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Query: EC:3.2.1.108 (lactase)
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The lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH) gene is expressed specifically in the enterocytes of the small intestine. LPH levels are high in newborn mammals, but decrease after weaning. We have previously suggested that the promoter element CE-LPH1, located at -40 to -54, plays an important role in this down-regulation, because the DNA binding activity of a nuclear factor that binds to this site is present specifically in small intestinal extracts and is down-regulated after weaning. In an effort to clone CE-LPH1-binding factors, a yeast one-hybrid genetic selection was used, resulting in the isolation of a partial cDNA encoding the human homeodomain protein HOXC11. The full-length HOXC11 sequence was obtained by rapid amplification of cDNA ends. It was shown in a yeast assay and by electrophoretic mobility shift assay that HOXC11 binds to the CE-LPH1 element with similar specificity to the endogenous intestinal factor. Two HOXC11 transcript sizes were identified by Northern blot analysis. The larger transcript (2.1 kilobase pairs) is likely to contain a translational start site in good context and is present in HeLa cells. The shorter 1.7-kilobase pair transcript, present in HeLa and Caco-2 cells, probably encodes a protein lacking 114 amino acids at the N-terminal end. Both forms of HOXC11 potentiate transcriptional activation of the LPH promoter by HNF1alpha. The expression of HOXC11 mRNA in human fetal intestine suggests a role in early intestinal development.
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PMID:The HOXC11 homeodomain protein interacts with the lactase-phlorizin hydrolase promoter and stimulates HNF1alpha-dependent transcription. 958 75

Two phenotypes exist in the human population with regard to expression of lactase in adults. Lactase non-persistence (adult-type hypolactasia and lactose intolerance) is characterized by a decline in the expression of lactase-phlorizin hydrolase (LPH) after weaning. In contrast, lactase-persistent individuals have a high LPH throughout their lifespan. Lactase persistence and non-persistence are associated with a T/C polymorphism at position -13,910 upstream the lactase gene. A nuclear factor binds more strongly to the T-13,910 variant associated with lactase persistence than the C-13,910 variant associated with lactase non-persistence. Oct-1 and glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase were co-purified by DNA affinity purification using the sequence of the T-13,910 variant. Supershift analyses show that Oct-1 binds directly to the T-13,910 variant, and we suggest that GAPDH is co-purified due to interactions with Oct-1. Expression of Oct-1 stimulates reporter gene expression from the T and the C-13,910 variant/LPH promoter constructs only when it is co-expressed with HNF1alpha. Binding sites for other intestinal transcription factors (GATA-6, HNF4alpha, Fox and Cdx-2) were identified in the region of the -13,910 T/C polymorphism. Three of these sites are required for the enhancer activity of the -13,910 region. The data suggest that the binding of Oct-1 to the T-13,910 variant directs increased lactase promoter activity and this might provide an explanation for the lactase persistence phenotype in the human population.
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PMID:T-13910 DNA variant associated with lactase persistence interacts with Oct-1 and stimulates lactase promoter activity in vitro. 1630 Dec 15