Differential regulation of carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I gene isoforms (CPT-I alpha and CPT-I beta) in the rat heart.
J Mol Cell Cardiol
; 33(2): 317-29, 2001 Feb.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11162136
ABSTRACT
Carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I (CPT-I) is a major control point for fatty acid oxidation. Two kinetically different isoforms, CPT-I alpha and CPT-I beta, have been identified. Cardiac ventricular myocytes are the only cells known to express both CPT-I isoforms. In this study, we characterized the differential regulation of CPT-I alpha and CPT-I beta expression in the heart. Expression of the CPT-I alpha gene was very high in the fetal heart and declined following birth. CPT-I beta was also highly expressed in fetal myocytes and remained so throughout development. CPT-I alpha mRNA abundance was increased in both the liver and heart of diabetic or fasted rats, but CPT-I beta mRNA levels were not altered in these states. A high fat diet elevated expression of the CPT-I alpha gene in the liver but not in the heart. The fat content of the diet did not affect the expression of CPT-I beta. Cultures of neonatal rat cardiac myocytes were transfected with luciferase reporter genes driven by CPT-I alpha or CPT-I beta promoters. Two regions of the CPT-I alpha promoter, including an upstream region (-1300/-960) and a region in the proximal promoter (-193/-52) contributed equally to basal expression in cardiac myocytes. Basal transcription of CPT-I alpha was dependent on Sp1 sites and a CCAAT box in the proximal promoter. Our data indicate that the CPT-I beta gene is expressed in a tissue specific manner, but that it is not subject to the same developmental or hormonal controls imposed on CPT-I alpha. In addition some aspects of CPT-I alpha expression are confined to the liver. The data presented here thus suggest that two types of differential regulation of CPT-I genes exist (a) differential control of CPT-I alpha and CPT-I beta gene expression in the heart and (b) differential regulation of CPT-I alpha expression in the heart and liver.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Carnitine O-Palmitoyltransferase
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Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
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Myocardium
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
J Mol Cell Cardiol
Year:
2001
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States