PMID- 9748288 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19981112 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 273 IP - 40 DP - 1998 Oct 2 TI - Hypoxia regulates beta-enolase and pyruvate kinase-M promoters by modulating Sp1/Sp3 binding to a conserved GC element. PG - 26087-93 AB - The transcription rates of glycolytic enzyme genes are coordinately induced when cells are exposed to low oxygen tension. This effect has been described in many cell types and is not restricted to species or phyla. In mammalian cells, there are 11 distinct glycolytic enzymes, at least 9 of which are induced by hypoxia. Recent reports described a role for the hypoxia-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) in the transcriptional activation of lactate dehydrogenase A, aldolase-A, phosphoglycerate kinase, and enolase-1 genes. It is not known whether the HIF-1 factor acts exclusively to regulate these genes during hypoxia, or how the other genes of the pathway are regulated. In this paper, we describe analyses of the muscle-specific pyruvate kinase-M and beta-enolase promoters that implicate additional mechanisms for the regulation of glycolytic enzyme gene transcription by hypoxia. Transient transcription of a reporter gene directed by either promoter was activated when transfected muscle cells were exposed to hypoxia. Neither of these promoters contain HIF-1 binding sites. Instead, the hypoxia response was localized to a conserved GC-rich element positioned immediately upstream of a GATAA site in the proximal promoter regions of both genes. The GC element was essential for both basal and hypoxia-induced expression and bound the transcription factors Sp1 and Sp3. Hypoxia caused the progressive depletion of Sp3 determined by DNA binding studies and Western analyses, whereas Sp1 protein levels remained unchanged. Overexpression of Sp3 repressed expression of beta-enolase promoters. It is concluded that hypoxia activates these glycolytic enzyme gene promoters by down-regulating Sp3, thereby removing the associated transcriptional repression. FAU - Discher, D J AU - Discher DJ AD - Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami Medical Center, Miami, Florida 33136, USA. FAU - Bishopric, N H AU - Bishopric NH FAU - Wu, X AU - Wu X FAU - Peterson, C A AU - Peterson CA FAU - Webster, K A AU - Webster KA LA - eng GR - HL44578/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States GR - HL49891/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1) RN - 0 (Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Repressor Proteins) RN - 0 (Sp1 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 148710-94-5 (Sp3 Transcription Factor) RN - EC 2.7.1.40 (Pyruvate Kinase) RN - EC 4.2.1.11 (Phosphopyruvate Hydratase) SB - IM MH - Base Sequence MH - Binding Sites/genetics MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Conserved Sequence/*genetics MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Down-Regulation/physiology MH - Gene Expression Regulation/*genetics MH - Genes, Reporter/genetics MH - Glycolysis/*physiology MH - Hypoxia/*physiopathology MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 MH - Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Muscles/enzymology MH - Nuclear Proteins/analysis/genetics MH - Phosphopyruvate Hydratase/*genetics MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic/genetics MH - Pyruvate Kinase/*genetics MH - Repressor Proteins/metabolism MH - Sp1 Transcription Factor/*metabolism MH - Sp3 Transcription Factor MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/metabolism MH - Transfection/genetics EDAT- 1998/09/25 00:00 MHDA- 1998/09/25 00:01 CRDT- 1998/09/25 00:00 PHST- 1998/09/25 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/09/25 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/09/25 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(19)59926-4 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.273.40.26087 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1998 Oct 2;273(40):26087-93. doi: 10.1074/jbc.273.40.26087.