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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-18
pubmed:abstractText
All-trans-retinoic acid (ATRA) induces myeloid differentiation of a human promyelocytic leukemia cell line, NB4, but does not affect its subclone NB4/RA harboring a point-mutated ligand-binding domain (AF2) in retinoic acid receptor alpha (RARalpha) gene. We found that ATRA induced the 4-fold elevation of acid sphingomyelinase (ASMase) activity 24 h after treatment in NB4 cells, but not in NB4/RA cells. ATRA did not affect neutral sphingomyelinase activity in either NB4 or NB4/RA. Upon treatment with ATRA, ceramide, the product of an ASMase reaction, accumulated in NB4 cells. Northern blot analysis showed a marked elevation of the ASMase mRNA 8 h after ATRA treatment, reaching a plateau at 24 h. Regulation of ASMase gene expression was studied by a promoter analysis using luciferase reporter assay. The 5'-upstream flanking region of human ASMase gene (-519/+300) conjugated with the luciferase gene was introduced into COS-7 cells. Luciferase activity in transformed cells markedly increased in response to ATRA stimulation when the wild type RARalpha or the PML/RARalpha hybrid protein was co-expressed. Deletion experiments revealed that a short sequence at the 5'-end (-519/-485) was indispensable for the ATRA response. Within this short region, two retinoic acid-responsive element-like motifs (TGCCCG and TCTCCT) and one AP2-like motif (CCCTTCCC) were identified. Deletion and base-substitution experiments showed that all three motifs are required for the full expression induced by ATRA. Electrophoresis mobility shift assays with the nuclear extract of ATRA-treated NB4 cells showed that proteins were bound specifically to the probe being mediated by all three motifs in the promoter sequence.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
277
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9936-43
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-5-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Ceramides, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Leukemia, Promyelocytic, Acute, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Receptors, Retinoic Acid, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Sphingomyelin Phosphodiesterase, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Tretinoin, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-Up-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:11788605-beta-Galactosidase
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Up-regulation of acid sphingomyelinase during retinoic acid-induced myeloid differentiation of NB4, a human acute promyelocytic leukemia cell line.
pubmed:affiliation
Nagoya University School of Health Science, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan. murate@met.nagoya-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article