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Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 281: G1271-G1278, 2001;
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Vol. 281, Issue 5, G1271-G1278, November 2001

Epidermal growth factor induces Egr-1 promoter activity in hepatocytes in vitro and in vivo

Jo C. Tsai1, Lixin Liu1, Jie Zhang1, Katherine C. Spokes1, James N. Topper2, and William C. Aird1

1 Department of Molecular Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02215; and 2 Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305

Early growth response-1 (Egr-1) is a transcription factor that couples short-term changes in the extracellular milieu to long-term changes in gene expression. Under in vitro conditions, the Egr-1 gene has been shown to respond to many extracellular signals. In most cases, these findings have not been extended to the in vivo setting. The goal of the present study was to explore the role of epidermal growth factor (EGF) in mediating Egr-1 expression in hepatocytes under both in vitro and in vivo conditions. In HepG2 cells, Egr-1 protein and mRNA were upregulated in the presence of EGF. In stable transfections of HepG2 cells, a 1,200-bp Egr-1 promoter contained information for EGF response via a protein kinase C-independent, mitogen-activated protein kinase-dependent signaling pathway. A promoter region containing the two most proximal serum response elements was sufficient to transduce the EGF signal. In transgenic mice that carry the Egr-1 promoter coupled to the LacZ reporter gene, systemic delivery of EGF by intraperitoneal injection resulted in an induction of the endogenous Egr-1 gene and the Egr-1-lacZ transgene in hepatocytes. Together, these results suggest that the 1,200-bp promoter contains information for EGF response in hepatocytes both in vitro and in intact animals.

immediate-early genes; transgenic mice; HepG2 cells


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