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An internal enhancer regulates heme- and cadmium-mediated induction of human heme oxygenase-1

¹Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Hypertension, and Transplantation, and ²Department of Neuroscience, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32610

Submitted 4 April 2003 ; accepted in final form 21 May 2003

Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) catalyzes the rate-limiting step in heme degradation, releasing iron, carbon monoxide, and biliverdin. Induction of HO-1 is an adaptive and beneficial response in renal and nonrenal settings of tissue injury. The purpose of this study was to characterize the regulation of the human HO-1 gene in renal proximal tubule and aortic endothelial cells in response to heme and cadmium. Evaluation of multiple human HO-1 promoter-reporter constructs up to -9.1 kb demonstrated only a partial response to heme and cadmium. In an effort to mimic endogenous stimulus-dependent levels of HO-1 induction, we evaluated the entire 12.5 kb of the human HO-1 gene, including introns and exons, in conjunction with a -4.5-kb human HO-1 promoter and observed significant heme- and cadmium-mediated induction of the reporter gene, suggesting the presence of an internal enhancer. Enhancer function was orientation independent and required a region between -3.5 and -4.5 kb of the human HO-1 promoter. Our studies identified a novel enhancer internal to the human HO-1 gene that, in conjunction with the HO-1 promoter, recapitulates heme- and cadmium-mediated induction of the endogenous HO-1 gene. Elucidation of the molecular regulation of the human HO-1 gene will allow for the development of therapeutic strategies to manipulate HO-1 gene expression in pathological states.

gene transcription; renal proximal tubule cells; endothelial cells; heme proteins; molecular regulation

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