A TEF-1 Binding Motif that Interacts with a Placental Protein Is Important for the Transcriptional Activity of the hCS-B Enhancer
- 1 October 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Mary Ann Liebert Inc in DNA and Cell Biology
- Vol. 13 (10), 1037-1045
- https://doi.org/10.1089/dna.1994.13.1037
Abstract
The transcriptional activity of the human placental lactogen genes (choriosomatomammotropic hormone, hCS) is controlled by tissue-specific enhancers located 4 kb downstream from their respective origins of transcription. The hCS-B enhancer is the strongest; its activity is mediated by synergism between two protein-binding sites (DF-3 and DF-4). The DF-4 site possesses a potential binding sequence for TEF-1, a known transcription factor. In this paper, we show by electrophoretic mobility-shift assays and antibody supershift experiments that TEF-1 does not bind to site DF-4. Mutations in the TEF-1-like binding motif of site DF-4 prevent formation of the DNA-protein complex, called complex f, in the presence of placental JEG-3 cell extracts. When HeLa cell extracts are used, another complex (complex c) is also affected. In transient expression experiments, TKCAT constructs linked to this mutated DF-4 site exhibit greatly reduced transcriptional activity when introduced into JEG-3 cells. Some cell lines contain both protein c and protein f (the proteins forming complexes c and f); when transfected, these lines display reduced DF-4-driven activity, suggesting that the two proteins could compete for the same DF-4 sequence. We conclude that protein f is important for the placenta-specific activity of the hCS-B enhancer. By UV cross-linking, we show that protein fis actually three polypeptides ranging in size from about 12 to 21 kD.Keywords
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