title: Binding of kidney nuclear proteins to the 5'-flanking region of the rat gene for Ca2+-binding protein regucalcin: involvement of Ca2+/calmodulin signaling.
abstract: Ca2+-binding protein regucalcin is expressed in the kidney cortex of rats, as assayed by Northern blot analysis. The existence of kidney nuclear factor which binds to the 5'-flanking region of the rat regucalcin gene was investigated. When nuclear extracts obtained from the kidney cortex of rats were used in gel mobility-shift assays, two protein-DNA complexes were uniquely formed with the DNA fragment containing the 5'-flanking region of the rat regucalcin gene. Competition gel shift experiments indicated the specific binding region of kidney cortex nuclear proteins in the 5'-flanking region of the rat regucalcin gene. The two nuclear protein-DNA complexes were formed with the same mobility in rat kidney cortex and liver, which possess detectable amounts of regucalcin mRNA in Northern blot analysis. The binding activities of nuclear factors from kidney cortex to the 5'-flanking region of the rat regucalcin gene were inhibited by a single intraperitoneal administration of trifluoperazine, an antagonist of calmodulin, to rats. The present study demonstrates that kidney cortex nuclear proteins specifically bind to the 5'-flanking region of the rat regucalcin gene, and that the binding activity may be partly mediated through the Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent process.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Endocrinology and Molecular Metabolism, Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Yada, Shizuoka City, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002147:Calmodulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific / Q000235:genetics; D004586:Electrophoresis; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism*; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D020218:Response Elements / Q000235:genetics; D015238:Sulfotransferases; D014268:Trifluoperazine / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D002147:Calmodulin; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014268:Trifluoperazine; D015238:Sulfotransferases; C028152:alcohol sulfotransferase; D002265:Carboxylic Ester Hydrolases; C513325:Rgn protein, rat; C047564:CCANNNNNNTGG-specific type II deoxyribonucleases; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific