A NEGATIVE REGULATORY ELEMENT IN THE PROMOTER REGION OF THE RAT ALPHA(2)A-ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR GENE OVERLAPS AN SP1 CONSENSUS BINDING-SITE

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HANDY, DE
ZANELLA, MT
KANEMARU, A
TAVARES, A
FLORDELLIS, C
GAVRAS, H
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[1] Hypertension Section, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston
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10.1042/bj3110541
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Three subtypes of alpha(2)-adrenergic receptors (alpha(2)A, alpha(2)B and alpha(2)C) have been described that differ in their primary sequence and tissue-specific expression and are encoded by three distinct genes. Previous work has shown that the human alpha(2)A-adrenergic receptor gene promoter consists of a TATA-box (TATAAA), palindromic sequence (CCCACGTGGG) and GC-box (GGGGCGG) motif. Sequence analysis of the putative promoter region of the rat alpha(2)A-adrenergic receptor gene showed that these promoter regions are conserved in their sequence and relative location. We analysed the transcriptional activity of these regions using RINm5F, a rat insulinoma cell line that expresses the endogenous alpha(2)A-adrenergic receptor gene. These results showed that the region from -484 to -92 has a negative effect on transcription, as deletion of this region in alpha(2)A-adrenergic receptor gene-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter constructs increased reporter gene activity. This region included the GC-box sequence which is a consensus binding site for the nuclear factor SP1, which is a positive activator of transcription. Gel-mobility-shift assays and supershift assays with an antibody that recognizes SP1 showed binding of the SP1 nuclear factor as well as other nuclear factors to this GC-box region. Additional nuclear factors bind to the downstream palindromic region. We suggest that positive- and negative-acting nuclear factors contribute to the activity of the alpha(2)-adrenergic receptor promoter.
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