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Molecular Endocrinology Vol. 6, No. 6 893-903
doi:10.1210/me.6.6.893
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Molecular Endocrinology, Vol 6, 893-903, Copyright © 1992 by Endocrine Society

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Analysis of DNA sequences required for pituitary-specific expression of the glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit gene

WE Schoderbek, KE Kim, EC Ridgway, PL Mellon and RA Maurer
Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.

Transient transfection studies have been used to determine the DNA sequences of the glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit gene that are required for tissue-specific expression. In the initial phase of these studies, a variant mouse alpha gene was identified which contains a fully palindromic cAMP response element (CRE). The corresponding region of a previously cloned and sequenced mouse alpha gene contains a single point mutation that disrupts the symmetrical nature of this element. DNase footprint studies demonstrate that the fully palindromic CRE binds the CRE-binding protein with much higher affinity than the imperfect palindrome. Transfection experiments using both mouse alpha gene variants demonstrate differences in basal and cAMP-induced expression. Studies of the cAMP response of the human alpha gene indicated that this gene contains sequences other than the known CRE that are sufficient to permit a transcriptional response to cAMP in both placental and pituitary cells. Expression of human and mouse alpha- subunit genes has been examined in cells of the gonadotrope, thyrotrope, and trophoblast lineages to identify DNA sequences that mediate selective transcription of the alpha gene in these cells. The results demonstrate that sequences between about -500 and -200 are important for expression in the pituitary, but not the placenta. Clustered point mutations were used to further characterize sequences required for expression in the pituitary. Two regions, one at positions -445 to -438 and one at positions -337 to -330, were required for expression in cells of the gonadotrope lineage. One of these regions, at -337 to -330, is also important for expression in thyrotropes. When linked to a minimal promoter, multiple copies of the -344 to -300 region had transcriptional enhancer activity in gonadotropes and thyrotropes, but not in several other cell types. These results are consistent with a model involving different combinations of regulatory elements that determine cell-specific alpha expression in gonadotropes and thyrotropes.


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