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  • Title: Up-regulation of the human gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase regulatory subunit gene involves binding of Nrf-2 to an electrophile responsive element.
    Author: Moinova HR, Mulcahy RT.
    Journal: Biochem Biophys Res Commun; 1999 Aug 11; 261(3):661-8. PubMed ID: 10441483.
    Abstract:
    The rate-limiting step in the de novo synthesis of the cellular protectant glutathione is catalyzed by gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase (GCS; also known as glutamine-L-cysteine ligase, GLCL), a heterodimer consisting of catalytic (GCS(h)) and regulatory (GCS(l)) subunits. Regulation of expression of the human gamma-glutamylcysteine synthetase regulatory subunit gene in response to beta-NF is mediated by an Electrophile Responsive Element (EpRE) [Moinova, H., and Mulcahy, R. T. (1998) J. Biol. Chem. 273, 14683-14689]. Oligonucleotide probes corresponding to wild-type and mutant EpRE sequences were used in gel-shift and super-shift analyses to identify proteins binding. Four protein:DNA complexes (a-d) with distinct mobilities were detected when the wild-type EpRE probe was incubated with nuclear extracts from control or beta-NF-treated HepG2 cells. Following beta-NF treatment, there was an increase in the intensity of a single band, band b. This band was eliminated in gel shifts employing mutant EpRE probes which abolish beta-NF inducibility, demonstrating a correlation between band b and transactivation. Super-shift analysis identified JunD, Nrf1, and Nrf2 in the EpRE-binding complexes. Antibodies to Nrf2 completely super-shifted the band b protein:DNA complex. These studies demonstrate that Nrf2 proteins recognize and bind the GCS(l) EpRE sequence to affect transactivation of the gene.
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