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  • Title: Regulation of the rat alpha-fetoprotein gene expression in liver. Both the promoter region and an enhancer element are liver-specific and negatively modulated by dexamethasone.
    Author: Poliard A, Bakkali L, Poiret M, Foiret D, Danan JL.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1990 Feb 05; 265(4):2137-41. PubMed ID: 1688847.
    Abstract:
    Cis-acting elements involved in the control of rat alpha-fetoprotein gene expression in the liver and its modulation by glucocorticoid hormones were detected after transfection of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase constructs and their transient expression into two hepatoma cell lines. The proximal promoter region (-324 to -15) was found to contain all the information necessary for tissue-specific expression. It is also involved in the negative gene modulation by glucocorticoids and includes an activating regulatory domain allowing efficient expression in the HepG2 cells. Three regions within 7 kilobase pairs of the 5' extragenic sequences are capable of stimulating the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase activity driven by the alpha-fetoprotein promoter sequence. One of these regions, at about -2.5 kilobase pairs, contains a short indivisible 170-base pair DNA element that fulfills all the criteria of a tissue-specific enhancer, i.e. orientation and position independence, as well as cell-specific stimulation of gene expression driven by a homologous or heterologous promoter. The enhancing properties of this element are totally abolished by glucocorticoids. DNase I footprinting experiments indicate that several rat liver nuclear proteins interact with this enhancer element.
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