title: Effects of vitamin A deficiency and retinoic acid treatment on expression of a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase-bovine growth hormone gene in transgenic mice.
abstract: Vitamin A regulation of specific promoter domains of the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) gene was tested in a PEPCK/bovine growth hormone (bGH) transgenic mouse model. Vitamin A deficiency causes a significant decrease in hepatic bGH mRNA when expression is driven by either a 533-base-pair (bp) PEPCK promoter fragment (from position -460 to +73) or a 428-bp PEPCK promoter fragment (from position -355 to +73). Treatment of vitamin A deficient transgenic mice with all-trans retinoic acid (RA) increases bGH mRNA levels above those measured with the deficiency. Hepatic retinoic acid receptor (RAR)beta mRNA levels also change with vitamin A deficiency and supplementation, but not RAR alpha mRNA levels. These results indicate that all-trans RA plays a physiologic role in regulating expression of a gluconeogenic gene in liver.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269, USA.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tao
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: McGrane
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000235:genetics*; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP) / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D014212:Tretinoin; D013006:Growth Hormone; D010729:Phosphoenolpyruvate Carboxykinase (GTP)