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Non-consensus progesterone response elements mediate the progesterone-regulated endometrial expression of the uteroferrin gene.

V Lamian·B Y Gonzalez·F J Michel·R C Simmen
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A 2.0 kilobase-pair (kb) fragment encompassing the promoter and 5' flanking region of the uteroferrin (UF) gene was previously demonstrated to confer progesterone (P) responsiveness to chimeric UF gene promoter-reporter gene constructs when transfected in endometrial cells. In the present study, transient transfection experiments with the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene linked to the sequentially deleted UF gene 5' flanking region and to genomic fragments within this region subcloned into the heterologous SV40 promoter were used to define the progesterone-responsive elements (PRE). The identified PREs are located distal to the promoter in the region between -1754 to -1601 bp and -893 to -678 bp of the UF gene and exhibit only limited similarities to the half-sites of the consensus palindromic PRE. The non-consensus PREs bind the progesterone receptor (PR) and independently exhibit P-dependent enhancer activities within the context of homologous and heterologous promoters in endometrial and placental cell lines. The unique features of these functional PREs suggest that formation of the P-PR complex with its cognate sequences upstream of the UF gene may be less dependent on the sequence per se but may require the binding of nuclear factors proximal to the PRE to stabilize PRE-PRE interactions.

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Acid PhosphataseAnimalsBase SequenceBinding SitesCells, CulturedConsensus SequenceDNA-Binding ProteinsEndometriumEnhancer Elements, GeneticFemaleGene Expression RegulationIsoenzymesMetalloproteinsMolecular Sequence DataNuclear ProteinsOligodeoxyribonucleotidesProgesteroneRabbitsReceptors, ProgesteroneRegulatory Sequences, Nucleic AcidTartrate-Resistant Acid PhosphataseTranscription, GeneticJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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V Lamian, B Y Gonzalez, F J Michel, R C Simmen. 1993. Non-consensus progesterone response elements mediate the progesterone-regulated endometrial expression of the uteroferrin gene.. https://doi.org/10.1016/0960-0760(93)90098-h

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