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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
34
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-9-9
pubmed:abstractText
Expression of the transferrin receptor, which mediates iron uptake from transferrin, is negatively regulated post-transcriptionally by intracellular iron through iron-responsive elements in the 3'-untranslated region of the transferrin receptor mRNA. Transcriptional mechanisms are also involved in receptor expression, but these are poorly understood. In this study we have characterized the transferrin receptor promoter region and identified a functional hypoxia response element that contains a binding site for hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1). Exposure of K562 and HeLa cells to hypoxia for 16 h resulted in a 2- to 3-fold increase in transferrin receptor mRNA expression. A motif with multipartite organization similar to the hypoxia response element of a number of hypoxia-inducible genes such as erythropoietin was identified within a 100-base pair sequence upstream of the transcriptional start site. Mutation of a site similar to the consensus HIF-binding site (HBS) in this motif attenuated the hypoxic response by 80%. Transient co-expression of the two HIF-1 subunits (HIF-1alpha and HIF-1beta) enhanced the wild type transferrin receptor promoter activity, but that which contained a mutated HBS yielded no such response. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays revealed that HIF-1 was stimulated and bound to the transferrin receptor HBS upon hypoxic challenge. Our results indicate that the transferrin receptor is a target gene for HIF-1.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/HIF1A protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Iron, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Iron-Regulatory Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Iron-Sulfur Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Transferrin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
274
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
24147-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Cell Hypoxia, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Iron, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Iron-Regulatory Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Iron-Sulfur Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-K562 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-RNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Receptors, Transferrin, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Response Elements, pubmed-meshheading:10446188-Transcription Factors
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of a hypoxia response element in the transferrin receptor gene.
pubmed:affiliation
The Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital Department of Physiology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3T 1E2.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't