Transcriptional control of TFF3 (intestinal trefoil factor) via promoter binding sites for the nuclear factor κB and C/EBPβ

Mirela Baus-Loncar, Ezzal Din Al-azzeh, Hanna Romanska, El Nasir Lalani, Gordon W.H. Stamp, Nikolaus Blin, Tuncay Kayademir

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Abstract

The acute phase response is strictly connected with modulation of gene expression. Transcriptional control of many genes is mediated by binding of diverse transcription factors to cis-acting DNA motifs in the respective promoter sequence. We now describe such regulatory elements for the TFF3 gene coding for a peptide involved in response to gut irritation. TNF-α stimulation, which induces NF-κB activation, evoked up to 10-fold reduction of TFF3 expression in the colon tumour cell line HT-29. Several consensus binding sites for members of the NF-κB transcription factor subunits are located in the 5′-flanking region of TFF3. Mutating these sites was aimed at discovering which one is responsible for NF-κB binding and thus regulation of TFF3 expression.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)849-854
Number of pages6
JournalPeptides
Volume25
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - May 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Expression control
  • Signalling pathway
  • Transcription factor NF-κB
  • Trefoil factor family TFF

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