heterologous herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase promoter in the 1.B-positive U1240MG cell line. This enhancing effect, however, was not detected in a glioblastoma cell line, U1242MG, which is negative for 1.B expression. By electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we also identified a specific DNA-protein complex, namely complex I, which is specific for 1.B-positive cell lines and human brain tissue. By in situ UV cross-linking experiment, we further showed that complex I contains two major DNA-binding proteins of apparent molecular masses of 37 and 98 kDa. Our results suggest that the formation of complex I, resulting from the heterodimerization of a 37-kDa protein (1.B-specific) and a 98-kDa protein (ubiquitous) may likely be a prerequisite for the enhanced expression of 1.B transcript in neuronal cells.

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