PMID- 32858813 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20210219 LR - 20210219 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 17 DP - 2020 Aug 26 TI - Functional Analysis of Two Zinc (Zn) Transporters (ZIP3 and ZIP8) Promoters and Their Distinct Response to MTF1 and RREB1 in the Regulation of Zn Metabolism. LID - 10.3390/ijms21176135 [doi] LID - 6135 AB - ZIP (zinc-regulated transporters, iron-regulated transporter-like protein) family plays an important role in organism Zn balance. This research identified the promoter regions of ZIP3 and ZIP8, two members of ZIP family, from a freshwater teleost yellow catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, characterized the binding sequences of the metal-responsive transcription factor-1 (MTF-1) and Ras responsive element binding protein 1 (RREB1) on their promoter regions. The present study cloned and obtained the 2027 bp of ZIP3 promoter and 1664 bp of ZIP8 promoter, and predicted several key elements on their promoters, such as the binding sites of CREB (cAMP-response element binding protein), KLF4 (Kruppel like factor 4), MTF-1 and RREB1. The sequence deletion from -361 bp to -895 bp down-regulated the luciferase activity of ZIP3 promoter, and the deletion from -897 bp to -1664 bp down-regulated the luciferase activity of ZIP8 promoter. Within different deletion plasmids, the relative luciferase activities of ZIP3 and ZIP8 promoters changes to Zn incubation in a Zn concentration-dependent manner. The site mutagenesis and EMSA (electrophoretic mobility shift assay) found that the -1327 bp/-1343 bp MTF-1 binding site and the -248 bp/-267 bp RREB1 binding site on the ZIP3 promoter, and the -1543 bp/-1557 bp MTF-1 binding site on the ZIP8 promoter are functional sites. Low Zn increased the binding capability between MTF-1 and its responsive site on the ZIP3 promoter, and high Zn increased the transcriptional activation ZIP3 by RREB1; Zn also promoted the binding ability between MTF-1 and its responsive element on the ZIP8 promoter. This study provides the first direct evidence for the response elements of MTF-1 and RREB1 on ZIP3 and MTF-1 on ZIP8 to Zn, which are very important for the evaluation of Zn nutrition and toxicity in vertebrates. FAU - Chen, Shu-Wei AU - Chen SW AD - Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. FAU - Wu, Kun AU - Wu K AD - Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. FAU - Lv, Wu-Hong AU - Lv WH AD - Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. FAU - Chen, Fang AU - Chen F AD - Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. FAU - Song, Chang-Chun AU - Song CC AD - Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. FAU - Luo, Zhi AU - Luo Z AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3219-1609 AD - Key Laboratory of Freshwater Animal Breeding, Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery College, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, China. AD - Laboratory for Marine Fisheries Science and Food Production Processes, Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, 1 Wenhai Road, Qingdao 266237, China. LA - eng GR - 31872585/National Natural Science Foundation of China/ GR - 2018YFD0900400/National Key R&D Program of China/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200826 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Cation Transport Proteins) RN - 0 (Fish Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - J41CSQ7QDS (Zinc) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Catfishes/*genetics/metabolism MH - Cation Transport Proteins/chemistry/*genetics MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - Fish Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Sequence Deletion MH - Transcription Factors/*metabolism MH - Zinc/*metabolism PMC - PMC7503416 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ZIP transporter OT - Zn homeostasis OT - Zn toxicity OT - fish OT - transcriptional regulation COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. The funders had no role in the design of the study; in the collection, analyses, or interpretation of data; in the writing of the manuscript, or in the decision to publish the results. EDAT- 2020/08/30 06:00 MHDA- 2021/02/20 06:00 PMCR- 2020/09/01 CRDT- 2020/08/30 06:00 PHST- 2020/07/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/08/13 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/08/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/08/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/08/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/02/20 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms21176135 [pii] AID - ijms-21-06135 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms21176135 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2020 Aug 26;21(17):6135. doi: 10.3390/ijms21176135.