title: Molecular dissection of mouse soluble guanylyl cyclase alpha1 promoter.
abstract: Soluble guanylyl cyclase (sGC) is the only known receptor for nitric oxide (NO) and is downregulated in aging and hypertension. Little is known about sGC gene transcriptional regulation. In order to characterize the sGC transcriptional system, we cloned and sequenced the 5(') flanking region of mouse sGC alpha(1) gene (AY116663). Structurally, it is a non-canonical TATA-less promoter that we mapped to chromosome 3 with many putative regulation sites for Sp-1, NF-kappaB, and AP-1 transcription factors amongst others, and two (TG:CA)(n) dinucleotide microsatellites near the transcriptional start point. The cloned upstream sequence produced a 5-fold increase in luciferase activity in Cos7, HeLa, NIH3T3, and 293 cells as well as in mouse VSMC-like kidney mesangial cells. In the latter cell type, we showed that sGC alpha(1) promoter activity was dependent on the presence of its 5(') unstranslated region (5(')UTR).
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery and the Vascular Biology Institute, University of Miami, Miami, USA. rvazquez@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Roberto I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Vazquez-Padron
authors.forename: Si M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Pham
authors.forename: Manhui
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pang
authors.forename: Sen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Abdelouahab
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aïtouche
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling / Q000379:methods*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000235:genetics*; D005920:Glomerular Mesangium / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D051381:Rats; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D016415:Sequence Alignment / Q000379:methods*; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein / Q000379:methods*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D000071756:Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D006162:Guanylate Cyclase; D000071756:Soluble Guanylyl Cyclase