TY - JOUR
T1 - Hepatocyte nuclear factor 3 activates transcription of thyroid transcription factor 1 in respiratory epithelial cells
AU - Ikeda, Kazushige
AU - Shaw-White, Jessica R.
AU - Wert, Susan E.
AU - Whitsett, Jeffrey A.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - Thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1), hepatocyte nuclear factor 3α (HNF-3α), and HNF-3β regulate the transcription of genes expressed in the respiratory epithelium. To test whether members of the HNF-3/forkhead family influence TTF-1 gene expression, deletion constructs containing the 5' region of the human TTF-1 gene were transfected into immortalized mouse lung epithelial (MLE) cells. DNase I protection and electrophoretic mobility shift assays identified elements in the 5' region of the TTF-1 gene that bound MLE cell nuclear proteins consistent with the binding of HNF-3 to sites at positions -135 to -124 and -14 to -3. In MLE cells, TTF-1-luciferase reporter constructs were activated by cotransfection with HNF-3β, activated to a lesser extent by HNF-3α, but not activated by HFH-8. HNF-3α and HFH-8 inhibited the activation of TTF-1-luciferase by HNF-3β. Site-specific mutagenesis of each of the HNF-3 binding sites in the human TTF-1 gene inhibited the binding of MLE cell nuclear proteins and inhibited transactivation of the TTF-1-luciferase constructs after cotransfection with HNF-3β. Immunohistochemical staining demonstrated that both HNF-3β and TTF- 1 were detected in bronchiolar and alveolar type II cells in the human lung. Modulation of TTF-1 gene expression by members of the HNF-3/forkhead family members may provide a mechanism by which distinct HNF-3/forkhead family members influence respiratory epithelial cell gene expression and cell differentiation.
AB - Thyroid transcription factor 1 (TTF-1), hepatocyte nuclear factor 3α (HNF-3α), and HNF-3β regulate the transcription of genes expressed in the respiratory epithelium. To test whether members of the HNF-3/forkhead family influence TTF-1 gene expression, deletion constructs containing the 5' region of the human TTF-1 gene were transfected into immortalized mouse lung epithelial (MLE) cells. DNase I protection and electrophoretic mobility shift assays identified elements in the 5' region of the TTF-1 gene that bound MLE cell nuclear proteins consistent with the binding of HNF-3 to sites at positions -135 to -124 and -14 to -3. In MLE cells, TTF-1-luciferase reporter constructs were activated by cotransfection with HNF-3β, activated to a lesser extent by HNF-3α, but not activated by HFH-8. HNF-3α and HFH-8 inhibited the activation of TTF-1-luciferase by HNF-3β. Site-specific mutagenesis of each of the HNF-3 binding sites in the human TTF-1 gene inhibited the binding of MLE cell nuclear proteins and inhibited transactivation of the TTF-1-luciferase constructs after cotransfection with HNF-3β. Immunohistochemical staining demonstrated that both HNF-3β and TTF- 1 were detected in bronchiolar and alveolar type II cells in the human lung. Modulation of TTF-1 gene expression by members of the HNF-3/forkhead family members may provide a mechanism by which distinct HNF-3/forkhead family members influence respiratory epithelial cell gene expression and cell differentiation.
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U2 - 10.1128/MCB.16.7.3626
DO - 10.1128/MCB.16.7.3626
M3 - Article
C2 - 8668179
AN - SCOPUS:0029953123
SN - 0270-7306
VL - 16
SP - 3626
EP - 3636
JO - Molecular and cellular biology
JF - Molecular and cellular biology
IS - 7
ER -