title: Functional analysis of two regulatory regions of the human Na+ -dependent vitamin C transporter 2, SLC23A2, in human vascular smooth muscle cells.
abstract: Uptake of vitamin C occurs through the Na+ -dependent vitamin C transporters (SVCT1 and 2), the products of two separate genes. In cultured human vascular smooth muscle cells (hVSMC), we found expression of only the hSVCT2 transcript and identified an additional 5'-UTR transcript variant that we termed exon 1b, in addition to the previously described exon 1a. We cloned and tested the promoter functionality of the two genomic regions of the hSVCT2 upstream of these alternative first exons in hVSMC. Both demonstrated activity, and deletion constructs demonstrated that the minimal promoter regions were within approximately 100 bp relative to their adjacent exons.
authors.affiliation: The Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA and the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 99073, USA. sarubin@ucla.edu
authors.forename: Stanley A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rubin
authors.forename: Sanjit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dey
authors.forename: Jack C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Reidling
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D018938:Caco-2 Cells; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D029363:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D060347:Sodium-Coupled Vitamin C Transporters; D027981:Symporters / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D029363:Organic Anion Transporters, Sodium-Dependent; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C555162:SLC23A1 protein, human; C555163:SLC23A2 protein, human; D060347:Sodium-Coupled Vitamin C Transporters; D027981:Symporters