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In ZD and ZD0.4 cells, the nuclear p21 protein level, mRNA abundance, and promoter activity were reduced to 40, 70, and 65%, respectively, of ZN cells. However, p21 protein and mRNA levels, as well as p21 promoter activity, were not altered in ZA and ZS cells compared with ZN cells. Moreover, the amounts of acetylated histone-4 associated with the proximal and distal p21 promoter regions, as a measure of p21 promoter accessibility, were decreased in ZD (73 and 64%, respectively) and ZD0.4 (82 and 77%, respectively) cells compared with ZN cells (100 and 100%, respectively). Thus multiple lines of evidence indicate that the transcriptional process of p21 is downregulated by depressed zinc status in HepG2 cells. Furthermore, the transfection of 5 \u03bcg of plasmid cytomegalovirus-p21 plasmid, which constitutively expressed p21, was able to normalize the reduction in p21 protein level and cyclin D1-cdk4 complex activity but not the inhibition of cell growth and G1\/S cell cycle progression in ZD cells. <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1152\/ajpcell.00256.2006","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2007,2,16]],"date-time":"2007-02-16T01:34:29Z","timestamp":1171589669000},"page":"C2175-C2184","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":28,"title":["Zinc deficiency depresses p21 gene expression: inhibition of cell cycle progression is independent of the decrease in p21 protein level in HepG2 cells"],"prefix":"10.1152","volume":"292","author":[{"given":"Stephen H. 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