title: Molecular mechanism of adipogenic activation of the angiotensinogen gene.
abstract: Angiotensinogen gene expression is controlled in a tissue- and development-specific manner. Interestingly, the angiotensinogen gene is abundantly expressed in adipose tissues other than the liver, where it is mainly produced. We investigated the molecular mechanism of angiotensinogen gene expression in a 3T3-L1 preadipocyte-adipocyte system. Although angiotensinogen mRNA was barely detectable in preadipocytes, its levels increased significantly during differentiation. As a whole, the pattern of the change in transcriptional activity of the angiotensinogen promoter was similar to that of the angiotensinogen mRNA levels during adipogenic differentiation, indicating that the activation of the angiotensinogen promoter might be involved in the adipogenic differentiation-coupled gene expression. The proximal promoter region, from -96 to +22 of the transcriptional start site, was sufficient to confer adipogenic activation, and the proximal element from -96 to -52 of the transcriptional start site was necessary for this promoter stimulation. DNA-protein binding experiments showed that this proximal element specifically bound to a nuclear factor induced by adipogenic differentiation. These results suggest that the proximal promoter element from -96 to -52 plays a role in adipogenic activation of the angiotensinogen promoter.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Yokohama City University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Umemura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwamoto
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takeda
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tokita
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fukamizu
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D017667:Adipocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000808:Angiotensinogen / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D051379:Mice; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D000808:Angiotensinogen; D004247:DNA