Journal
PEPTIDES
Volume 26, Issue 6, Pages 1009-1023Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.peptides.2004.09.022
Keywords
natriuretic peptide receptor-A; guanylyl cyclase; gene regulation; transcriptional control mechanism; genomic sequence; transcriptional elements
Funding
- NHLBI NIH HHS [HL 57531, HL 62147] Funding Source: Medline
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Natriuretic peptide receptor-A (NPRA) is the biological receptor of the peptide hormones atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) and brain natriuretic peptide (BNP). The level and activity of this receptor determines the biological effects of ANP and BNP in different tissues mainly directed towards the maintenance of salt and water homeostasis. The core transcriptional machinery of the TATA-less Npr1 gene, which encodes NPRA, consists of three SPI binding sites and the inverted CCAAT box. This promoter region of Npr1 gene has been shown to contain several putative binding sites for the known transcription factors, but the functional significance of most of these regulatory sequences is yet to be elucidated. The present review discusses the current knowledge of the functional significance of the promoter region of Npr1 gene and its transcriptional regulation by a number of factors including different hormones, growth factors, changes in extracellular osmolarity, and certain physiological and patho-physiological conditions. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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