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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-13
pubmed:abstractText
We review the data available on the structure, developmental appearance and embryonic regulation of the tissue-specific transcription factor HNF1 alpha (LFB1) in Xenopus. The expression of the HNF1 alpha gene starts early in embryogenesis shortly after mid-blastula transition and the protein accumulates in the region of the embryo where liver, pronephros and gut--tissues that contain HNF1 alpha in the adult--are developing. The cofactor DCoH, known to stabilize dimer formation of HNF1 alpha, is present as a maternal factor in the egg and has a partially distinct tissue distribution compared to HNF1 alpha. This implies that DCoH does not only modulate HNF1 alpha dimerization but may also cooperate with other transcription factors. By injecting HNF1 alpha promoter CAT constructs into fertilized Xenopus eggs we obtained activation of the injected gene restricted to the region of the developing larvae expressing endogenous HNF1 alpha. Deletion analysis allowed to define the OZ-element that is essential for embryonic activation. This element also occurs in other promoters activated at mid-blastula transition in the embryo and interacts with the maternal factor OZ-1. As the HNF1 alpha promoter also contains functional binding sites for HNF4 and HNF1, we postulate that all of these transcription factors contribute to the cascade leading to proper embryonic activation of the HNF1 alpha gene.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hydro-Lyases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Xenopus Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/hnf1a protein, Xenopus, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/pterin-4a-carbinolamine dehydratase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/tcf2 protein, Xenopus
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0214-6282
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
297-304
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-24
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-alpha, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Hydro-Lyases, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Molecular Structure, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Xenopus, pubmed-meshheading:8735941-Xenopus Proteins
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation and function of the tissue-specific transcription factor HNF1 alpha (LFB1) during Xenopus development.
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Zellbiologie (Tumorforschung), Universitätsklinikum, Essen, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't