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Mol Cell Biol. 1987 November; 7(11): 3994-4002

Tissue-specific enhancer of the human glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit gene: dependence on cyclic AMP-inducible elements.

Regulatory Biology Laboratory, Salk Institute, La Jolla, California 92037.

ABSTRACT

We identified and characterized elements which confer tissue specificity and cyclic AMP (cAMP) responsiveness to the human glycoprotein alpha-subunit gene. An enhancer containing an 18-base-pair repeat conferred cAMP responsiveness in a non-tissue-specific fashion. DNase I protection assays revealed DNA-binding factors that bound to this element in both placental and nonplacental cells. It also enhanced the alpha-subunit promoter in a tissue-specific manner but had a negligible effect on a heterologous promoter. A unique element found upstream of this enhancer had no independent activity but, in combination with the cAMP-responsive enhancer, distinctly increased the tissue-specific activity of both the alpha-subunit promoter and a heterologous promoter. A factor that bound to this upstream element was found in placental but not nonplacental cells. We conclude that this novel element acts, perhaps through a specific trans-acting factor, in concert with a cAMP-responsive enhancer to confer tissue specificity to the alpha-subunit gene.

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