Regulation of the F11, Klkb1, Cyp4v3 gene cluster in livers of metabolically challenged mice

PLoS One. 2013 Sep 16;8(9):e74637. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074637. eCollection 2013.

Abstract

Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in a 4q35.2 locus that harbors the coagulation factor XI (F11), prekallikrein (KLKB1), and a cytochrome P450 family member (CYP4V2) genes are associated with deep venous thrombosis (DVT). These SNPs exert their effect on DVT by modifying the circulating levels of FXI. However, SNPs associated with DVT were not necessarily all in F11, but also in KLKB1 and CYP4V2. Here, we searched for evidence for common regulatory elements within the 4q35.2 locus, outside the F11 gene, that might control FXI plasma levels and/or DVT risk. To this end, we investigated the regulation of the orthologous mouse gene cluster under several metabolic conditions that impact mouse hepatic F11 transcription. In livers of mice in which HNF4α, a key transcription factor controlling F11, was ablated, or reduced by siRNA, a strong decrease in hepatic F11 transcript levels was observed that correlated with Cyp4v3 (mouse orthologue of CYP4V2), but not by Klkb1 levels. Estrogens induced hepatic F11 and Cyp4v3, but not Klkb1 transcript levels, whereas thyroid hormone strongly induced hepatic F11 transcript levels, and reduced Cyp4v3, leaving Klkb1 levels unaffected. Mice fed a high-fat diet also had elevated F11 transcription, markedly paralleled by an induction of Klkb1 and Cyp4v3 expression. We conclude that within the mouse F11, Klkb1, Cyp4v3 gene cluster, F11 and Cyp4v3 frequently display striking parallel transcriptional responses suggesting the presence of shared regulatory elements.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / genetics*
  • Factor XI / genetics*
  • Female
  • Liver / metabolism*
  • Mice
  • Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide / genetics
  • Prekallikrein / genetics*
  • Venous Thrombosis / genetics

Substances

  • Factor XI
  • Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System
  • Prekallikrein

Grants and funding

This project is financially supported by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO-TOP Grant #40-00812-98-07-045). The research of Audrey C.A. Cleuren was supported by grant 2006B0045 from the Netherlands Heart Foundation. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.