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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 478, 期 5, 页码 1151-1160出版社
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DOI: 10.1007/s11010-022-04549-3
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ADAMTS-2; ADAMTS-3; Transcriptional regulation; Hypoxia; HUVEC
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ADAMTS-2 and ADAMTS-3 are essential enzymes involved in the processing of fibrillar collagen precursors. This study reveals that under hypoxic conditions, ADAMTS-2 and ADAMTS-3 gene transcription and protein expression are upregulated, and the binding of HIF-1α to their promoter regions is functionally significant.
ADAMTS-2 and ADAMTS-3, known as procollagen amino proteases (PNP), are primarily responsible for processing the amino ends of the fibrillar collagen precursors. ADAMTS-2 is a highly expressed gene in type I collagen-rich tissues, such as skin, bones, tendons, and aorta. ADAMTS-3 is mainly expressed in cartilage, where it colocalizes with type II procollagen and in the nervous system. Studies about ADAMTS-2 and ADAMTS-3 enzymes primarily focused on their collagen processing activity. Knowledge about the transcriptional regulations of these genes is rather limited. Here we analyzed the transcriptional regulations of ADAMTS-2 and ADAMTS-3 genes under chemically induced hypoxic conditions in endothelial cell model, HUVECs. We elucidated that hypoxia is the potent positive regulator of ADAMTS-2 and ADAMTS-3 genes. qRT-PCR and western blotting studies revealed that ADAMTS-2 and ADAMTS-3 expressions were increased at mRNA and protein levels under chemically induced hypoxic conditions in HUVECs. In addition, Transient transfection experiments of ADAMTS-2 and ADAMTS-3 promoter-reporter constructs indicated that low oxygen conditions increased ADAMTS-2 and ADAMTS-3 promoter activities. Furthermore, the DNA-protein interaction assay provided evidence of the functional binding of HIF-1 alpha on bioinformatically determined HRE regions on the ADAMTS-2 and ADAMTS-3 promoters.
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