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. 1994 Feb;14(2):1383–1394. doi: 10.1128/mcb.14.2.1383

A novel cis-acting element controlling the rat CYP2D5 gene and requiring cooperativity between C/EBP beta and an Sp1 factor.

Y H Lee 1, M Yano 1, S Y Liu 1, E Matsunaga 1, P F Johnson 1, F J Gonzalez 1
PMCID: PMC358493  PMID: 8289814

Abstract

The rat CYP2D5 gene encodes a cytochrome P450 and is expressed in liver cells. Its expression commences a few days after birth, and maximal mRNA levels are achieved when animals reach puberty. Transfection and DNA binding studies were performed to investigate the mechanism controlling developmentally programmed, liver-specific expression of CYP2D5. Transfection studies using a series of CYP2D5 upstream DNA chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene fusion constructs identified a segment of DNA between nucleotides -55 and -156 that conferred transcriptional activity in HepG2 cells. Activity was markedly increased by cotransfection with a vector expressing C/EBP beta but was unaffected by vectors producing other liver-enriched transcription factors (C/EBP alpha, HNF-1 alpha, and DBP). DNase I footprinting revealed a region protected by both HepG2 and liver cell nuclear extracts between nucleotides -83 and -112. This region displayed some sequence similarity to the Sp1 consensus sequence and was able to bind the Sp1 protein, as assessed by a gel mobility shift assay. The role of Sp1 in CYP2D5 transcription was confirmed by trans activation of the 2D5-CAT construct in Drosophila melanogaster cells by using an Sp1 expression vector. C/EBP beta alone was unable to directly bind the -83 to -112 region of the promoter but was able to produce a ternary complex when combined with HepG2 nuclear extracts or recombinant human Sp1. C/EBP alpha was unable to substitute for C/EBP beta in forming this ternary complex. A poor C/EBP binding site is present adjacent to the Sp1 site, and mutagenesis of this site abolished formation of the ternary complex with the CYP2D5 regulatory region. These result establish that two transcription factors can work in conjunction, possibly by protein-protein interaction, to activate the CYP2D5 gene.

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