title: Promoter regulation of the visinin-like subfamily of neuronal calcium sensor proteins by nuclear respiratory factor-1.
abstract: VILIP-1 (gene name VSNL1), a member of the neuronal Ca(2+) sensor protein family, acts as a tumor suppressor gene by inhibiting cell proliferation, adhesion, and invasiveness. VILIP-1 expression is down-regulated in several types of human cancer. In human non-small cell lung cancer, we found that down-regulation was due to epigenetic changes. Consequently, in this study we analyzed the VSNL1 promoter and its regulation. Serial truncation of the proximal 2-kb VSNL1 promoter (VP-1998) from its 5' terminus disclosed that the last 3' terminal 100-bp promoter fragment maintained similar promoter activity as compared with VP-1998 and therefore was referred to as VSNL1 minimal promoter. When the 5' terminal 50 bp were deleted from the minimal promoter, the activity was dramatically decreased, suggesting that the deleted 50 bp contained a potential cis-acting element crucial for promoter activity. Deletion and site-directed mutagenesis combined with in silico transcription factor binding analysis of VSNL1 promoter identified nuclear respiratory factor (NRF)-1/alpha-PAL as a major player in regulating VSNL1 minimal promoter activity. The function of NRF-1 was further confirmed using dominant-negative NRF-1 overexpression and NRF-1 small interfering RNA knockdown. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay and chromatin immunoprecipitation provided evidence for direct NRF-1 binding to the VSNL1 promoter. Methylation of the NRF-1-binding site was found to be able to regulate VSNL1 promoter activity. Our results further indicated that NRF-1 could be a regulatory factor for gene expression of the other visinin-like subfamily members including HPCAL4, HPCAL1, HPCA, and NCALD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA.
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jirong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Fang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patchefsky
authors.forename: Karl-Heinz
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Braunewell
authors.forename: Andres J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Klein-Szanto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D047369:Chromatin Immunoprecipitation; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D055785:Gene Knockdown Techniques; D006801:Humans; D008745:Methylation; D051596:Neurocalcin / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D051266:Nuclear Respiratory Factor 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000235:genetics; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D051596:Neurocalcin; D051266:Nuclear Respiratory Factor 1; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; C496688:VSNL1 protein, human; D004247:DNA
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