Prolactin upstream factor I mediates cell-specific transcription.

AUTOR(ES)

Cao, Z D

RESUMO

DNA sequence-specific chromatography was used to purify prolactin upstream factor I (PUF-I) approximately 10,000- to 20,000-fold from rat GH3 cells. The purified transcription factor reconstituted enhanced pituitary-specific prolactin RNA synthesis in nonpituitary in vitro transcription assays. In vitro mutagenesis demonstrated that the capacity to stimulate prolactin gene transcription was directly correlated with PUF-I binding to an A+T-rich region located from -63 to -36 in the prolactin 5'-flanking DNA. We propose that PUF-I is a critical modulator of transcriptional activity in pituitary cells and has a central role in the stimulation of prolactin gene transcription in the mammalian pituitary lactotroph.

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