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Down-regulation of the major histocompatibility complex class I enhancer in adenovirus type 12-transformed cells is accompanied by an increase in factor binding.

Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.

ABSTRACT

In transformed cells, the E1A gene of adenovirus type 12 (Ad12) represses transcription of class I genes of the major histocompatibility complex. The tumorigenic potential of Ad12-transformed cells correlates with this diminished class I expression. In contrast, the E1A gene of the nontumorigenic Ad5 does not affect class I expression. We show here that a transfected reporter chloramphenicol acetyltransferase plasmid driven by an H-2K promoter (-1049 bp) was expressed at much lower levels in Ad12- than in Ad5-transformed mouse cells. Analysis of mutant constructs revealed that only 83 bp of H-2 DNA, consisting of the enhancer juxtaposed to the basal promoter, was sufficient for this differential expression. Whereas the H-2 basal promoter alone was somewhat less active in Ad12-transformed cells, the H-2 TATA box itself did not appear to be important. The H-2 enhancer proved to be the principal element in Ad12 E1A-mediated repression, since (i) substitution of the H-2 enhancer by simian virus 40 enhancers overcame the repression, and (ii) when juxtaposed to either its native or heterologous basal promoters, the H-2 enhancer was functional in Ad5- but not Ad12-transformed cells. Mobility shift assays showed that there is a DNA-binding activity to the 5' site (R2 element) of the enhancer that is significantly higher in Ad12- than in Ad5-transformed cells. These results suggest that decreased class I enhancer activity in Ad12-transformed cells may, at least in part, be due to the higher levels of an enhancer-specific factor, possibly acting as a repressor.

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