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Novel elements located at -504 to -399 bp of the promoter region regulated the expression of the human macrophage scavenger receptor gene in murine macrophages

HS Liao, T Kodama, T Doi, M Emi, H Asaoka, H Itakura and A Matsumoto
Division of Clinical Nutrition, National Institute of Health and Nutrition, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan.

The expressions of type I and type II macrophage scavenger receptors (MSRs) are highly specific in macrophages and related cell types. Although some reports have described the regulation of MSR gene expression and proposed some cis-elements related to cell-specific expression, the regulation of MSR remains largely unclear. This is due, in part, to an unacceptably low efficiency of transfection into monocyte/ macrophage cells. In the present study, we optimized the conditions of electroporation in murine macrophage (P388D1) cells. The efficiency of electroporation was increased 20-fold compared with previous methods. Using the optimized method, we focused on studying the regulation of the human MSR promoter in macrophages. We presently demonstrate that: a) the proximal -10 to +50 bp human MSR promoter region is necessary for the cell type-specific expression of human MSR; b) the 6.5 kbp upstream sequence suppresses the expression of human MSR; c) a promoter region extending from -504 to -399 bp produced the greatest increase in transcriptional activity; d) macrophage cell- specific transcription factors bind to the region as determined by electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) and a footprint assay; and e) mutations of the region reduced about 40-75% of the promoter activity in a transfecting assay. We concluded that novel elements located at the -504 to -399 bp region may play an important role in the regulation of the MSR gene expression in macrophages. We speculate that macrophage-specific factors binding to those elements may be responsible for the transcription regulation of the MSR gene in macrophages.
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