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NF-1C, Sp1, and Sp3 Are Essential for Transcription of the Human Gene for P450c17 (Steroid 17-hydroxylase/17,20 lyase) in Human Adrenal NCI-H295A Cells

Department of Pediatrics and The Metabolic Research Unit, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0978

Address all correspondence and request for reprints to: Professor Walter L. Miller, Department of Pediatrics, Building MR IV, Room 209, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0978.

Cytochrome P450c17 catalyzes steroid 17-hydroxylase and 17,20 lyase activities, which are required for the biosynthesis of cortisol and sex steroids. Human P450c17 is expressed in a cAMP-responsive, cell-specific, developmentally programmed fashion, but little is known about its transcriptional regulation. Expression of deletion mutants of up to 2,500 bp of human 5'-flanking DNA in human adrenal NCI-H295A cells indicated that most regulatory activity was confined to the first 227 bp. Deoxyribonuclease I footprinting of the proximal promoter identified the TATA box, an steroidogenic factor-1 site, and three previously uncharacterized sites at -107/85, at -178/-152, and at -220/-185. EMSAs and methylation interference assays suggested that the -107/-85 site and the -178/-152 site bind members of the NF-1 (nuclear factor-1) family of transcription factors. An NF-1 consensus sequence generated similar DNA/protein complexes, and antibodies against NF-1C2/CTF2 supershifted the complexes formed by the -107/-85 site, the -178/-152 site, and the NF-1 consensus site. Western blots of nuclear extracts from NCI-H295A cells probed with this NF-1 antiserum identified two NF-1 isoforms between 50 and 55 kDa. The presence of NF-1C2 (CTF2) and CTF5 in NCI-H295A cells was demonstrated by RT-PCR and sequencing. Mutation of both the -107/-85 and the -178/-152 NF-1 sites reduced basal transcription by half. Supershift assays showed that the ubiquitous proteins Sp1 and Sp3 both bind to the -227/-184 region, and that mutation of their binding sites reduced transcription by 75%. Mutation of the Sp1/Sp3 site plus the two NF-1 sites eliminated almost all detectable transcription. Thus, Sp1 and Sp3 binding to the -227/-184 site and NF-1C proteins binding to the -107/-85 and the -178/-152 sites are crucial for adrenal transcription of the human gene for P450c17.

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