[Expression regulation of insulin-like growth factor binding proteins (IGFBP). Tissue-specific expression of IGFBP-1].

We have investigated the liver-specific expression of IGFBP-1 gene, an Insulin-like Growth Factor binding protein. Northern blot as well as transient transfection experiments, both carried out in differentiated (H4II, C2Rev7) and dedifferentiated (H5, C2) hépatoma cell lines, yielded clear cut data allowing the involvement of HNF1, a liver-specific trans acting factor, in basal IGFBP-1 liver-specific expression.