Abstract
Abstract Fibroblast growth factor-1 (FGF-1), a prototype member of the heparin-binding growth factor family, is a potent mitogen for vascular endothelial cells and a variety of other cell types. FGF-1 can induce the expression of the platelet-derived growth factor-A chain (PDGF-A) gene in endothelial cells; however, the underlying transcriptional mechanisms are not known. We used serial 5′ deletion and transient transfection analysis of the human PDGF-A promoter to demonstrate that a 16-bp element, located 55 to 71 bp upstream of the transcriptional start site, is required for FGF-1–inducible promoter–dependent expression. This region contains nucleotide recognition elements for the early growth response gene product, early growth response factor-1 (Egr-1), and the related zinc-finger transcription factor, Sp1. Reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction revealed that FGF-1 induced Egr-1 mRNA expression within 30 minutes. Electrophoretic mobility shift, supershift, and Western blot analysis demonstrated that Egr-1 protein accumulated in the nuclei of endothelial cells exposed to the growth factor, whereas levels of Sp1 did not change. Egr-1 bound to the FGF-1 response element in the proximal PDGF-A promoter in a specific and time-dependent manner. These findings indicate that Egr-1 plays a key regulatory role in FGF-1–inducible endothelial PDGF-A expression and implicate this transcription factor in pathological settings in which these mitogens are both expressed.
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@article{Delbridge_1997, title={FGF-1–Induced Platelet-Derived Growth Factor-A Chain Gene Expression in Endothelial Cells Involves Transcriptional Activation by Early Growth Response Factor-1}, volume={81}, ISSN={1524-4571}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/01.res.81.2.282}, DOI={10.1161/01.res.81.2.282}, number={2}, journal={Circulation Research}, publisher={Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)}, author={Delbridge, Gabrielle J. and Khachigian, Levon M.}, year={1997}, month=aug, pages={282–288} }