Functional importance of Myc-associated zinc finger protein for the human parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related peptide receptor-1 P2 promoter constitutive activity

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The aim of the present study was to analyze the functional importance for the parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related peptide (PTHrP) receptor (PTHR1) gene P2 promoter activity of the putative proximal Myc-associated zinc finger protein (MAZ) site localized at position bp -45 to -39 bp, taking advantage of a G/A mutation identified at position -40 in the human sequence. Wild-type 'full-length' (1285P2) and truncated (760P2) promoter sequences were inserted upstream to the luciferase basic (pLucB) and enhancer (pLucE) reporter gene expression vectors. Transient transfections in osteoblast-like SaOS-2 cells and renal cells (RC.SV3A2) showed that the -40 G/A mutation significantly impaired transcriptional activity of wild-type 1285P2-pLucB and 760P2-pLucE promoter constructs. Further truncation of the P2 sequence demonstrated that the sequence -109/-37 bp was essential for promoter activity. Co-transfection with a MAZ expression vector did not modify the wild-type 1285P2-pLucB construct reporter activity but significantly increased 2-fold the mutated construction activity (P<0.05). Electrophoretic mobility shift assays using SaOS-2 nuclear extracts and a double-stranded DNA fragment encompassing the -45 to -39 putative MAZ site (ds-MAZ-oligo) disclosed two specific DNA-protein complexes. Complex II (fast moving) had a lower affinity for the mutated MAZ motif than for the wild-type MAZ motif while complex I (slow moving) had the same affinity for both wild-type or mutated MAZ sequences. Competition studies with Sp1 consensus oligonucleotide (ds-Sp1-oligo) markedly reduced complex I intensity, with a concomitant increase in that of complex II. Finally, ribonuclease protection assays showed that P2-specific PTHR1 mRNA transcript expression was significantly decreased in SaOS-2 cells transfected with ds-MAZ-oligo as compared with that for control (P<0.001) and ds-Sp1-oligo (P<0.05). Taken together, our studies suggest that the putative -45 to -39 MAZ-binding site regulates the constitutive activity of human PTHR1 P2 promoter. © 2004 Society for Endocrinology.

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Leroy, C., Manen, D., Rizzoli, R., Lombès, M., & Silve, C. (2004). Functional importance of Myc-associated zinc finger protein for the human parathyroid hormone (PTH)/PTH-related peptide receptor-1 P2 promoter constitutive activity. Journal of Molecular Endocrinology, 32(1), 99–113. https://doi.org/10.1677/jme.0.0320099

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