Molecular Endocrinology, Vol 9, 1477-1487, Copyright © 1995 by Endocrine Society

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Control of insulin-like growth factor-II/mannose 6-phosphate receptor gene transcription by proximal promoter elements

Z Liu, DW Mittanck, S Kim and P Rotwein
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Washington University School of Medicine, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.

The insulin-like growth factor-II/cation-independent mannose 6- phosphate receptor (IGF-II/MPR) is a multifunctional protein that binds IGF-II and ligands containing a mannose 6-phosphate recognition marker. Recent studies have shown that this receptor plays a critical role in mammalian development, and that its expression is controlled by both epigenetic and tissue-specific factors. Our laboratory has cloned the 93-kilobase mouse gene and characterized its 48 exons. In this report we describe the structure and function of the IGF-II/MPR gene promoter. To study promoter function, a series of chimeric plasmids linking different segments of IGF-II/MPR 5' flanking DNA to the reporter gene, firefly luciferase, were transiently transfected into HepG2 and C3H 10T1/2 cells. Promoter activity was orientation-specific and was maximal (550- to 4250-fold above promoterless control) with a plasmid containing 266 base pairs (bp) of IGF-II/MPR DNA. The fusion gene accurately directed transcription as measured by ribonuclease protection assay using RNA extracted from transfected cells. DNA- protein binding studies by in vitro DNase I footprinting revealed an extended 54-bp footprint within the proximal promoter that contained two E-boxes and potential binding sites for transcription factors Sp1, NGF-IA, and related proteins. Gel mobility shift experiments with double-stranded oligonucleotides containing this region gave rise to several specific DNA-protein complexes, and the addition of specific antibodies indicated that proteins antigenically related to Sp1 and c- Myc were components of one or more of these bands. Deletion of this 54- bp segment led to an 8-fold decline in promoter activity, and its transfer to a heterologous promoter stimulated gene expression by nearly 7-fold. Mutational analyses indicated that each E box contributed to more than half of the enhancer's activity. These results define a strong minimal IGF-II/MPR promoter of no more than 266 bp and identify a 54-bp enhancer within this promoter fragment. Our observations thus represent a first step toward characterizing the developmental, epigenetic, and tissue-specific factors that control IGF- II/MPR gene expression.

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