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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
卷 285, 期 7, 页码 4432-4440出版社
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DOI: 10.1074/jbc.M109.062216
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- National Institutes of Health [RO1 DK052131, RO1 AR051515]
Human antigen R (HuR) is an RNA-binding protein with protective activities against cellular stress. This study considers the mechanisms by which HuR transcriptional regulation occurs in renal proximal tubule cells. Under basal conditions, HuRmRNA is expressed in two forms: one that contains a similar to 20-base 5'-untranslated region (UTR) sequence and one that contains a similar to 150-base, G + C-rich 5'-UTR that is inhibitory to translation. Recovery from cellular stresses such as thapsigargin and ATP depletion induced increased expression of the shorter, more translatable transcript and decreased expression of the longer form. Analysis of HuR upstream regions revealed sequences necessary for regulation of the shorter mRNA. Within the long, G + C-rich 5'-UTR exist multiple copies of the alternate Smad 1/5/8-binding motif GCCGnCGC. Recovery from ATP depletion induced increases in Smad1/5/8 levels; further, gel shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation analyses demonstrated the ability of these Smads to bind to the relevant motif in the HuR 5'-UTR. Transfection of exogenous Smad 1 increased HuR mRNA expression. Finally, HuR mRNA expression driven by the Smad-binding sites was responsive to BMP-7, a protein with known protective effects against ischemic injury in kidney. These data suggest that transcriptional induction of a readily translatable HuR mRNA may be driven by a mechanism known to protect the kidney from injury and provides a novel pathway through which administration of BMP-7 may attenuate renal damage.
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