title: Sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase-2 gene: structure and transcriptional regulation of the human gene.
abstract: The sarco(endo)plasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPases (SERCAs) belong to a family of active calcium transport enzymes encoded by the SERCA1, 2, and 3 genes. In this study, we describe the complete structure of the human SERCA2 gene and its 5 -regulatory region. The hSERCA2 gene is located in chromosome 12 position q24.1 in Contig NT_009770.8, spans 70 kb, and is organized in 21 exons intervened by 20 introns. The last two exons of the pre-mRNA produce by alternatively splicing the cardiac/slow-twitch muscle-specific SERCA2a isoform and the ubiquitous SERCA2b isoform. The sequence of the proximal 225-bp regulatory region of the SERCA2 genes is 80% G+C-rich and is conserved among human, rabbit, rat, and mouse species. It contains a TATA-like-box, an E-box/USF sequence, a CAAT-box, four Sp1 binding sites, and a thyroid hormone responsive element (TRE). There are two other conserved regulatory regions located between positions -410 to -661 bp and from -919 to -1410 bp. Among the DNA cis-elements present in these two regulatory regions there are potential binding sites for: GATA-4, -5, -6, Nkx-2.5/Csx, OTF-1, USF, MEF-2, SRF, PPAR/RXR, AP-2, and TREs. Upstream from position -1.5 kb, there is no significant homology among the SERCA2 genes cloned. In addition, the human gene has several repeated sequences mainly of the Alu and L2 type located upstream from position -1.7 kb, spanning in a continuous fashion for more than 40 kb. In this study, we report the cloning of 2.4 kb of 5-regulatory region and demonstrate that the proximal promoter region is sufficient for expression in cardiac myocytes, and the region from -225 to -1232 bp contains regulatory DNA elements which down-regulate the expression of the SERCA2 gene in neonatal cardiomyocytes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio de Biología Molecular, Departamento de Bioquímica, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México DF. angelz@bq.unam.mx
authors.forename: Angel
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zarain-Herzberg
authors.forename: Georgina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Fernández
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D040461:Gene Components; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; D013963:Thyroid Hormones / Q000494:pharmacology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: C506945:Atp2a1 protein, rat; C506948:Atp2a2 protein, rat; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D013963:Thyroid Hormones; D053498:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases; C506943:ATP2A1 protein, human; C506946:ATP2A2 protein, human; C506947:Atp2a2 protein, mouse; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases