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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 276, Issue 2, 1173-1184, January 12, 2001

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Multiprotein Complex Formation at the  Myosin Heavy Chain Distal Muscle CAT Element Correlates with Slow Muscle Expression but Not Mechanical Overload Responsiveness^*

Dharmesh R. Vyas, John J. McCarthy, Gretchen L. Tsika, and Richard W. Tsika^§¶

From the ^§ Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, the  Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, and the ^¶ Dalton Cardiovascular Research Center, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211

To examine the role of the -myosin heavy chain (MyHC) distal muscle CAT (MCAT) element in muscle fiber type-specific expression and mechanical overload (MOV) responsiveness, we conducted transgenic and in vitro experiments. In adult transgenic mice, mutation of the distal MCAT element led to significant reductions in chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) specific activity measured in control soleus and plantaris muscles when compared with wild type transgene 293WT but did not abolish MOV-induced CAT specific activity. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay revealed the formation of a specific low migrating nuclear protein complex (LMC) at the MyHC MCAT element that was highly enriched only when using either MOV plantaris or control soleus nuclear extract. Scanning mutagenesis of the MyHC distal MCAT element revealed that only the nucleotides comprising the core MCAT element were essential for LMC formation. The proteins within the LMC when using either MOV plantaris or control soleus nuclear extracts were antigenically related to nominal transcription enhancer factor 1 (NTEF-1), poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP), and Max. Only in vitro translated TEF-1 protein bound to the distal MCAT element, suggesting that this multiprotein complex is tethered to the DNA via TEF-1. Protein-protein interaction assays revealed interactions between nominal TEF-1, PARP, and Max. Our studies show that for transgene 293 the distal MCAT element is not required for MOV responsiveness but suggest that a multiprotein complex likely comprised of nominal TEF-1, PARP, and Max forms at this element to contribute to basal slow fiber expression.

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