title: Functional importance of Myc-associated zinc finger protein for the human parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related peptide receptor-1 P2 promoter constitutive activity.
abstract: The aim of the present study was to analyze the functional importance for the parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related peptide (PTHrP) receptor (PTHR1) gene P2 promoter activity of the putative proximal Myc-associated zinc finger protein (MAZ) site localized at position bp -45 to -39 bp, taking advantage of a G/A mutation identified at position -40 in the human sequence. Wild-type 'full-length' (1285P2) and truncated (760P2) promoter sequences were inserted upstream to the luciferase basic (pLucB) and enhancer (pLucE) reporter gene expression vectors. Transient transfections in osteoblast-like SaOS-2 cells and renal cells (RC.SV3A2) showed that the -40 G/A mutation significantly impaired transcriptional activity of wild-type 1285P2-pLucB and 760P2-pLucE promoter constructs. Further truncation of the P2 sequence demonstrated that the sequence -109/-37 bp was essential for promoter activity. Co-transfection with a MAZ expression vector did not modify the wild-type 1285P2-pLucB construct reporter activity but significantly increased 2-fold the mutated construction activity (P<0.05). Electrophoretic mobility shift assays using SaOS-2 nuclear extracts and a double-stranded DNA fragment encompassing the -45 to -39 putative MAZ site (ds-MAZ-oligo) disclosed two specific DNA-protein complexes. Complex II (fast moving) had a lower affinity for the mutated MAZ motif than for the wild-type MAZ motif while complex I (slow moving) had the same affinity for both wild-type or mutated MAZ sequences. Competition studies with Sp1 consensus oligonucleotide (ds-Sp1-oligo) markedly reduced complex I intensity, with a concomitant increase in that of complex II. Finally, ribonuclease protection assays showed that P2-specific PTHR1 mRNA transcript expression was significantly decreased in SaOS-2 cells transfected with ds-MAZ-oligo as compared with that for control (P<0.001) and ds-Sp1-oligo (P<0.05). Taken together, our studies suggest that the putative -45 to -39 MAZ-binding site regulates the constitutive activity of human PTHR1 P2 promoter.
authors.affiliation: Inserm U 426 et Institut Fédératif de Recherche 02, Faculté de Médecine Xavier Bichat, 16 rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leroy
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Manen
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rizzoli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lombès
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Silve
mesh_terms: D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D006801:Humans; D012516:Osteosarcoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000378:metabolism; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D018016:Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D044162:Parathyroid Hormone-Related Protein; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018016:Receptors, Parathyroid Hormone; D014157:Transcription Factors; C076035:c-MYC-associated zinc finger protein