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Originally published In Press as doi:10.1074/jbc.M001678200 on July 31, 2000
J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 275, Issue 41, 31722-31732, October 13, 2000
Transcriptional Activation of the Human ucp1 Gene in
a Rodent Cell Line
SYNERGISM OF RETINOIDS, ISOPROTERENOL, AND THIAZOLIDINEDIONE IS
MEDIATED BY A MULTIPARTITE RESPONSE ELEMENT*
Maria
del Mar Gonzalez-Barroso ,
Claire
Pecqueur§,
Chantal
Gelly,
Daniel
Sanchis ,
Marie-Clotilde
Alves-Guerra,
Frederic
Bouillaud,
Daniel
Ricquier, and
Anne-Marie
Cassard-Doulcier¶
From the Centre de Recherches sur l'Endocrinologie
Moléculaire et le Développement, CNRS,
92190 Meudon, France
Uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) is
uniquely expressed in brown adipocytes and generates heat production by
uncoupling respiration from ATP synthesis. The activatory effects of
norepinephrine and retinoic acid (RA) on rodent ucp1
gene transcription have been well characterized. These effects are
mediated by a 211-base pair (bp) enhancer which is also sufficient to
restrict expression to brown adipose tissue. The molecular mechanisms
controlling the transcription of the human ucp1 gene are
unknown. In order to study the transcriptional regulation of the human
gene, we set up chloramphenicol acetyltransferase constructs containing the entire or deleted 5' regions upstream of the transcriptional start
site of the gene. These constructs were transiently transfected in a
mouse cell line. A 350-bp hormone response region showing a significant
homology with the rat ucp1 enhancer and located between the
BclI polymorphic site and an AatII site (bp
3820/ 3470) was detected. This region was sufficient to mediate the
stimulation by RA and by combined treatments (RA + isoproterenol (ISO),
RA + thiazolidinedione (TZD), or RA + ISO + TZD). The highest
stimulation, a 26-fold increase in basal activity, was obtained by RA + ISO + TZD treatment. In contrast to the rodent gene, under our
conditions, the effect of ISO and/or TZD is dependent on RA
stimulation. Analysis of 105 bp inside the 350-bp element by
site-directed mutagenesis and gel retardation experiments demonstrated
that a multipartite response element mediates the drug stimulation.
This region binds RARs and RXRs nuclear factors, CREB/ATF factors, and
also PPAR despite the absence of a consensus peroxisome-proliferator
response element. The activation of the human ucp1 gene
transcription by certain hormones or drugs, and the identification of
the cis-elements involved, will help to identify new compounds
activating fat oxidation and energy expenditure in humans.
*
This work was supported in part by the Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), the Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), the Association pour la Recherche contre le Cancer, the Human Frontier Science Program organization (HFSP), and the Institut de Recherches Servier.The costs of publication of this
article were defrayed in part by the
payment of page charges. The article
must therefore be hereby marked
"advertisement" in
accordance with 18 U.S.C. Section
1734 solely to indicate this fact.
Supported by a grant from the European Union (Marie Curie Mobility
Training Fellowship).
§
Supported by a Ph.D. thesis fellowship from the Association pour la
Recherche contre le Cancer.
¶
To whom correspondence should be addressed: CEREMOD, CNRS, 9 rue Jules Hetzel, 92190 Meudon, France. Tel.: 33-0-1-45-07-57-48; E-mail: doulcier@infobiogen.fr.
Copyright © 2000 by The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc.

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