TonEBP/NFAT5 stimulates transcription of HSP70 in response to hypertonicity
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- Title
- TonEBP/NFAT5 stimulates transcription of HSP70 in response to hypertonicity
- Author
- Woo, SK; Lee, SD; Na, KY; Park, WK; Kwon, H. Moo
- Issue Date
- 2002-08
- Publisher
- AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
- Citation
- MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY, v.22, no.16, pp.5753 - 5760
- Abstract
- While hyperosmolality of the kidney medulla is essential for urinary concentration, it imposes a great deal of stress. Cells in the renal medulla adapt to the stress of hypertonicity (hyperosmotic salt) by accumulating organic osmolytes. Tonicity-responsive enhancer (TonE) binding protein (TonEBP) (or NFAT5) stimulates transcription of transporters and a synthetic enzyme for the cellular accumulation of organic osmolytes. We found that dominant-negative TonEBP reduced expression of HSP70 as well as the transporters and enzyme. Near the major histocompatibility complex class III locus, there are three HSP70 genes named HSP70-1, HSP70-2, and HSC70t. While HSP70-1 and HSP70-2 were heat inducible, only HSP70-2 was induced by hypertonicity. In the 5' flanking region of the HSP70-2 gene, there are three sites for TonEBP binding. In cells transfected with a reporter plasmid containing this region, expression of luciferase was markedly stimulated in response to hypertonicity. Coexpression of the dominant-negative TonEBP reduced the luciferase expression. Mutating all three sites in the reporter plasmid led to a complete loss of induction by hypertonicity. Thus, TonEBP rather than heat shock factor stimulates transcription of the HSP70-2 gene in response to hypertonicity. We conclude that TonEBP is a master regulator of the renal medulla for cellular protection against high osmolality via organic osmolytes and molecular chaperones.
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- https://scholarworks.unist.ac.kr/handle/201301/4904
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- DOI
- 10.1128/MCB.16.22.5753-5760.2002
- ISSN
- 0270-7306
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- BIO_Journal Papers
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