Glycobiology, 2000, Vol. 10, No. 6 623-628
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Transcriptional regulation of human ß-galactoside 
2,6-sialyltransferase (hST6Gal I) gene during differentiation of the HL-60 cell line
Department of Clinical Chemistry, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Toho University, 2–2–1, Miyama, Funabashi, Chiba 274–8510, Japan
We have previously shown that the expression of ß-galactoside 
2,6-sialyltransferase (hST6Gal I) mRNA decreases during HL-60 differentiation induced with dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and that transcriptional regulation depends on the P3 promoter that exists 5'-upstream of exon Y (A.Taniguchi et al., FEBS Lett., 441, 191–194, 1998). The regulation of hST6Gal I may be important for the expression of sialyl-Lex in HL-60 cells. In the present report, we studied the transcriptional regulation of hST6Gal I gene during DMSO-induced differentiation of HL-60 cells. To elucidate the molecular basis of hST6Gal I gene expression, the genomic region containing the P3 promoter of hST6Gal I was isolated and functionally characterized. Using a luciferase assay, we identified a functional DNA portion that confers an enhancer, located at nucleotide number (nt) –317 to –174 within the P3 promoter of hST6Gal I genomic DNA. This element contains two sequences similar to Sp1 (GC-box) and one sequence similar to Oct-1 recognition motifs (octamer sequence). Site-directed mutagenesis of Sp1 and Oct-1 sites showed that two Sp1 motifs and one Oct-1 motif are essential for transcriptional activity in HL-60 cells. Enhancer activity is suppressed during HL-60 cell differentiation induced with DMSO. These results suggest that GC-box and octamer sequence may play a critical role in the transcriptional regulation of the hST6Gal I gene during HL-60 cell differentiation.
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2 Present address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku, Tokyo, 160–8582, Japan
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