Modulation of MLC-2v gene expression by AP-1: complex regulatory role of Jun in cardiac myocytes.
Hypertrophic stimulation of cardiac myocytes results in rapid induction of a number of transcription factors, including members of the AP-1 family, which is followed by a programmed alteration in the pattern of gene expression. In the ventricular cardiocytes there is re-expression of the fetal atrial natriuretic factor (ANF) gene and upregulation of its myosin light chain-2 (MLC-2v). The mechanism(s) by which the induction ofAP-1 is coupled to the promoters of these target genes is largely unknown. In this report, we demonstrate that in transient co-transfection assay, c-Jun inhibited while Jun B stimulated the MLC-2v promoter activity. Mutant c-Jun recombinants, in which the activation domains were deleted, still remained inhibitory, but a specific mutation in the leucine zipper, which changes the alignment of Jun with its dimerization partner, caused a reversal of its effect on the target MLC-2v promoter. Based on these findings, we propose that in chicken cardiac myocytes, the regulation of MLC-2v promoter by Jun may occur via its interaction with other proteins, possibly of the leucine zipper family.[1]References
- Modulation of MLC-2v gene expression by AP-1: complex regulatory role of Jun in cardiac myocytes. Goswami, S.K., Shafiq, S., Siddiqui, M.A. Mol. Cell. Biochem. (2001) [Pubmed]
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