Journal of Biological Chemistry
Volume 282, Issue 31, 3 August 2007, Pages 22499-22512
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Transcription, Chromatin, and Epigenetics
Regulation of ERGIC-53 Gene Transcription in Response to Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress*

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Accumulation of unfolded proteins within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) activates the unfolded protein response, also known as the ER stress response. We previously demonstrated that ER stress induces transcription of the ER Golgi intermediate compartment protein ERGIC-53. To investigate the molecular events that regulate unfolded protein response-mediated induction of the gene, we have analyzed the transcriptional regulation of ERGIC-53. We found that the ERGIC-53 promoter contains a single cis-acting element that mediates induction of the gene by thapsigargin and other ER stress-causing agents. This ER stress response element proved to retain a novel structure and to be highly conserved in mammalian ERGIC-53 genes. The ER stress response element identified contains a 5′-end CCAAT sequence that constitutively binds NFY/CBF and, 9 nucleotides away, a 3′-end region (5′-CCCTGTTGGCCATC-3′) that is equally important for ER stress-mediated induction of the gene. This sequence is the binding site for endogenous YY1 at the 5′-CCCTGTTGG-3′ part and for undefined factors at the CCATC 3′-end. ATF6α-YY1, but not XBP1, interacted with the ERGIC-53 regulatory region and activated ERGIC-53 ER stress response element-dependent transcription. A molecular model for the transcriptional regulation of the ERGIC-53 gene is proposed.

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This work was supported in part by grants from the Consorzio Interuniversitario per le Biotecnologie 2003 (to S. B.) and the Universita di Salerno (ex 60% 2005 and 2006) (to P. R.). Portions of this work were supported by National Institutes of Health Grants HL52173 and HL057346 (to R. J. K.). The costs of publication of this article were defrayed in part by the payment of page charges. This article must therefore be hereby marked “advertisement” in accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section 1734 solely to indicate this fact.

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An investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.