title: Genetic variability at the human FMO1 locus: significance of a basal promoter yin yang 1 element polymorphism (FMO1*6).
abstract: The flavin-containing monooxygenases (FMOs) are important for the disposition of a variety of toxicants, therapeutics, and dietary components. Although FMO1 is the dominant isoform in fetal liver and adult kidney and intestine and despite up to a 10-fold intersubject variation in expression, a paucity of information is available on FMO1 genetic variability. To address this issue, 24 samples from the Coriell DNA Polymorphism Discovery Resource Panel were sequenced revealing 10 common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs): four located upstream of the structural gene; three within exonic sequences; one within the intron 1 splice donor site; and two with the 3'-untranslated region. Six of these variants are novel. Compared with other FMO loci within the chromosome 1q23-25 cluster, FMO1 seems more highly conserved. Of the identified FMO1 SNPs, only a C>A transversion 9536 base pairs upstream of the exon 2 ATG start codon (g.-9536C>A) would likely affect function, because it lies within the conserved core binding sequence for the yin yang 1 (YY1) transcription factor. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated that the g.-9536C>A transversion eliminated YY1 binding. Furthermore, data from transient expression assays in HepG2 cells suggested this SNP could account for a 2- to 3-fold loss of FMO1 promoter activity. Genotype analysis revealed a g.-9,536A allele (FMO1*6) frequency of 13 and 11% in African- and northern European-Americans, respectively, but a significantly higher frequency of 30% in Hispanic-Americans. Thus, the FMO1*6 variant may account for some of the observed interindividual variation in FMO1 expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Birth Defects Research Center, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI 53226-4801, USA. rhines@mail.mcw.edu
authors.forename: Ronald N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Hines
authors.forename: Zhaohui
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Kathleen A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Hopp
authors.forename: Erwin T
authors.initials: ET
authors.lastname: Cabacungan
authors.forename: Sevasti B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Koukouritaki
authors.forename: D Gail
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: McCarver
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010105:Oxygenases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D050986:YY1 Transcription Factor
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050986:YY1 Transcription Factor; C494698:YY1 protein, human; D010105:Oxygenases; C020066:dimethylaniline monooxygenase (N-oxide forming)