Hepatic expression of the UGT1A9 gene is governed by hepatocyte nuclear factor 4alpha

UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) enzymes catalyze the glucuronidation reaction, which is a major pathway in the catabolism and elimination of numerous endo- and xenobiotics. Among the UGT enzyme family members, the UGT1A7, UGT1A8, UGT1A9, and UGT1A10 isoforms are issued from a single gene through d...

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Published in:Molecular pharmacology 2005-01, Vol.67 (1), p.241-249
Main Authors: Barbier, Olivier, Girard, Hugo, Inoue, Yusuke, Duez, Hélène, Villeneuve, Lyne, Kamiya, Akihide, Fruchart, Jean-Charles, Guillemette, Chantal, Gonzalez, Frank J, Staels, Bart
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
Cell Line, Tumor
Cloning, Molecular
DNA-Binding Proteins - physiology
Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic - physiology
Glucuronosyltransferase - genetics
Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4
Humans
Liver - enzymology
Mutagenesis, Site-Directed
Phosphoproteins - physiology
Plasmids
Promoter Regions, Genetic
Recombinant Proteins - metabolism
Restriction Mapping
Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
Transcription Factors - physiology
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Summary:UDP-glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) enzymes catalyze the glucuronidation reaction, which is a major pathway in the catabolism and elimination of numerous endo- and xenobiotics. Among the UGT enzyme family members, the UGT1A7, UGT1A8, UGT1A9, and UGT1A10 isoforms are issued from a single gene through differential splicing. However, these enzymes display distinct tissue-specific expression patterns. Indeed, UGT1A7, UGT1A8, and UGT1A10 are exclusively expressed in extrahepatic tissues, whereas UGT1A9 transcripts are found at high concentrations in liver. In the present study, we report that the liver-enriched hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 (HNF4)-alpha controls the hepatic expression of the UGT1A9 enzyme. Liver-specific disruption of the HNF4alpha gene in mice drastically decreases liver UGT1A9 mRNA levels. Furthermore, an HNF4alpha response element (HNF4alpha RE) was identified in the promoter of human UGT1A9 at position -372 to -360 base pairs by transient transfection, electrophoretic mobility shift assays, and chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments. It is interesting that this response element is absent in the proximal UGT1A7, UGT1A8, and UGT1A10 gene promoters. In conclusion, the present study identifies HNF4alpha as a major factor for the control of UGT1A9 hepatic expression and suggests that the absence of UGT1A7, UGT1A8, and UGT1A10 expression in the liver is caused by, at least in part, a few base pair changes in their promoter sequences in the region corresponding to the HNF4alpha RE of the UGT1A9 gene.
ISSN:0026-895X