Involvement of Sp1/Sp3 in the activation of the GATA-1 erythroid promoter in K562 cells

Cell Research
Chun Hui HouRuo Lan Qian

Abstract

GATA-1 is a hematopoietic transcription factor that is essential for the terminal maturation of proerythroblasts, megakaryocytic cells and mast cells. The erythroid-specific promoter of the human GATA-1 gene directs the high expression of a reporter gene in K562 cells. Multiple putative transcription factor binding sites were identified in the promoter from the -860 to the -1 base pair (bp). For a better understanding of the transcriptional control of human GATA-1 gene expression, we tested the transcriptional activity of a series of deletions from the 5' end of the 860-bp promoter. A region between -221 and -128 bp retains most of the transcriptional activity of the full-length promoter. Deletion of the CGCCC box at -195 bp reduced reporter gene activity to 60.4%. Further deletion of the CACCC box at -173 bp nearly abolished reporter gene expression, indicating that the CACCC box is more critical. In vitro experiments of electrophoretic mobility shifts and in vivo studies using chromatin immuno-precipitation (ChIP) assays show that the Sp1/Sp3 proteins bind the CACCC site in the nuclei of K562 cells. Coincidently, hyperacetylation of histones in the GATA-1 erythroid promoter was also shown by ChIP assay. Co-transfection of Sp1...Continue Reading

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