The requirements for sterol regulatory element-binding protein (Srebp) and stimulatory protein 1 (Sp1)-binding elements in the transcriptional activation of two freshwater fish Channa striata and Danio rerio elovl5 elongase

2020 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 1349-1359
Author(s):  
Pei-Tian Goh ◽  
Meng-Kiat Kuah ◽  
Yen-Shan Chew ◽  
Hui-Ying Teh ◽  
Alexander Chong Shu-Chien
2005 ◽  
Vol 386 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengkang ZHANG ◽  
Dong-Ju SHIN ◽  
Timothy F. OSBORNE

The mammalian gene for SREBP-1 (sterol-regulatory-element-binding protein 1) contains two promoters that control the production of two proteins, SREBP-1a and -1c, and each contains a unique N-terminal transcriptional activation domain, but they are otherwise identical. The relative level of each mRNA varies from tissue to tissue and they respond differently to regulatory stimuli. SREBP-1c is more abundantly expressed in liver, where its level is also regulated by insulin and liver X receptor activators, and it is also autoregulated by SREBPs. In contrast, SREBP-1a mRNA levels are relatively low and constant in different tissues and few studies have specifically analysed its pattern of expression and regulation. In the present study, we show that the promoter for SREBP-1a is contained in a very small promoter-proximal region containing two Sp1 sites. The small and relatively simple structure for its promoter provides an explanation for the low level of SREBP-1a expression. Additionally, since Sp1 has been implicated in the modest regulation of several genes by insulin, its involvement in the expression of the SREBP-1a promoter provides an explanation for the modest insulin regulation observed in animal experiments.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei-Tian Goh ◽  
Meng-Kiat Kuah ◽  
Yen-Shan Chew ◽  
Hui-Ying Teh ◽  
Alexander Chong Shu-Chien

AbstractLong-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid (LC-PUFA) biosynthesis involves the activities of two groups of enzymes, the fatty acyl desaturases (Fads) and elongases of very long-chain fatty acid (Elovl). Fish are major source of beneficial n-3 LC-PUFA in human diet and there is a considerable interest to elucidate the mechanism and regulatory aspects of LC-PUFA biosynthesis in farmed fish species. The promoter of elovl5 elongase, which catalyze the rate limiting reaction of adding two carbons to the C18 PUFA have been previously described and characterized from several marine and diadromous teleost species. We report here the cloning and characterization of the elovl5 promoter from two freshwater fish species, the carnivorous snakehead fish (Channa striata) and zebrafish. Results show the importance of sterol regulatory element binding protein (Srebp) and the corresponding sterol responsive element (SRE) in the core regulatory region of both promoters. Mutagenesis luciferase and electrophoretic mobility shift assays confirm that SRE is indispensable for basal transcriptional activation in both species. In addition, several Sp1 binding sites located in close proximity with SRE were present in the snakehead promoter, with one having a potential synergy with SRE in regulating elovl5 expression. The core elovl5 promoter fragments of both species also directed in vivo expression in the yolk syncytial layer of developing zebrafish embryos. This study is the first functional promoter analysis of Elovl5 in freshwater teleost.


1995 ◽  
Vol 270 (49) ◽  
pp. 29422-29427 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianxin Hua ◽  
Juro Sakai ◽  
Ho Y. K. ◽  
Joseph L. Goldstein ◽  
Michael S. Brown

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (17) ◽  
pp. 4864-4872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seung-Soon Im ◽  
Linda E. Hammond ◽  
Leyla Yousef ◽  
Cherryl Nugas-Selby ◽  
Dong-Ju Shin ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT We generated a line of mice in which sterol regulatory element binding protein 1a (SREBP-1a) was specifically inactivated by insertional mutagenesis. Homozygous mutant mice were completely viable despite expressing SREBP-1a mRNA below 5% of normal, and there were minimal effects on expression of either SREBP-1c or -2. Microarray expression studies in liver, where SREBP-1a mRNA is 1/10 the level of the highly similar SREBP-1c, demonstrated that only a few genes were affected. The only downregulated genes directly linked to lipid metabolism were Srebf1 (which encodes SREBP-1) and Acacb (which encodes acetyl coenzyme A [acetyl-CoA] carboxylase 2 [ACC2], a critical regulator of fatty acyl-CoA partitioning between cytosol and mitochondria). ACC2 regulation is particularly important during food restriction. Similar to Acacb knockout mice, SREBP-1a-deficient mice have lower hepatic triglycerides and higher serum ketones during fasting than wild-type mice. SREBP-1a and -1c have identical DNA binding and dimerization domains; thus, the failure of the more abundant SREBP-1c to substitute for activating hepatic ACC2 must relate to more efficient recruitment of transcriptional coactivators to the more potent SREBP-1a activation domain. Our chromatin immunoprecipitation results support this hypothesis.


2003 ◽  
Vol 376 (3) ◽  
pp. 697-705 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pascale G. RIBAUX ◽  
Patrick B. IYNEDJIAN

Previous work showed that acute stimulation of a conditionally active protein kinase B (PKB or cAKT) was sufficient to elicit insulin-like induction of GCK (glucokinase) and SREBP1 (sterol regulatory element-binding protein 1) in hepatocytes [Iynedjian, Roth, Fleischmann and Gjinovci (2000) Biochem. J. 351, 621–627; Fleischmann and Iynedjian (2000) Biochem. J. 349, 13–17]. The objective of the present study was to determine whether activation of PKB during insulin stimulation of hepatocytes was a necessary condition for the induction of the two genes. Activation of PKB by insulin was inhibited by pretreatment of the hepatocytes with C2 ceramide. This resulted in the inhibition of insulin-dependent increases in GCK and SREBP1 mRNAs. A triple mutant of PKB failed to interfere with insulin activation of PKB in hepatocytes even at high overexpression levels achieved after adenovirus transduction. A PKB–CaaX fusion protein, which can act as a dominant-negative inhibitor of PKB activation in other cells, was shown to be constitutively activated in hepatocytes and to trigger insulin-like induction of GCK and SREBP1. In addition, constitutive PKB–CaaX activity caused refractoriness of the hepatocytes to insulin signalling at an upstream step resulting in the inhibition of both extracellular-signal-regulated kinase 1/2 and endogenous PKB activation. The stimulation of gene expression by constitutively active PKB–CaaX and inhibition of the insulin effect by ceramide are compatible with a role for PKB in the insulin-dependent induction of GCK and SREBP1.


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