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- Title
Tissue-specific expression of two human Ca<sub>v</sub>1.2 isoforms under the control of distinct 5′ flanking regulatory elements
- Authors
Pang, Li; Koren, Gideon; Wang, Zhiguo; Nattel, Stanley
- Abstract
Transcriptional regulation may be important for L-type Ca2+ channel α1C subunit (Cav1.2) gene expression. In this study, we found two human Cav1.2 isoforms, one strongly and selectively expressed in heart and the other with apparently ubiquitous expression. The promoter for the cardiac isoform has an ‘initiator’ sequence, and is active in neonatal cardiomyocytes but not in cardiac fibroblasts, H9C2 cells, human aorta-vascular smooth muscle and HEK293 cells. The promoter for the ubiquitously expressed isoform is of the ‘housekeeping’ type and is active in all cell types examined. These data indicate specific expression patterns of two human Cav1.2 isoforms under the control of distinct 5′ flanking regulatory sequences.
- Subjects
GENETIC transcription; CALCIUM
- Publication
FEBS Letters, 2003, Vol 546, Issue 2/3, p349
- ISSN
0014-5793
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1016/S0014-5793(03)00629-X