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Hepatocyte nuclear factor 1alpha is an accessory factor required for activation of glucose-6-phosphatase gene transcription by glucocorticoids.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  9839806     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Deficiency of glucose-6-phosphatase (G6Pase), a key enzyme in glucose homeostasis, causes glycogen storage disease type 1a (GSD-1a), also know as von Gierke disease. Expression of the G6Pase gene is regulated by multiple hormones, including glucocorticoids. The synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone increased G6Pase mRNA abundance and gene transcription in H4-IIE hepatoma cells. Transient transfection assays demonstrated that the G6Pase promoter was active in H4-IIE cells only in the presence of dexamethasone. The minimal G6Pase promoter was contained within nucleotides -234/+3, which has two putative glucocorticoid response elements (GREs) at nucleotides -178/-164 (site 1) and -154/-140 (site 2). Electromobility shift and transient transfection assays showed that only GRE site 1 was required for glucocorticoid-activated transcription from the G6Pase promoter. Deletion analysis demonstrated that the DNA elements absolutely essential for glucocorticoid-stimulated transcription from the G6Pase promoter were contained within nucleotides -234/-212, encompassing binding motifs for hepatocyte nuclear factors (HNFs) 1 (-226/-212) and 4 (-231/-220). Electromobility shift and cotransfection assays showed that HNF1alpha bound to its cognate site and mediated transcription activation of the G6Pase gene by glucocorticoids.
Authors:
B Lin; D W Morris; J Y Chou
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  DNA and cell biology     Volume:  17     ISSN:  1044-5498     ISO Abbreviation:  DNA Cell Biol.     Publication Date:  1998 Nov 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1998-12-11     Completed Date:  1998-12-11     Revised Date:  2009-11-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9004522     Medline TA:  DNA Cell Biol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  967-74     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Heritable Disorders Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Animals
Base Sequence
DNA / metabolism
DNA-Binding Proteins*
Dexamethasone / pharmacology
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic* / drug effects,  physiology
Glucocorticoids / pharmacology
Glucose-6-Phosphatase / genetics*
Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1
Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha
Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta
Molecular Sequence Data
Nuclear Proteins*
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Protein Binding
Rats
Receptors, Glucocorticoid / metabolism
Transcription Factors / physiology*
Tumor Cells, Cultured
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/DNA-Binding Proteins; 0/Glucocorticoids; 0/Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha; 0/Hnf1a protein, rat; 0/Nuclear Proteins; 0/Receptors, Glucocorticoid; 0/Transcription Factors; 126548-29-6/Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1; 138674-15-4/Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta; 50-02-2/Dexamethasone; 9007-49-2/DNA; EC 3.1.3.9/Glucose-6-Phosphatase

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