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Kumar, A.P. et al.

Regulation of rat ornithine decarboxylase promoter activity by binding of transcription factor Sp1.

Ornithine decarboxylase ( ODC) is the rate-limiting enzyme of polyamine biosynthesis. We investigated the transcriptional regulation of the rat ODC gene using transient expression assays. The 5'-flanking region (-1156 to +13) of the ODC gene was sufficient to mediate strong basal expression of a luciferase reporter. Sequences between -345 and -93 contributed to basal promoter activity. This region, containing five potential Sp1 binding sites, was analyzed by electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Three specific DNA-protein complexes were identified using H35 nuclear extracts and the -345/-93 ODC probe. Binding to all three was eliminated by competition with an oligonucleotide containing an Sp1 binding site, but not by a mutant Sp1 oligonucleotide. Preincubation with an antibody against Sp1 supershifted complexes associated with one or more of Sp1 binding sites 1-4 as well as with site 5. DNase I footprinting revealed two protected regions: PR-I (-92 to -130) and PR-II (-304 to -332). PR-I contains a putative binding site for Sp1 that was protected by recombinant Sp1 protein. Transfection studies in Schneider SL2 cells demonstrated that the ODC promoter is transactivated up to 350-fold by Sp1 and that this transactivation is dependent on the presence of Sp1 binding sites 1-4. Thus, although the ODC promoter binds multiple nuclear proteins, Sp1 or a related protein appears to be a critical determinant of ODC transcription, possibly through cooperative interactions between Sp1 and additional transcription factors.[1]

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Regulation of rat ornithine decarboxylase promoter activity by binding of transcription factor Sp1. Kumar, A.P., Mar, P.K., Zhao, B., Montgomery, R.L., Kang, D.C., Butler, A.P. J. Biol. Chem. (1995) [Pubmed]

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