Published online 22 July 2004
Nucleic Acids Research, Vol. 32 No. 13 © Oxford University Press 2004; all rights reserved
New invMED1 element cis-activates human multidrug-related MDR1 and MVP genes, involving the LRP130 protein
Institut de Biologie et Chimie des Protéines (IBCP UMR5086 CNRS UCBL), 7 Passage du Vercors, F-69367 Lyon Cedex 07, France, 1 EFS Lyon, 1 passage du Vercors, F-69007 Lyon, France and 2 Service d'Ophtalmologie, Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, 103 Gde rue de la Croix-Rousse, F-69317 Lyon Cedex 04, France
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Received April 19, 2004; Revised and Accepted July 8, 2004
The MDR1 gene is a key component of the cytotoxic defense network and its overexpression results in the multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype. However, the molecular mechanisms that regulate the MDR1 gene and coordinate multiple MDR-related genes expression are poorly understood. In a previous study, we identified a new 12 bp cis-activating region in the 5'-flanking region of the human MDR1 gene, which we called inverted MED1. In the present study, we characterized the precise binding element, which we named invMED1, and revealed the presence of the LRP130 protein as the nuclear factor. Its binding intensity increases with the endogenous MDR1 geneexpression and with the MDR level of CEM leukemia cells. Interestingly, the LRP130 level did not vary with the chemoresistance level. We observed the involvement of LRP130 in the transcriptional activity of the MDR1 gene promoter, and moreover, in that of the MDR-related, invMED1-containing, MVP gene promoter. We used siRNAs and transcriptional decoys in two unrelated human cancer cell lines to show the role of the invMED1/LRP130 couple in both MDR1 and MVP endogenous genes activities. We showed that invMED1 was localized in the –105/–100 and –148/–143 regions of the MDR1 and MVP gene promoters, respectively. In addition, since the invMED1 sequence is primarily located in the –160/–100 bp region of mammalian MDR-related genes, our results present the invMED1/LRP130 couple as a potential central regulator of the transcription of these genes.
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