title: Regulation of the rat CYP4A2 gene promoter by c-Jun and octamer binding protein-1.
abstract: The physiologically important cytochrome P450 (CYP) 4A2 arachidonic acid omega-hydroxylase gene is widely expressed in rat tissues. Although the induction of CYPs 4A by peroxisome proliferators and dietary lipids is established there is minimal information on the factors that control constitutive expression. To address this issue we cloned 1.4 kb of the CYP4A2 5'-upstream region and identified several DNA elements that resembled the activator protein-1 (AP-1) consensus sequence. Using a series of 5'-truncated reporter constructs a 42 bp region was detected that was responsive to the AP-1 factor c-Jun, which is important in basal gene regulation. The roles of two putative AP-1 elements at -47/-41 and -31/-25 were tested, with the former emerging from studies with mutagenised constructs as the functionally important site. These findings were supported by electromobility shift assay (EMSA) studies that indicated the interaction of the -47/-41 element with c-Jun. The -31/-25 element mediated the suppression of CYP4A2 transactivation by octamer binding protein-1 (oct-1). Thus, mutagenesis of this element relieved the modulatory effect of oct-1 on c-Jun-mediated transactivation. In EMSAs, the binding of nuclear proteins to the -31/-25 element was competed by an oct-1 consensus sequence and supershifted by an anti-oct-1 antibody. Overexpression of c-Jun in rat liver-derived H4IIE cells increased CYP4A2 mRNA to approximately 2-fold of control, but oct-1 overexpression was without significant effect. From chromatin immunoprecipitation assays both c-Jun and oct-1 bound to the CYP4A2 5'-upstream sequence in H4IIE cells. These findings implicate c-Jun and oct-1 as potentially important constitutive factors that modulate the transactivation of the CYP4A2 gene promoter.
authors.affiliation: Pharmacogenomics and Drug Development Group, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fiala-Beer
authors.forename: Andy C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Murray
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000235:genetics*; D024202:Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006801:Humans; D008156:Luciferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D011485:Protein Binding; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D008156:Luciferases; C465388:cytochrome P-450 CYP4A2 (rat)