The zinc finger protein 202 (ZNF202) is a transcriptional repressor of ATPbinding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) and ABCG1 gene expression and a modulator of cellular lipid efflux
M. Porsch-ozcurumez et al., The zinc finger protein 202 (ZNF202) is a transcriptional repressor of ATPbinding cassette transporter A1 (ABCA1) and ABCG1 gene expression and a modulator of cellular lipid efflux, J BIOL CHEM, 276(15), 2001, pp. 12427-12433
The zinc finger gene 202 (ZNF202) located within a hypoalphalipoproteinemia
susceptibility locus on chromosome 11q23 is a transcriptional repressor of
various genes involved in lipid metabolism. To provide further evidence fo
r a functional linkage between ZNF202 and hypoalphalipoproteinemia, we inve
stigated the effect of ZNF202 expression on ATP binding cassette transporte
r A1 (ABCA1) and ABCG1, ABCA1 is a key regulator of the plasma high density
lipoprotein pool size, whereas ABCG1 is another mediator of cellular chole
sterol and phospholipid efflux in human macrophage. We demonstrate here tha
t the full-length ZNF202m1 isoform binds to GnT repeats within the promoter
s of ABCA1 (-229/ -210) and ABCG1 (-572/-552), ZNF202m1 expression in HepG2
cells dose-dependently repressed the promotor activities of ABCA1 and ABCG
1, This transcriptional effect required the presence of the SCAN domain in
ZNF202 and the functional integrity of a TATA box at position -24 of ABCA1,
whereas the presence of GnT binding motifs was nonessential. The state of
ZNF202 SCAN domain oligomerization affected the ability of the adjacent ZNF
202 Kruppel-associated box domain to recruit the transcriptional corepresso
r KAP1, Overexpression of ZNF202m1 in RAW264.7 macrophages prevented the in
duction of ABCA1 gene expression by 20(S)OH-cholesterol and 9-cis-retinoic
acid, further substantiating the interference of ZNF202 in critical element
s of transcriptional activation, Finally, HDL and apoAI-mediated lipid effl
ux was significantly reduced in RAW264.7 cells stably expressing ZNF202m1,
In conclusion, we have identified ABCA1 and ABCG1 as target genes for ZNF20
2-mediated repression and thus, provide evidence for a functional linkage b
etween ZNF202 and hypoalphalipoproteinemia.