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. 1990 Dec;10(12):6216–6224. doi: 10.1128/mcb.10.12.6216

Characterization of a thyroid-specific enhancer located 5.5 kilobase pairs upstream of the human thyroid peroxidase gene.

F Kikkawa 1, F J Gonzalez 1, S Kimura 1
PMCID: PMC362896  PMID: 2174102

Abstract

A 6.3-kbp segment of DNA, upstream of the human thyroid peroxidase gene, and various deletions thereof were linked to a promoterless bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene. These constructs were analyzed by transfection and expression in rat FRTL-5 thyroid cells and in human hepatoma HepG2 cells to localize sequences that are important for thyroid cell-specific expression of the thyroid peroxidase gene. A thyroid-specific enhancer element, capable of activating enhancerless simian virus 40 promoter expression in FRTL-5 cells, was localized to a 230-bp region approximately 5.5 kbp upstream of the human thyroid peroxidase gene transcription start site. DNase I footprinting, using nuclear extracts prepared from FRTL-5 cells, revealed three regions within the 230-bp fragment; none of these regions were protected by nuclear extracts from HepG2 cells. Gel mobility shift assays, using double-stranded oligonucleotides corresponding to the three protected regions, further confirmed the existence of factors in FRTL-5 cells, but not HepG2 cells, able to specifically bind to the enhancer sequences. These results suggest the presence of three cis-acting DNA elements in the human thyroid peroxidase gene enhancer that interact with thyroid-specific trans-acting factors.

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