Nuclear localization of a novel protein, RGPR-p117, in cloned normal rat kidney proximal tubular epithelial cells
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- Published online on: November 1, 2005 https://doi.org/10.3892/ijmm.16.5.809
- Pages: 809-814
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Abstract
A novel protein RGPR-p117 was discovered as a regucalcin gene promoter region-related protein that binds to the TTGGC motif. The role of RGPR-p117 in cell function is unknown. The nuclear localization of RGPR-p117 was investigated using cloned normal rat kidney proximal tubular epithelial NRK52E cells in vitro. RGPR-p117 mRNA was expressed in NRK52E cells, and its expression was stimulated by culture with parathyroid hormone (10−7 M) or phorbol 12-myristate (10−6 M). RGPR-p117 was found to localize in the cytoplasm and nucleus with immunocytochemical and Western blot analysis using HA-RGPR-p117/phCMV2-transfected NRK52E cells. Overexpression of HA-RGPR-p117 was found to have a significant stimulatory effect on regucalcin mRNA expression in NRK52E cells. This study demonstrates that RGPR-p117 is localized in the nucleus of kidney cells, and may be involved in gene expression.
