title: Gene expression for a novel protein RGPR-p117 in various species: the stimulation by intracellular signaling factors.
abstract: The presence and expression for the gene encoding a novel regucalcin gene promoter region-related protein (RGPR-p117) in various species was investigated by using Southern "zoo blot" and Northern hybridization analyses. A "zoo blot" analysis demonstrated that RGPR-p117 gene was widely conserved in various species including human, rat, mouse, dog, cow, pig, rabbit, chicken, fish, C. elegans and yeast. The gene was not found in Xenopus. Northern blot analysis showed that RGPR-p117 mRNA was expressed in the liver of human, rat, mouse, and rabbit as a single mRNA of approximately 4.5 kb, respectively. However, homologous mRNA was not found in the liver of Xenopus. The expression of RGPR-p117 mRNA in liver was clearly enhanced 5 h after a single intraperitoneal administration of CaCl(2) (5 mg Ca(2+)/100 g body weight) to rats. The RGPR-p117 mRNA is also expressed in the cloned H4-II-E rat hepatoma cells, although this expression was weak as compared with that of liver tissues. Moreover, the RGPR-p117 mRNA expression in H4-II-E cells was stimulated in the presence of dibutyryl cAMP, PMA, insulin, 17beta-estradiol, or serum in culture medium. The present study demonstrates that the RGPR-p117 gene is conserved in various species, and that its expression is stimulated by intracellular signaling factors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Endocrinology and Molecular Metabolism, Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Misawa
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D020013:Calcium Signaling / Q000502:physiology*; D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014981:Xenopus; D015027:Zebrafish
chemical_list: D002135:Calcium-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C486710:RGPR protein, mouse; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C443860:SEC16B protein, human; C486711:Sec16b protein, rat