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(Circulation Research. 1999;84:276-289.)
© 1999 American Heart Association, Inc.

Original Contribution

A Concise Promoter Region of the Heart Fatty Acid–Binding Protein Gene Dictates Tissue-Appropriate Expression

Qinghua Qian, Lyn Kuo, Yie-Teh Yu, Jeffrey N. Rottman

From the Departments of Internal Medicine (Cardiology) (Q.Q., L.K., Y.-T.Y., J.N.R.), Pharmacology (J.N.R.), and Biochemistry (Y.-T.Y.), Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn.

Correspondence to Jeffrey N. Rottman, Department of Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 360 MRB II, Nashville, TN 37232. E-mail jeff.rottman{at}mcmail.vanderbilt.edu

Abstract—The heart fatty acid–binding protein (HFABP) is a member of a family of binding proteins with distinct tissue distributions and diverse roles in fatty acid metabolism, trafficking, and signaling. Other members of this family have been shown to possess concise promoter regions that direct appropriate tissue-specific expression. The basis for the specific expression of the HFABP has not been previously evaluated, and the mechanisms governing expression of metabolic genes in the heart are not completely understood. We used transient and permanent transfections in ventricular myocytes, skeletal myocytes, and nonmyocytic cells to map regulatory elements in the HFABP promoter, and audited results in transgenic mice. Appropriate tissue-specific expression in cell culture and in transgenic mice was dictated by 1.2 kb of the 5'-flanking sequence of FABP3, the HFABP gene. Comparison of orthologous murine and human genomic sequences demonstrated multiple regions of near-identity within this promoter region, including a CArG-like element close to the TATA box. Binding and transactivation studies demonstrated that this element can function as an atypical myocyte enhancer–binding factor 2 site. Interactions with adjacent sites are likely to be necessary for fully appropriate, tissue-specific, developmental and metabolic regulation.

Key Words: fatty acid–binding protein • myocyte • promoter region • transgene

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