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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 295: C288-C292, 2008. First published April 23, 2008; doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00104.2008
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RECEPTORS AND SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION

Functional interaction of regulatory factors with the Pgc-1{alpha} promoter in response to exercise by in vivo imaging

Takayuki Akimoto, Ping Li, and Zhen Yan

Department of Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina

Submitted 19 February 2008 ; accepted in final form 17 April 2008

ABSTRACT

Real-time optical bioluminescence imaging is a powerful tool for studies of gene regulation in living animals. To elucidate exercise-induced signaling/transcriptional control of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-{gamma} coactivator-1{alpha} (Pgc-1{alpha}) gene in skeletal muscle, we combined this technology with electric pulse-mediated gene transfer to cotransfect the Pgc-1{alpha} reporter gene with plasmid DNA encoding mutant/deletion forms of putative regulatory factors and, thereby, assess the responsiveness of the promoter to skeletal muscle contraction. We show that each of the myocyte enhancer factor 2 sites on the Pgc-1{alpha} promoter is required for contractile activity-induced Pgc-1{alpha} transcription. The responsiveness of the Pgc-1{alpha} promoter to contractile activity could be completely blocked by overexpression of the dominant-negative form of activating transcription factor 2 (ATF2), the signaling-resistant form of histone deacetylase (HDAC) 5 (HDAC5), or protein kinase D (PKD), but not by HDAC4. These findings provide in vivo evidence for functional interactions between PKD/HDAC5 and ATF2 regulatory factors and the Pgc-1{alpha} gene in adult skeletal muscle.

signal transduction; transcriptional control; reporter gene; optical biolunminescence imaging; electric pulse-mediated gene transfer


Address for reprint requests and other correspondence: Z. Yan, 4321 Medical Park Dr., Suite 200, Duke Univ. Independence Park Facility, Durham, NC 27704 (e-mail: zhen.yan{at}duke.edu)






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