TY - JOUR
T1 - Transcriptional regulation of the rat NHE3 gene
T2 - Functional interactions between GATA-5 and Sp family transcription factors
AU - Kiela, Pawel R.
AU - LeSueur, Jeffrey
AU - Collins, James F.
AU - Ghishan, Fayez K.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2008 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2003/2/21
Y1 - 2003/2/21
N2 - Expression of sodium-hydrogen exchanger isoform 3 (NHE3) in the intestinal and renal epithelium plays a critical role in sodium absorption and acid/base homeostasis. To decipher rat NHE3 gene regulation, its cisacting regulatory elements and associated transcription factors were characterized by transient transfection of Caco-2, IEC-6, Qt6, and Drosophila SL2 cells. Deletion and mutational analyses demonstrated that the atypical TATA box located at bp -26/-31 was not necessary for promoter activity, and that a -20/+8-bp fragment represents a functional initiator. Within the 81-bp upstream region, three Sp transcription factor binding sites were critical because their mutation drastically reduced promoter activity. The roles of Sp1 and Sp3 were further demonstrated by electromobility shift assay and by transactivation of the NHE3 promoter in SL2 cells by forced expression of Sp1 and Sp3. Both of these transcription factors were found to act synergistically with GATA-5 bound to a GATA box in exon 1 (+20/+23 bp). These studies demonstrate that rat NHE3 promoter is initiator-driven and controlled mainly by Sp1 and Sp3, which functionally interact with GATA-5. This interaction represents a novel regulatory mechanism, which is likely to participate in a gradient of intestinal gene expression along the crypt-villus axis.
AB - Expression of sodium-hydrogen exchanger isoform 3 (NHE3) in the intestinal and renal epithelium plays a critical role in sodium absorption and acid/base homeostasis. To decipher rat NHE3 gene regulation, its cisacting regulatory elements and associated transcription factors were characterized by transient transfection of Caco-2, IEC-6, Qt6, and Drosophila SL2 cells. Deletion and mutational analyses demonstrated that the atypical TATA box located at bp -26/-31 was not necessary for promoter activity, and that a -20/+8-bp fragment represents a functional initiator. Within the 81-bp upstream region, three Sp transcription factor binding sites were critical because their mutation drastically reduced promoter activity. The roles of Sp1 and Sp3 were further demonstrated by electromobility shift assay and by transactivation of the NHE3 promoter in SL2 cells by forced expression of Sp1 and Sp3. Both of these transcription factors were found to act synergistically with GATA-5 bound to a GATA box in exon 1 (+20/+23 bp). These studies demonstrate that rat NHE3 promoter is initiator-driven and controlled mainly by Sp1 and Sp3, which functionally interact with GATA-5. This interaction represents a novel regulatory mechanism, which is likely to participate in a gradient of intestinal gene expression along the crypt-villus axis.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.M209473200
DO - 10.1074/jbc.M209473200
M3 - Article
C2 - 12464626
AN - SCOPUS:0037458543
VL - 278
SP - 5659
EP - 5668
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
SN - 0021-9258
IS - 8
ER -