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A Novel Positive Regulatory Element That Enhances HamsterCYP2A8 Gene Expression Mediated by Xenobiotic Responsive Element

Kouichi Kurose, Masahiro Tohkin and Morio Fukuhara
Molecular Pharmacology February 1999, 55 (2) 279-287; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1124/mol.55.2.279
Kouichi Kurose
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Institute of Public Health, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Institute of Public Health, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Morio Fukuhara
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CYP2A8 is a major form of cytochrome P-450 inducible by 3-methylcholanthrene in Syrian hamster liver. To identify DNA elements necessary for the transcriptional activation of theCYP2A8 gene, we analyzed the regulatory region of theCYP2A8 gene and conducted transient transfection experiments of CYP2A8-luciferase fusion plasmids in primary cultures of hamster hepatocytes. We analyzed up to −5 kb of the 5′-flanking region and found the region sufficient for the 3-methylcholanthrene-inducible gene expression. This region contained a consensus sequence for xenobiotic responsive element (XRE) between −2366 and −2349, which was shown to be essential for induction of the gene expression. Furthermore, we found a novel positive regulatory element for XRE-mediated gene expression (PREX) located upstream of the XRE. This element is not identified in any genes inducible by 3-methylcholanthrene so far reported. Without PREX, the XRE-mediated promoter activity was enhanced nearly 10-fold, whereas with PREX, the activity was enhanced 20-fold over the basal level. Gel mobility shift assays revealed specific binding of nuclear proteins to PREX. Mutations and deletions of PREX caused a loss of the binding and promoter-enhancing activities, respectively. Moreover, transient expression experiments showed that the enhancing activity of PREX was not observed in Drosophila Schneider’s line 2 cells, which were shown to lack the PREX binding proteins.

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    • Received August 24, 1998.
    • Accepted November 10, 1998.
  • Send reprint requests to: Dr. Kouichi Kurose, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, National Institute of Public Health, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8638, Japan. E-mail:kurose{at}iph.go.jp

  • This work was supported by a Grant 1508 from the Japan Health Sciences Foundation and by Grants-in-Aid for Cancer Research from the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Japan and for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, and Science of Japan. K.K. and M.T. contributed equally to this work.

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