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Real-time Analyses of Retinol Transport by the Membrane Receptor of Plasma Retinol Binding Protein
Published on: January 28, 2013
The apolipoprotein(a) promoter contains a retinoid response element
R Ramharack1, R J Wyborski, M A Spahr
1Department of Vascular and Cardiac Diseases, Division of Warner-Lambert Company, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48105, USA. ramharr@aa.wl.com
Abstract:
Retinoids were previously shown to lower apolipoprotein(a) [apo(a)] mRNA levels, suggesting that the apo(a) promoter contains a retinoid response element (RRE). Scanning the apo(a) promoter for sequences related to the consensus RRE half-site (5'-PuG(G/T)TCA-3') uncovered four sites that could potentially function as RREs at -2915, -1875, -1036, and -407. The activity of these sites was assessed by their ability to compete with a very strong consensus DR5 RRE for binding to retinoic acid receptor (RARalpha) and retinoid X receptor (RXRalpha) heterodimers using electrophoretic mobility-shift assays. Only the -1036 site (5'-TGACCTTGTGATCC-'3) was an effective competitor of the DR5 RRE; therefore, it was designated as apo(a) RRE. Apo(a) RRE competed with DR5 RRE for RARalpha/RXRalpha binding with 1/10 the affinity of DR5 RRE, while a scrambled apo(a) RRE was inactive. These results suggested that apo(a) RRE is a potential candidate for mediating the effect retinoids have on apo(a) mRNA expression.
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