Abstract：
:Regulation of beta2-adrenergic receptor (beta2AR) levels by glucocorticoids is a physiologically important mechanism for altering beta2AR responsiveness. Glucocorticoids increase beta2AR density by increasing the rate of beta2AR gene transcription, but the cis-elements involved have not been well characterized. We now show that one of six potential glucocorticoid response elements (GREs) in the 5'-flanking region of the rat beta2AR gene is necessary for glucocorticoid-dependent stimulation of receptor gene expression. Using a nested set of deletion fragments of the rat beta2AR gene 5'-flanking region fused to a luciferase reporter gene, glucocorticoid-dependent induction of reporter gene expression in HepG2 cells was localized to a region between positions -643 and -152, relative to the transcription initiation site. In electrophoretic mobility shift assays, a double-stranded oligonucleotide incorporating a near-consensus GRE from this region (positions -379 to -365) formed complexes with the human recombinant glucocorticoid receptor, as well as with nuclear protein from dexamethasone-treated HepG2 cells. Mutation of a single base within this GRE sequence greatly diminished interaction of the mutated oligonucleotide with the human recombinant glucocorticoid receptor. The functional activity of the GRE was characterized using a luciferase reporter construct driven by a minimal thymidine kinase promoter. In HepG2 cells transfected with constructs containing the GRE, dexamethasone increased reporter gene expression approximately 3-fold, whereas a dexamethasone effect was not observed with constructs lacking the GRE. Taken together, these findings show that a GRE located at positions -379 to -365 in the 5'-flanking region of the rat beta2AR gene mediates glucocorticoid stimulation of beta2AR gene transcription.
journal_name
Mol Pharmacoljournal_title
Molecular pharmacologyauthors
Cornett LE,Hiller FC,Jacobi SE,Cao W,McGraw DWdoi
10.1124/mol.54.6.1016subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1998-12-01 00:00:00pages
1016-23issue
6eissn
0026-895Xissn
1521-0111journal_volume
54pub_type
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