Metal-dependent binding of a nuclear factor to the rat metallothionein-I promoter.

AUTOR(ES)

Andersen, R D

RESUMO

Genomic footprinting studies in vivo and experiments using synthetic metal regulatory elements (MREs) in vitro suggest protein binding to the MREs of the mouse and rat metallothionein I (MT-I) genes. Using gel-retardation assays of promoter fragments, we observe a cadmium-dependent binding factor for the rat MT-I promoter in rat hepatoma cells. This factor is present in extracts from both uninduced and cadmium-induced cells, but requires the presence of cadmium to bind to the promoter. The formation of a cadmium-dependent complex is competed by an oligonucleotide containing two MREs. This competition is lost when when one of the MREs is mutated, indicating a requirement for at least two MREs for binding of this factor. The cadmium-dependent factor dissociates more rapidly from the MT-I promoter than does a factor that binds to a consensus Sp1 site present on the same DNA fragment. UV crosslinking analysis using nuclear extracts from cadmium induced cells, in the presence of an oligonucleotide probe containing both 5-bromodeoxyuridine and 32P-deoxycytidine, identifies a 39 kDalton protein associated with the metal inducible complex.

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