title: Promoter structure and cell cycle dependent expression of the human methylpurine-DNA glycosylase gene.
abstract: The methylpurine-DNA glycosylase (MPG) gene coding for human 3-methyladenine (3-meAde)-DNA glycosylase functions in the first step of base excision repair (BER) to remove numerous damaged bases including 3-meGua, ethenoadenine, and hypoxanthine (Hx) in addition to 3-meAde. In this report, we identify the length of the minimal MPG promoter region, demonstrate the involvement of several transcription factors in expression of the MPG gene, and determine the point at which transcription initiates. We also demonstrate that control of MPG expression is linked to MPG activity. To initiate studies on how the MPG functions with the ensemble of BER genes to effect repair, we have investigated the cell cycle control of MPG and other BER genes in normal human cells. Steady-state mRNA levels of MPG, human Nth homologue (NTH), and uracil-DNA glycosylase (UDG), DNA glycosylases, and human AP site-specific endonuclease (APE), an endonuclease incising DNA at abasic sites, are cell cycle dependent. In contrast, expression levels of genes coding for human 8-oxoguanine-DNA glycosylase (OGG1) and TDG DNA glycosylases, and omicron 6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) gene, and the RPA4 subunit gene do not vary with cell cycle. These observed cell cycle dependent differences might reflect distinct roles of individual BER proteins in mutation avoidance.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope National Medical Center, 1450 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 91010, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bouziane
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Somsouk
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Denissenko
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: O'Connor
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D004260:DNA Repair; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology*; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D014157:Transcription Factors; D045647:DNA Glycosylases; D009699:N-Glycosyl Hydrolases