Sp1 Is Required for Glucose-Induced Transcriptional Regulation of Mouse Vesicular Glutamate Transporter 2 Gene

Tao Li, Liqun Bai, Jing Li, Suzu Igarashi, Fayez K. Ghishan

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Abstract

Background & Aims: Vesicular glutamate transporter (VGLUT) has been reported to be involved in glucose-induced insulin secretion. It has been shown that glucose stimulates the expression of VGLUT isoform 2 (VGLUT2) in β cells via transcriptional mechanism. In this study, we identified the mouse VGLUT2 (mVGLUT2) promoter and characterized the transcriptional mechanism of glucose-stimulated mVGLUT2 expression in β-cells. Methods: A promoter region of mVGLUT2 was cloned by genomic polymerase chain reaction. The mechanism of Sp1 in glucose-induced transactivation of mVGLUT2 was investigated by luciferase assay, electrophoretic mobility shift assay, chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, and Western blot analysis. Results: A promoter containing 2133 base pairs of upstream sequence of the 5′-flanking region of mVGLUT2 complementary DNA was cloned. Transient transfection of various 5′-end deletion constructs of the mVGLUT2 promoter/luciferase reporter indicated that the region between -96 to +68 base pair contains the basal promoter for mVGLUT2. Mutational analysis and electromobility shift assay showed an important role for the transcription factor Sp1 in both basal and glucose-induced mVGLUT2 transcription. The interaction between Sp1 and mVGLUT2 was confirmed by chromatin immunoprecipitation assays. Glucose stimulates the phosphorylation of Sp1 via mitogen-activated protein kinase P38 and P44/42. This leads to increased binding activity of Sp1 to the mVGLUT2 promoter and results in activation of the gene. Conclusions: We cloned the mouse VGLUT2 promoter and showed a novel molecular mechanism of glucose-induced mVGLUT2 transcription.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1994-2003
Number of pages10
JournalGastroenterology
Volume134
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2008

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Hepatology
  • Gastroenterology

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