title: GATA elements control repression of cardiac troponin I promoter activity in skeletal muscle cells.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  We reported previously that the cardiac troponin I (cTnI) promoter drives cardiac-specific expression of reporter genes in cardiac muscle cells and in transgenic mice, and that disruption of GATA elements inactivates the cTnI promoter in cultured cardiomyocytes. We have now examined the role of cTnI promoter GATA elements in skeletal muscle cells.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Mutation or deletion of GATA elements induces a strong transcriptional activation of the cTnI promoter in regenerating skeletal muscle and in cultured skeletal muscle cells. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays show that proteins present in nuclear extracts of C2C12 muscle cells bind the GATA motifs present in the cTnI promoter. However, GATA protein complex formation is neither reduced nor supershifted by antibodies specific for GATA-2, -3 and -4, the only GATA transcripts present in muscle cells.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings indicate that the cTnI gene promoter is repressed in skeletal muscle cells by GATA-like factors and open the way to further studies aimed at identifying these factors.
authors: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy. raffaella.dilisi@unipd.it
authors: Raffaella
authors: R
authors: Di Lisi
authors: Anne
authors: A
authors: Picard
authors: Simonetta
authors: S
authors: Ausoni
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Schiaffino
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000032:analysis; D050980:GATA Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017353:Gene Deletion; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D019210:Troponin I / Q000235:genetics*; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D050980:GATA Transcription Factors; D019210:Troponin I; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase