Abstract
mRNA of the Ca2+-binding protein, regucalcin, is mainly expressed in the liver and only to a small extent in the kidney, and the expression of hepatic regucalcin mRNA is markedly stimulated by Ca2+ administration [Shimokawa and Yamaguchi (1992) FEBS Lett. 305, 151-154]. The existence of nuclear factors that bind to the 5'-flanking region of the rat regucalcin gene was investigated. When nuclear proteins obtained from various rat tissues were used in gel mobility-shift assays, tissue-specific formation of a protein-DNA complex was found in the liver and kidney. An additional novel protein-DNA complex was formed when liver nuclear extracts obtained from Ca2+-administered rats (10mg of Ca2+/100g body weight) were used. Competition gel mobility-shift experiments using consensus and mutant oligonucleotides for AP-1 factor showed that the additional novel complex was formed from binding of the AP-1 factor to the regucalcin gene. Ca2+-induced binding of the AP-1 factor to the regucalcin gene was completely inhibited by simultaneous administration of trifluoperazine, an antagonist of calmodulin, suggesting that the activation of nuclear AP-1 protein is partly mediated through a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent pathway. Moreover, the 5'-flanking region of the rat regucalcin gene ligated to a luciferase reporter gene possessed the promoter activity in H4-II-E hepatoma cells. This promoter activity was enhanced by treatment with Bay K 8644, a Ca2+-channel agonist. The present study demonstrates that the Ca2+-response sequences are located within the 5'-flanking region of the rat regucalcin gene.
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