title: Identification of a vitamin D-responsive element in the 5'-flanking region of the rat 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 24-hydroxylase gene.
abstract: The 5'-flanking region of the rat vitamin D3 24-hydroxylase (P450cc24) gene was examined and a vitamin D-responsive element (VDRE) responsible for the 1 alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2D3) enhancement was identified. Unidirectional deletion analyses of the 5'-flanking region indicated that the region [-167/-102] is involved in vitamin D responsiveness. Further functional analyses showed that the segment [-204/-129] conferred the hormone responsiveness in an orientation-independent manner when it was placed upstream to the heterologous thymidine kinase promoter or the rabbit beta-globin promoter. The segment [-204/-129] contained two direct repeat motifs homologous to other VDREs found in the osteocalcin and osteopontin genes. Synthetic oligonucleotides containing the putative VDRE were used for functional analyses and gel mobility shift assays. The proximal [-151/-137], but not the distal [-169/-155] direct repeat activated the transcription in response to 1,25-(OH)2D3 through the beta-globin promoter. Furthermore, the proximal direct repeat formed a complex with the vitamin D receptor and a nuclear accessory factor(s) from COS cells (or retinoid X receptor) in the presence of 1,25-(OH)2D3. These results indicate that a direct repeat motif, AGGTGAgt-gAGGGCG, located at -151 base pairs upstream in the antisense strand binds to a heterologous dimer consisting of the VDR occupied with 1,25-(OH)2D3 and the nuclear accessory factor and that it plays a critical role in mediating the vitamin D enhancement of the rat P450cc24 gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Department of Gene Science, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohyama
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozono
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shinki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suda
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noshiro
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kato
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases / Q000235:genetics*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology*; D065668:Vitamin D3 24-Hydroxylase
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D014807:Vitamin D; D004247:DNA; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D013250:Steroid Hydroxylases; D065668:Vitamin D3 24-Hydroxylase