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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 293, Issue 6, Pages L1395-L1405Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00275.2007
Keywords
lung; development; Nkx2.1
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL61646, HL85610] Funding Source: Medline
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The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) ABCA3 gene encodes a lipid transporter critical for surfactant function at birth. To identify transcription factors that regulate ABCA3 expression in the lung, we identified by bioinformatic and functional analyses two positive regulatory regions, located between bp -2591 and -1102 and bp -1102 and +11, relative to the exon 1 of the Abca3 gene promoter. The distal cassette contains consensus sequences predicting binding to lung transcription factors including FOXA2, CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-alpha (C/EBP alpha), GATA- 6, thyroid transcription factor-1 ( TTF-1 or Nkx2.1), and nuclear factor of activated T cells-c3 (NFATc3). The activity of the distal region from bp -2591 to -1102 was assessed in HeLa and mouse lung epithelial MLE-15 cells. FOXA2, C/ EBP alpha, GATA- 6, TTF-1, and NFATc3 increased the activity of the Abca3 luciferase construct in a dose-dependent manner. The distal cassette conferred activation by FOXA2, C/ EBP alpha, GATA-6, TTF-1, and NFATc3 in a position- and orientation-independent manner, serving as an enhancer-like regulatory element. The proximal Abca3 promoter region contained multiple sterol responsive element ( SRE) binding sites. SRE binding protein ( SREBP)-1c significantly increased the activity of the Abca3 luciferase construct in a dose-dependent manner, whereas SREBP-1a and SREBP-2 did not influence the Abca3 promoter activity. Chromatin immunoprecipitation ( ChIP) analyses demonstrated the binding of SREBP-1c, C/ EBP alpha, and TTF-1 to their respective regulatory elements. Conditional deletion of SREBP cleavage-activating protein ( Scap) in respiratory epithelial cells in the mouse lung in vivo inhibited the expression of SREBPs in concert with Abca3. Abca3 gene expression is mediated by discrete cis-acting cassettes that mediate pulmonary cell- and lipid-sensitive pathways regulating surfactant homeostasis.
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