title: Cloning of the 5'-flanking region of the murine bone morphogenetic protein-7 gene.
abstract: BMP-7, a member of the bone morphogenetic protein subfamily of the TGFbeta-superfamily is highly expressed in the murine kidney. BMP-7 is involved in fetal nephron development and mesenchymal to epithelial cell differentiation. Constitutive BMP-7 expression is found in tubular and glomerular epithelial cells of the adult kidney. BMP-7 may play a role in physiology and pathophysiology of the adult kidney since BMP-7 gene expression in acute renal ischemia is diminished and injection of recombinant BMP-7 into rats with ischemic acute renal failure preserves renal function. In order to investigate the transcriptional regulation of BMP-7, this study was undertaken to clone and characterize the promoter of the murine BMP-7 gene. A 1394 bp sequence of the 5'-flanking region of the BMP-7 gene was isolated and subcloned. No TATA and CAAT box consensus motifs could be identified as shown for promoters of other BMPs. Using in vitro transfection assays, the 5'-flanking region revealed moderate to strong basal promoter activity. PMA increased basal BMP-7 promoter activity. Thus BMP-7 gene transcription might involve at least in part a PKC-dependent pathway. The cloning of a 5'-flanking region of the BMP-7 gene should provide a useful tool for future studies on the transcriptional regulation of BMP-7 gene expression.
authors.affiliation: South Texas Veterans Health Care System, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA. simon@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simon
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Feliers
authors.forename: Mazen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arar
authors.forename: Basant
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bhandari
authors.forename: Hanna E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Abboud
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D055419:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D007668:Kidney / Q000502:physiology; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D013552:Swine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta
chemical_list: C525821:Bmp7 protein, rat; D055419:Bone Morphogenetic Protein 7; D019485:Bone Morphogenetic Proteins; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D005576:Colforsin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate