Functional overload (OL) of the rat plantaris muscle by the removal of synergistic muscles induces a shift in the myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoform expression profile from the fast isoforms toward the slow type I, or, beta-MHC isoform. Different length rat beta-MHC promoters were linked to a firefly luciferase reporter gene and injected in control and OL plantaris muscles. Reporter activities of -3,500, -914, -408, and -215 bp promoters increased in response to 1 wk of OL. The smallest -171 bp promoter was not responsive to OL. Mutation analyses of putative regulatory elements within the -171 and -408 bp region were performed. The -408 bp promoters containing mutations of the betae1, distal muscle CAT (MCAT; betae2), CACC, or A/T-rich (GATA), were still responsive to OL. Only the proximal MCAT (betae3) mutation abolished the OL response. Gel mobility shift assays revealed a significantly higher level of complex formation of the betae3 probe with nuclear protein from OL plantaris compared with control plantaris. These results suggest that the betae3 site functions as a putative OL-responsive element in the rat beta-MHC gene promoter.
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