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Positive and Negative Control of the Expression of Parathyroid Hormone (PTH)/PTH-Related Protein Receptor Via Proximal Promoter P3 in Human Osteoblast-Like Cells¹

Division of Bone Diseases, WHO Collaborating Center for Osteoporosis and Bone Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Dr. Danielle Manen, Division of Bone Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, 1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. E-mail: manen{at}cmu.unige.ch

Three promoters, P1, P2, and P3, regulate the expression of the receptor for the human PTH/PTH -related protein. The P3 promoter, proximal to the gene, seems to be turned on in many tissues and to be the most active of the three in the human adult kidney. P3 is also active in human osteoblastic SaOS-2 cells. Its structure to function relationship is, however, still poorly understood. To address this issue we assayed, in transiently transfected SaOS-2 cells, the expression of reporter gene constructs containing truncated P3 promoter fragments and substitution mutants. We thus localized cis-acting elements essential for P3 promoter activity and identified two key Sp1 binding sites. We also found in the 5'-untranslated exon U4, transcribed from promoter P3, an element that inhibits the expression of the receptor and is not promoter specific. This study provides new insights into PTH receptor expression in human osteoblast-like cells.

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