Expression of Phytoestrogens in pGL2/AQP1 Promoter Reporter System

Abstract

In this study, we amplified aquaporin 1(AQP1) promoter sequence with polymerase chain reaction(PCR), then AQP1 promoter fragment and pGL2 basic vector were linked to create an artificial pGL2/AQP1 promoter re-porter system. A certain concentration of 17β-estradiol(E2) activated pGL2/AQP1p, which demonstrated the pGL2/AQP1p transcriptional system effective. The pGL2/AQP1 promoter reporter system was applied to evaluate the activate effect on AQP1 of different kinds of phytoestrogens. Dual luciferase reporter gene activity assay showed that a certain concentration phytoestrogens including daidzein and genistein can increase AQP1 promoter transcription activity. In addition, E2, daidzein and genistein can make AQP1 protein endoge- nous expression level increase and promote the function of water scretion. The result can guide the clinical application to treat the Sjogren’s syndrome and provide a necessary molecular tool for the subsequent drug screening.

Keywords

Aquaporin 1(AQP1) / Sjogren’s syndrome / 17β-Estradiol / Phytoestrogen

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