Cubilin expression is monoallelic and epigenetically augmented via PPARs.
BMC Genomics
; 14: 405, 2013 Jun 18.
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BACKGROUND: Cubilin is an endocytic receptor that is necessary for renal and intestinal absorption of a range of ligands. Endocytosis mediated by cubilin and its co-receptor megalin is the principal mechanism for proximal tubule reabsorption of proteins from the glomerular filtrate. Cubilin is also required for intestinal endocytosis of intrinsic factor-vitamin B12 complex. Despite its importance, little is known about the regulation of cubilin expression. RESULTS: Here we show that cubilin expression is under epigenetic regulation by at least two processes. The first process involves inactivation of expression of one of the cubilin alleles. This monoallelic expression state could not be transformed to biallelic by inhibiting DNA methylation or histone deacetylation. The second process involves transcriptional regulation of cubilin by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) transcription factors that are themselves regulated by DNA methylation and histone deacetylation. This is supported by findings that inhibitors of DNA methylation and histone deacetylation, 5Aza and TSA, increase cubilin mRNA and protein in renal and intestinal cell lines. Not only was the expression of PPARα and γ inducible by 5Aza and TSA, but the positive effects of TSA and 5Aza on cubilin expression were also dependent on both increased PPAR transcription and activation. Additionally, 5Aza and TSA had similar effects on the expression of the cubilin co-receptor, megalin. CONCLUSIONS: Together, these findings reveal that cubilin and megalin mRNA expression is under epigenetic control and thus point to new avenues for overcoming pathological suppression of these genes through targeting of epigenetic regulatory processes.
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Asunto principal:
Regulación de la Expresión Génica
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Receptores de Superficie Celular
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Epigénesis Genética
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Receptores Activados del Proliferador del Peroxisoma
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Alelos
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Animals
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
BMC Genomics
Asunto de la revista:
GENETICA
Año:
2013
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Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Reino Unido