Journal
JOURNAL OF STEROID BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
Volume 103, Issue 3-5, Pages 338-343Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2006.12.044
Keywords
vitamin D; vitamin D receptor; gene regulation; chromatin; response element; nuclear receptor
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An essential prerequisite for the direct modulation of transcription by 1 alpha,25-dihydroxy vitamin D-3 (1 alpha,25(OH)(2)D-3) is the location of at least one activated vitamin D receptor (VDR) protein close to the transcription start site of the respective primary 1 alpha,25(OH)(2)D-3 target gene. This is achieved through the specific binding of VDR to a 1 alpha,25(OH)(2)D-3 response element (VDRE). Although these elements are well characterized in vitro, the function of VDREs in living cells in the context of chromatin is still largely unknown. To resolve this issue, approximately 8 kB of the promoter regions of the primary 1 alpha,25(OH)(2)D-3 target genes CYP24, cyclin C and p21((Waf1/Cip1)) were screened by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays for VDR binding sites using antibodies against VDR and its partner proteins. This approach identified three to four functional VDREs per gene promoter. In parallel, in silico screening of the extended gene areas (i.e. 10 kB of promoter, introns, exons and 10 kB of the downstream region) of all six members of the insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) gene family was performed. Gel shift, reporter gene and ChIP assays identified in total 10 functional VDREs in the genes IGFBP 1, IGFBP3 and IGFBP5. Taken together, both screening approaches suggest that a reasonable proportion of all VDR target genes, if not all, are under the control of multiple VDREs. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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