| Literature DB >> 12767908 |
Daisuke Uchida1, Fumie Omotehara, Koh-ichi Nakashiro, Yoshihisa Tateishi, Satoshi Hino, Nasima-Mila Begum, Takahiro Fujimori, Hitoshi Kawamata.
Abstract
TSC-22 gene was composed of three exons and its length was approximately 5.5 kb including 2.9 kb promoter region. The transcription starting site was located at 7 and 29 bp downstream from TATA box. Promoter analysis revealed that 2146 bp of TSC-22 promoter was activated by several differentiation inducing drugs. Although originally TSC-22 was isolated as a TGF-beta-inducible gene, TSC-22 promoter was not activated by the enhanced TGF-beta signaling. We found 3 copies of the Shaw-Kamens sequence (AUUUA) in the human TSC-22 mRNA 3'-UTR and identified three proteins (40, 20, and 15 kDa) which bound to this. Only the 40 kDa protein-RNA complex was decreased by treatment with TGF-beta 1. Moreover, the TSC-22 mRNA 3'-UTR destabilized the heterologous luciferase mRNA, but the destabilization was recovered with TGF-beta 1. These observations suggest that up-regulation of TSC-22 mRNA by TGF-beta 1 is achieved by mRNA stabilization, but not by transcriptional activation.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12767908 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00854-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun ISSN: 0006-291X Impact factor: 3.575