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Mol Cell Biol. 1990 May; 10(5): 1959-1968

Identification of positive and negative regulatory elements governing cell-type-specific expression of the neural cell adhesion molecule gene.

M R Hirsch, L Gaugler, H Deagostini-Bazin, L Bally-Cuif and C Goridis

Centre d'Immunologie Institut National de la Santé, Marseille-Luminy, France.

ABSTRACT

The neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) is one of the most prevalent cell adhesion molecules in vertebrates. Its expression is subject to complex cell-type- and developmental-stage-dependent regulation. To study this regulation at the level of transcription, we analyzed the promoter region of the mouse NCAM gene. The NCAM promoter did not contain a typical TATA box. Transcription started at several sites that were used indiscriminately by different cell types, implying that the different NCAM isoforms are expressed from a single promoter. Sequences responsible for both promotion and inhibition of transcription resided within 840 base pairs upstream of the main transcriptional start site. The sequence from positions -645 to -37 relative to the translation initiation site directed high levels of expression in NCAM-expressing N2A cells. The same fragment was six times less active but still significantly active in L cells, but this activity was repressed by inclusion of an additional upstream segment. We mapped eight domains of interactions with nuclear proteins within the 840-base-pair region. The segment with maximum promoter activity contained two adjacent footprints, the occupation of which appeared to be mutually exclusive. One of them corresponded to an Sp1-factor-binding consensus site, the other one bound a factor with nuclear factor I activity. The single protected domain in the fragment harboring a repressor activity consisted of a GGA repeat resembling negative regulatory elements in other promoters. Three adjacent binding sites occupied an A + T-rich segment and contained ATTA motifs also found in the recognition elements of homeodomain proteins. These results show that negative and positive elements interact to regulate the tissue-specific patterns of expression of the NCAM gene and indicate that a factor related to nuclear factor I is involved in its transcriptional control.

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Mol Cell Biol. 1990 May; 10(5): 1959-1968

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