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Thrombin stimulates the expression of multiple genes in endothelial cells (ECs), but the trans-acting factors responsible for this induction remain undefined. We have previously described a thrombin-inducible nuclear factor (TINF), which binds to an element in the PDGF B promoter and is responsible for the thrombin inducibility of this gene. Inactive cytoplasmic TINF is rapidly activated and translocated to nuclei of ECs upon stimulation with thrombin. We have now purified TINF from thrombin-treated ECs. Amino acid sequencing revealed it to be a member of the Y-box protein family, and the sole Y-box protein-encoding cDNA we detected in human or bovine ECs corresponded to DNA-binding protein B (dbpB). DbpB translocated to the nucleus after thrombin stimulation of ECs as shown by FACS analysis of nuclei from ECs expressing GFP-dbpB fusion proteins. During thrombin activation, dbpB was found to be cleaved, yielding a 30-kDa NH(2)-terminal fragment that recognized the thrombin-response element sequence, but not the Y-box consensus sequence. Preincubation of ECs with protein tyrosine phosphatase inhibitors completely blocked dbpB activation by thrombin and blocked induction of endogenous PDGF B-chain mRNA and promoter activation by thrombin. Y-box proteins are known to act constitutively to regulate the expression of several genes. Activation of this class of transcription factors in response to thrombin or any other agonist represents a novel signaling pathway.
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- O I Stenina
- Department of Cell Biology, Lerner Research Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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The monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) functions to recruit monocytes and macrophages to areas of inflammation and is a prototypic chemokine subjected to coordinate regulation by immunomodulatory agents. TNF mediated regulation of MCP-1 occurs through a distal regulatory region located 2.5 kb upstream of the transcriptional start site. Within this region are two NF-kB motifs that are each critical for function. Site A, located within the distal regulatory region and upstream of the kappaB elements is required for maximal induction by TNF. However, unlike the kappaB elements and other MCP-1 regulatory elements, Site A is constitutively occupied by factors in vivo. To better understand the nature of Site A function, this report identified a Site A binding protein and provides a functional analysis of the element in driving transcription. The results showed that the transcription factor NF1/CTF binds to Site A both in vitro and in vivo. While Site A has no transcriptional activity on its own, it was found to augment the transcriptional activity of a GAL4-VP16 reporter system in an orientation and position independent manner. Because NF1 is known to interact with factors that modify nucleosomes, these results suggest a unique role for Site A in regulating MCP-1 expression.
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- S N Kumar
- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory University School of Medicine, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA
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The frequency of transcription initiation at specific RNA polymerase II promoters is, in many cases, related to the ability of the promoter to recruit the transcription machinery to a specific site. However, there may also be functional differences in the properties of assembled transcription complexes that are promoter-specific or regulator-dependent and affect their activity. Transcription complexes formed on variants of the adenovirus major late (AdML) promoter were found to differ in several ways. Mutations in the initiator element increased the sarkosyl sensitivity of the rate of elongation and decreased the rate of early steps in initiation as revealed by a sarkosyl challenge assay that exploited the resistance of RNA synthesis to high concentrations of sarkosyl after formation of one or two phospho-diester bonds. Similar, but clearly distinct, effects were also observed after deletion of the binding site for upstream stimulatory factor from the AdML promoter. In contrast, deletion of binding sites for nuclear factor 1 and Oct-1, as well as mutations in the recognition sequence for initiation site binding protein, were without apparent effect on transcription complexes on templates containing the mouse mammary tumor virus promoter.
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- J W Steinke
- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, 2128 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-2128, USA
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Fas (CD95/Apo-1) gene expression is dysregulated in a number of diseased states. Towards understanding the regulation of fas gene expression, we previously identified activator and repressor elements within the human fas promoter. Using a combination of expression screening and reporter gene assays, we have identified transcription factors which bind to these elements and thereby regulate transcription of the fas promoter. These are three single-stranded DNA binding proteins, YB-1, Puralpha and Purbeta and two components of the AP-1 complex, c-Fos and c-Jun. c-Jun is a potent transcriptional activator of fas and stimulated expression levels up to 184-fold in reporter gene assays. Co-expression with c-Fos abrogated c-Jun-mediated activation. YB-1 and Puralpha are transcriptional repressors of fas and decreased basal transcription by 60-fold in reporter gene assays. Purbeta was predominantly an antagonist of YB-1/Puralpha-mediated repression. Overexpression of YB-1 and Puralpha in Jurkat cells was shown to reduce the level of cell surface Fas staining, providing further evidence that these proteins regulate the fas promoter. It has been suggested that YB-1 plays a role in cell proliferation as an activator of growth-associated gene expression. We have shown that YB-1 is a repressor of a cell death-associated gene fas. These results suggest that YB-1 may play an important role in controlling cell survival by co-ordinately regulating the expression of cell growth-associated and death-associated genes.
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- A Lasham
- Genesis Research and Development Corporation Limited, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Smith CL, Wolford RG, O'Neill TB, Hager GL. Characterization of transiently and constitutively expressed progesterone receptors: evidence for two functional states. Mol Endocrinol 2000; 14:956-71. [PMID: 10894147 DOI: 10.1210/mend.14.7.0482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Activated steroid receptors induce chromatin remodeling events in the promoters of some target genes. We previously reported that transiently expressed progesterone receptor (PR) cannot activate mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) promoter when it adopts the form of ordered chromatin. However, when expressed continuously, the PR acquires this ability. In this study we explored whether this gain of function occurs through alterations in nucleoprotein structure at the MMTV promoter or through changes in receptor status. We observed no major structural differences at the MMTV promoter in the presence of constitutively expressed PR and found its mechanism of activation to be very similar to that of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). However, a systematic comparison of the functional behavior of the transiently and constitutively expressed PR elucidated significant differences. The transiently expressed PR is activated in the absence of ligand by cAMP and by components in FBS and has significantly increased sensitivity to progestins. In contrast, the constitutively expressed PR is refractory to activation by cAMP and serum and has normal sensitivity to its ligand. In addition, while the PR is localized to the nucleus in both cases, a significant fraction of the transiently expressed PR is tightly bound to the nucleus even in the absence of ligand, while the majority of constitutively expressed PR is not. These results strongly suggest that the PR undergoes processing in the cell subsequent to its initial expression and that this processing is important for various aspects of its function, including its ability to productively interact with target genes that require chromatin remodeling for activation.
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- C L Smith
- Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Kinyamu HK, Fryer CJ, Horwitz KB, Archer TK. The mouse mammary tumor virus promoter adopts distinct chromatin structures in human breast cancer cells with and without glucocorticoid receptor. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:20061-8. [PMID: 10751396 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m001142200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Steroid receptors represent a class of transcription regulators that act in part by overcoming the often repressive nature of chromatin to modulate gene activity. The mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) promoter is a useful model for studying transcriptional regulation by steroid hormone receptors in the context of chromatin. The chromatin architecture of the promoter prevents the assembly of basal transcription machinery and binding of ubiquitous transcription factors. However, in human breast carcinoma T47D cells lacking the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), but expressing the progesterone receptor (PR), nucleosome B (nuc B) assumes a constitutively hypersensitive chromatin structure. This correlation led us to test the hypothesis that the chromatin structure of nuc B was dependent on GR expression in T47D cells. To examine this possibility, we stably co-transfected the MMTV promoter and the GR into T47D cells that lacked both the GR and the PR. We found that in T47D cells that lack both the GR and the PR or express only the GR, nuc B assumes a constitutively "open" chromatin structure, which allows hormone independent access by restriction endonucleases and transcription factors. These results suggest that in GR(+)/pr(-) T47D cells, the MMTV chromatin structure permits GR transcriptional activation, independent of chromatin remodeling.
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- H K Kinyamu
- Chromatin and Gene Expression Section, Laboratory of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology, NIEHS, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA
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Fontaine V, van der Meijden E, de Graaf J, ter Schegget J, Struyk L. A functional NF-kappaB binding site in the human papillomavirus type 16 long control region. Virology 2000; 272:40-9. [PMID: 10873747 DOI: 10.1006/viro.2000.0363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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By computer search, we identified one potential NF-kappaB binding site in the HPV16 long control region (LCR) at position 7554-7563 having two mismatches in comparison to the consensus NF-kappaB binding site of the Igkappa L promoter. Bandshift experiments with nuclear extracts from HeLa cells or purified glutathione S-transferase-p65 fusion protein clearly demonstrated that NF-kappaB is able to bind to this region of the LCR. However, in comparison to NF-kappaB binding on a consensus probe, the affinity of NF-kappaB for this site is about 250-fold reduced. When mutations were introduced into this NF-kappaB binding site, the activity of the LCR was increased, strongly suggesting that NF-kappaB was acting as a transcriptional repressor in the context of the HPV16 LCR. In addition, overexpression of NF-kappaB p65 repressed the activity of the HPV16 LCR, strengthening this conclusion.
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- V Fontaine
- Department of Virology, AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 15, Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, The Netherlands
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Swamynathan SK, Nambiar A, Guntaka RV. Chicken Y-box proteins chk-YB-1b and chk-YB-2 repress translation by sequence-specific interaction with single-stranded RNA. Biochem J 2000; 348 Pt 2:297-305. [PMID: 10816422 PMCID: PMC1221066] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Y-Box proteins comprise a large family of multifunctional proteins with a wide spectrum of activities in both transcription and translational regulation of gene expression. Earlier, we have reported on the involvement of chk-YB-2 in transcriptional regulation of Rous sarcoma virus long terminal repeats and the involvement of chk-YB-1b in transcriptional regulation of alpha1(I) collagen genes. Here, we have investigated the potential role of chk-YB-2 and chk-YB-1b in RNA metabolism. We report that chk-YB-2 and chk-YB-1b are localized predominantly in the cytoplasm and that they both can bind single-stranded RNA in a sequence-specific and reversible manner. Well-conserved cold-shock domain, N-terminal proline-rich domain and the alternating clusters of acidic and basic amino acids located in the C-terminal ends of these two proteins were all found to be necessary for their RNA-binding ability. Further, we demonstrate that these two proteins inhibit translation in vitro and that binding to RNA is required for this inhibition. The significance of these results is discussed.
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- S K Swamynathan
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, MO 65212, USA
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Jiang JG, Gao B, Zarnegar R. The concerted regulatory functions of the transcription factors nuclear factor-1 and upstream stimulatory factor on a composite element in the promoter of the hepatocyte growth factor gene. Oncogene 2000; 19:2786-90. [PMID: 10851080 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1203581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) is an important multifunctional cytokine whose gene expression is regulated mainly at the transcriptional level. Previous studies using transgenic mice as well as in vitro analyses showed that a potential regulatory element(s) exists between -260 to -230 bp in the upstream region of the HGF gene promoter. In the present study, we have discovered that this region is a composite site through which members of the nuclear factor 1 (NF1) and upstream stimulatory factor (USF) families bind to and regulate HGF gene transcription. Gel mobility shift and supershift assays revealed that USF and NF1 have high binding affinity for this region and that the binding sites of the two different transcription factor families overlap. Functional studies showed that NF1 suppresses HGF gene promoter activity and that USF has an activating function. We found that the NF1/X and NF1/Red1 isoforms strongly suppressed HGF promoter activity while the NF1/L variant had no obvious effects. USF1, but not USF2, of the USF family stimulated HGF gene promoter activity. More interestingly, during liver regeneration after partial hepatectomy, a process which activates the HGF gene, we noted that the binding activity of USF to the HGF promoter element increased while that of NF1 decreased. These data provide insight into the molecular mechanisms that govern HGF gene transcription. Oncogene (2000).
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- J G Jiang
- Department of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburth, Pennsylvania, PA 15261, USA
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Shnyreva M, Schullery DS, Suzuki H, Higaki Y, Bomsztyk K. Interaction of two multifunctional proteins. Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein K and Y-box-binding protein. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:15498-503. [PMID: 10809782 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.20.15498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein (hnRNP) K, a component of the hnRNP particles, appears to be involved in several steps of regulation of gene expression. To gain insight into mechanisms of K protein action, we performed two-hybrid screens using full-length hnRNP K as a bait. Several novel protein partners were identified, including Y-box-binding protein (YB-1), splicing factors 9G8 and SRp20, DNA-methyltransferase, hnRNP L, and hnRNP U. In vitro binding studies and co-immunoprecipitation from cellular extracts provided evidence for direct interaction between hnRNP K and YB-1. Two distinct domains in YB-1 were responsible for binding to K protein. Each protein was able to transactivate transcription from a polypyrimidine-rich promoter; however, this effect was reduced when K and YB-1 proteins were coexpressed suggesting a functional interaction between these two proteins.
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- M Shnyreva
- Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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The Nuclear Factor I (NFI) family of site-specific DNA-binding proteins (also known as CTF or CAAT box transcription factor) functions both in viral DNA replication and in the regulation of gene expression. The classes of genes whose expression is modulated by NFI include those that are ubiquitously expressed, as well as those that are hormonally, nutritionally, and developmentally regulated. The NFI family is composed of four members in vertebrates (NFI-A, NFI-B, NFI-C and NFI-X), and the four NFI genes are expressed in unique, but overlapping, patterns during mouse embryogenesis and in the adult. Transcripts of each NFI gene are differentially spliced, yielding as many as nine distinct proteins from a single gene. Products of the four NFI genes differ in their abilities to either activate or repress transcription, likely through fundamentally different mechanisms. Here, we will review the properties of the NFI genes and proteins and their known functions in gene expression and development.
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- R M Gronostajski
- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Case Western Reserve University, OH 44195, USA.
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Chen CY, Gherzi R, Andersen JS, Gaietta G, Jürchott K, Royer HD, Mann M, Karin M. Nucleolin and YB-1 are required for JNK-mediated interleukin-2 mRNA stabilization during T-cell activation. Genes Dev 2000; 14:1236-48. [PMID: 10817758 PMCID: PMC316620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2000] [Accepted: 03/30/2000] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Regulated mRNA turnover is a highly important process, but its mechanism is poorly understood. Using interleukin-2 (IL-2) mRNA as a model, we described a role for the JNK-signaling pathway in stabilization of IL-2 mRNA during T-cell activation, acting via a JNK response element (JRE) in the 5' untranslated region (UTR). We have now identified two major RNA-binding proteins, nucleolin and YB-1, that specifically bind to the JRE. Binding of both proteins is required for IL-2 mRNA stabilization induced by T-cell activation signals and for JNK-induced stabilization in a cell-free system that duplicates essential features of regulated mRNA decay. Nucleolin and YB-1 are required for formation of an IL-2 mRNP complex that responds to specific mRNA stabilizing signals.
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- C Y Chen
- Department of Pharmacology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA
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Morel Y, Barouki R. The repression of nuclear factor I/CCAAT transcription factor (NFI/CTF) transactivating domain by oxidative stress is mediated by a critical cysteine (Cys-427). Biochem J 2000; 348 Pt 1:235-40. [PMID: 10794737 PMCID: PMC1221059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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The activity of the nuclear factor I/CCAAT transcription factor (NFI/CTF) is negatively regulated by oxidative stress. The addition of relatively high (millimolar) H(2)O(2) concentrations inactivates cellular NFI DNA-binding activity whereas lower concentrations can repress NFI/CTF transactivating function. We have investigated the mechanism of this regulation using Gal4 fusion proteins and transfection assays. We show that micromolar H(2)O(2) concentrations repress the transactivating domain of NFI/CTF in a dose-dependent manner and are less or not active on other transcription factors' transactivating domains. Studies using deletions and point mutations pointed to the critical role of Cys-427. Indeed, when this cysteine is mutated into a serine, the repression by H(2)O(2) is totally blunted. Mutation of other cysteine, serine and tyrosine residues within the transactivating domain had no clear effect on the repression by H(2)O(2). Finally, treatment of cells with the thiol-alkylating reagent N-ethylmaleimide leads to a decrease in the transactivating function, which is dependent on Cys-427. This study shows that transactivating domains of transcription factors can constitute very sensitive targets of oxidative stress and highlights the critical role of these domains.
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- Y Morel
- INSERM U490, Université Paris V-René Descartes, Centre Universitaire des Saints-Pères, 45, rue des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris, France
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Agostini HT, Ryschkewitsch CF, Baumhefner RW, Tourtellotte WW, Singer EJ, Komoly S, Stoner GL. Influence of JC virus coding region genotype on risk of multiple sclerosis and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. J Neurovirol 2000; 6 Suppl 2:S101-8. [PMID: 10871796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/16/2023]
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Two features of the biology of JC virus make it a particularly suitable candidate for an agent in MS-like disease: its neurotropic capability targeting glial cells as evidenced in progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy lesions, and its capacity for latency and persistence as illustrated by its behaviour in the kidney. JC virus is chronically or intermittently excreted in the urine by some 40% of the population. The existence of JC virus in multiple coding-region genotypes provides a unique approach to the study of JC virus-induced neurological disease. We have previously shown that a genotype originating in Asia but also present in Europe and the US, called Type 2B, is more frequently found in PML brain than expected based on its prevalence in urine samples from a control population. In contrast, we find that the excretion of JCV in MS patients is similar in both genotype and frequency to that of control individuals, and appears to be regulated by factors unrelated to those that control CNS disease activity.
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MESH Headings
- Adjuvants, Immunologic/administration & dosage
- Antigens, Viral/cerebrospinal fluid
- Antigens, Viral/urine
- CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins
- Cohort Studies
- DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics
- Demyelinating Diseases/virology
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Genes, Viral/genetics
- Genotype
- Humans
- Interferon beta-1a
- Interferon beta-1b
- Interferon-beta/administration & dosage
- JC Virus/genetics
- JC Virus/isolation & purification
- Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/drug therapy
- Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/ethnology
- Leukoencephalopathy, Progressive Multifocal/virology
- Male
- Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive/drug therapy
- Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive/ethnology
- Multiple Sclerosis, Chronic Progressive/virology
- Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting/drug therapy
- Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting/ethnology
- Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting/virology
- NFI Transcription Factors
- Neuroglia/virology
- Nuclear Proteins
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Risk Factors
- Transcription Factors
- Y-Box-Binding Protein 1
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- H T Agostini
- Neurotoxicology Section, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, MD 20892, USA
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Roulet E, Bucher P, Schneider R, Wingender E, Dusserre Y, Werner T, Mermod N. Experimental analysis and computer prediction of CTF/NFI transcription factor DNA binding sites. J Mol Biol 2000; 297:833-48. [PMID: 10736221 DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.2000.3614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Accurate prediction of transcription factor binding sites is needed to unravel the function and regulation of genes discovered in genome sequencing projects. To evaluate current computer prediction tools, we have begun a systematic study of the sequence-specific DNA-binding of a transcription factor belonging to the CTF/NFI family. Using a systematic collection of rationally designed oligonucleotides combined with an in vitro DNA binding assay, we found that the sequence specificity of this protein cannot be represented by a simple consensus sequence or weight matrix. For instance, CTF/NFI uses a flexible DNA binding mode that allows for variations of the binding site length. From the experimental data, we derived a novel prediction method using a generalised profile as a binding site predictor. Experimental evaluation of the generalised profile indicated that it accurately predicts the binding affinity of the transcription factor to natural or synthetic DNA sequences. Furthermore, the in vitro measured binding affinities of a subset of oligonucleotides were found to correlate with their transcriptional activities in transfected cells. The combined computational-experimental approach exemplified in this work thus resulted in an accurate prediction method for CTF/NFI binding sites potentially functioning as regulatory regions in vivo.
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- E Roulet
- Laboratory of Molecular Biotechnology, Centre for Biotechnology UNIL-EPFL and Institute of Animal Biology University of Lausanne, Lausanne, CH-1015, Switzerland
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We previously reported that two nuclear factor 1-like elements mediated the transcription of the rat p53 gene. A 40-kDa protein was shown to bind to these elements, which was different from common NF1 family proteins. In this study, the biochemical properties of the 40-kDa binding protein were investigated. The metal ion dependency of the protein was examined with various chelators; the protein was proved to require Mg(2+) for maximum DNA-binding activity. The binding protein was highly resistant to ionic strength and denaturant. The protein-DNA complex was reduced at high NaCl concentration, but residual DNA-binding activity remained. Even 2 M urea did not completely eliminate the formation of protein-DNA complex. DNA-binding activity of the protein was also stable at high temperature. Treatment of the protein-DNA complex with increasing concentrations of proteinase K or trypsin demonstrated the existence of a protease-resistant DNA-bound core. These biochemical properties provide new insight into the 40-kDa NF1-like nuclear factor.
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- M Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea
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Napolitano G, Montani V, Giuliani C, Di Vincenzo S, Bucci I, Todisco V, Laglia G, Coppa A, Singer DS, Nakazato M, Kohn LD, Colletta G, Monaco F. Transforming growth factor-beta1 down-regulation of major histocompatibility complex class I in thyrocytes: coordinate regulation of two separate elements by thyroid-specific as well as ubiquitous transcription factors. Mol Endocrinol 2000; 14:486-505. [PMID: 10770487 DOI: 10.1210/mend.14.4.0454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1-decreased major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I gene expression in thyrocytes is transcriptional; it involves trans factors and cis elements important for hormone- as well as iodide-regulated thyroid growth and function. Thus, in rat FRTL-5 thyrocytes, TGF-beta1 regulates two elements within -203 bp of the transcription start site of the MHC class I 5'-flanking region: Enhancer A, -180 to -170 bp, and a downstream regulatory element (DRE), -127 to -90 bp, that contains a cAMP response element (CRE)-like sequence. TGF-beta1 reduces the interaction of a NF-kappaB p50/fra-2 heterodimer (MOD-1) with Enhancer A while increasing its interaction with a NF-kappaB p50/p65 heterodimer. Both reduced MOD-1 and increased p50/p65 suppresses class I expression. Decreased MOD-1 and increased p50/p65 have been separately associated with the ability of autoregulatory (high) concentrations of iodide to suppress thyrocyte growth and function, as well as MHC class I expression. TGF-beta1 has two effects on the downstream regulatory element (DRE). It increases DRE binding of a ubiquitously expressed Y-box protein, termed TSEP-1 (TSHR suppressor element binding protein-1) in rat thyroid cells; TSEP-1 has been shown separately to be an important suppressor of the TSH receptor (TSHR) in addition to MHC class I and class II expression. It also decreases the binding of a thyroid-specific trans factor, thyroid transcription factor-1 (TTF-1), to the DRE, reflecting the ability of TGF-beta1 to decrease TTF-1 RNA levels. TGF-beta1-decreased TTF-1 expression accounts in part for TGF-beta1-decreased thyroid growth and function, since decreased TTF-1 has been shown to decrease thyroglobulin, thyroperoxidase, sodium iodide symporter, and TSHR gene expression, coincident with decreased MHC class I. Finally, we show that TGF-beta1 increases c-jun RNA levels and induces the formation of new complexes involving c-jun, fra-2, ATF-1, and c-fos, which react with Enhancer A and the DRE. TGF-beta1 effects on c-jun may be a pivotal fulcrum in the hitherto unrecognized coordinate regulation of Enhancer A and the DRE.
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- G Napolitano
- Department of Medicine, University G. D'Annunzio, Chieti, Italy
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Behrens M, Venkatraman G, Gronostajski RM, Reed RR, Margolis FL. NFI in the development of the olfactory neuroepithelium and the regulation of olfactory marker protein gene expression. Eur J Neurosci 2000; 12:1372-84. [PMID: 10762365 DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00032.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Nuclear factor I (NFI) proteins are DNA-binding transcription factors that participate in the tissue specific expression of various genes. They are encoded by four different genes (NFI-A, B, C, and X) each of which generates multiple isoforms by alternative RNA splicing. NFI-like binding sites have been identified in several genes preferentially expressed in olfactory receptor neurons. Our prior demonstration that NFI binds to these elements led to the hypothesis that NFI is involved in the regulation of these genes. To analyse the role of NFI in the regulation of olfactory neuron gene expression we have performed transient transfection experiments in HEK 293 cells using constructs that place luciferase expression under the control of an olfactory marker protein (OMP)-promoter fragment containing the NFI binding site. In vitro mutagenesis of this site revealed a negative modulation of luciferase expression by endogenous NFI proteins in HEK 293 cells. In addition, we have used in situ hybridization to analyse the tissue and cellular distribution of the four NFI gene transcripts during pre- and postnatal mouse development. We have simultaneously characterized the expression of Pax-6, and O/E-1, transcription factors known to regulate the phenotype of olfactory receptor neurons. We demonstrate that all of these transcription factors vary in specific spatio-temporal patterns during the development of the olfactory system. These data on NFI activity, and on transcription factor expression, provide a basis to understand the role of NFI in regulating gene expression in olfactory receptor neurons.
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- M Behrens
- Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Maryland at Baltimore, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
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Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells cotranslationally incorporate the unusual amino acid selenocysteine at a UGA codon, which conventionally serves as a termination signal. Translation of selenoprotein gene transcripts in eukaryotes depends upon a "selenocysteine insertion sequence" in the 3'-untranslated region. We have previously shown that DNA-binding protein B specifically binds this sequence element. We now report the identification of nucleolin as a partner in the selenoprotein translation complex. In RNA electromobility shift assays, nucleolin binds the selenocysteine insertion sequence from the human cellular glutathione peroxidase gene, competes with binding activity from COS cells, and shows diminished affinity for probes with mutations in functionally important, conserved sequence elements. Antibody to nucleolin interferes with the gel shift activity of COS cell extract. Antibody to DNA-binding protein B co-extracts nucleolin from HeLa cell cytosol, and the two proteins co-sediment in glycerol gradient fractions of ribosomal high salt extracts. Thus, nucleolin appears to join DNA-binding protein B and possibly other partners to form a large complex that links the selenocysteine insertion sequence in the 3'-untranslated region to other elements in the coding region and ribosome to translate the UGA "stop" codon as selenocysteine.
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- R Wu
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, and the University of Massachusetts Cancer Center, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA
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Zhang J, Zhang QY, Guo J, Zhou Y, Ding X. Identification and functional characterization of a conserved, nuclear factor 1-like element in the proximal promoter region of CYP1A2 gene specifically expressed in the liver and olfactory mucosa. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:8895-902. [PMID: 10722736 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.12.8895] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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CYP1A2 is a major cytochrome P-450 isoform in the liver and the olfactory mucosa but is essentially not expressed in other tissues. A nuclear factor 1 (NF-1) -like element was identified in the proximal promoter region of rat, mouse, rabbit, and human CYP1A2 genes through data base analysis. In vitro DNase I footprinting with a -211 to +81 probe from the rat CYP1A2 gene and nuclear extracts from rat liver and olfactory mucosa revealed a single protected region corresponding to the NF-1-like element at -129 to -111. Protein binding to this NF-1-like element was tissue-selective and was confirmed by in vivo footprinting in native chromatin from rat liver. Multiple DNA-binding complexes were detected in gel-shift assays using the CYP1A2 NF-1-like element and nuclear extracts from liver and olfactory mucosa, all of which were supershifted in the presence of an anti-NF1 antibody. The NF-1-like element was essential for transcriptional activity of the CYP1A2 gene in an in vitro transcription assay using nuclear extracts from the two tissues. Thus, members of the NF-1 family of transcription factors may play an important role in the tissue-selective expression of the CYP1A2 gene in the liver and olfactory mucosa.
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- J Zhang
- Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health and the Department of Environmental Health and Toxicology, School of Public Health, State University of New York at Albany, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA
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Misawa H, Yamaguchi M. Involvement of hepatic nuclear factor I binding motif in transcriptional regulation of Ca(2+)-binding protein regucalcin gene. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 269:270-8. [PMID: 10694512 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.2000.2275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The characterization of the binding of nuclear protein on the 5'-flanking region of the rat regucalcin gene was investigated. Nuclear extracts from rat liver and H4-II-E hepatoma cells were used for oligonucleotide competition gel mobility shift assay. An oligonucleotide between position -523 and -506 in the 5'-flanking region of the rat regucalcin gene, which contains a nuclear factor I (NF1) consensus motif TTGGC(N)(6)CC, competed with the probe for the binding of the nuclear proteins from rat liver and H4-II-E cells. The mutation of TTGGC in the consensus sequence caused an inhibition of the binding of nuclear factors. The presence of Bay K 8644, insulin, and phorbol esters could stimulate the binding of the nuclear factors to the TTGGC region of the rat regucalcin gene in H4-II-E cells. The specific mutation introduced in this region, which was ligated to a luciferase reporter gene, reduced significantly the effects of Bay K 8644, insulin, and phorbol esters in stimulating the regucalcin gene transcriptional activity in H4-II-E cells. These results suggest that the specific nuclear factor binds to the NF1-like sequence, which can stimulate the transcriptional activity, in the promoter region of regucalcin gene in liver cells.
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- H Misawa
- Laboratory of Endocrinology and Molecular Metabolism, Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Shizuoka, 422-8526, Japan
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Angulo A, Kerry D, Huang H, Borst EM, Razinsky A, Wu J, Hobom U, Messerle M, Ghazal P. Identification of a boundary domain adjacent to the potent human cytomegalovirus enhancer that represses transcription of the divergent UL127 promoter. J Virol 2000; 74:2826-39. [PMID: 10684299 PMCID: PMC111773 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.74.6.2826-2839.2000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/1999] [Accepted: 12/13/1999] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Transcriptional repression within a complex modular promoter may play a key role in determining the action of enhancer elements. In human cytomegalovirus, the major immediate-early promoter (MIEP) locus contains a highly potent and complex modular enhancer. Evidence is presented suggesting that sequences of the MIEP between nucleotide positions -556 and -673 function to prevent transcription activation by enhancer elements from the UL127 open reading frame divergent promoter. Transient transfection assays of reporter plasmids revealed repressor sequences located between nucleotides -556 and -638. The ability of these sequences to confer repression in the context of an infection was shown using recombinant viruses generated from a bacterial artificial chromosome containing an infectious human cytomegalovirus genome. In addition to repressor sequences between -556 and -638, infection experiments using recombinant virus mutants indicated that sequences between -638 and -673 also contribute to repression of the UL127 promoter. On the basis of in vitro transcription and transient transfection assays, we further show that interposed viral repressor sequences completely inhibit enhancer-mediated activation of not only the homologous but also heterologous promoters. These and other experiments suggest that repression involves an interaction of host-encoded regulatory factors with defined promoter sequences that have the property of proximally interfering with upstream enhancer elements in a chromatin-independent manner. Altogether, our findings establish the presence of a boundary domain that efficiently blocks enhancer-promoter interactions, thus explaining how the enhancer can work to selectively activate the MIEP.
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- A Angulo
- Department of Immunology and Molecular Biology, Division of Virology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA
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Hu Q, Maity SN. Stable expression of a dominant negative mutant of CCAAT binding factor/NF-Y in mouse fibroblast cells resulting in retardation of cell growth and inhibition of transcription of various cellular genes. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:4435-44. [PMID: 10660616 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.6.4435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The heterotrimeric CCAAT-binding factor CBF specifically interacts with the CCAAT motif present in the proximal promoters of numerous mammalian genes. To understand the in vivo function of CBF, a dominant negative mutant of CBF-B subunit that inhibits DNA binding of wild type CBF was stably expressed in mouse fibroblast cells under control of tetracycline-responsive promoter. Expression of the mutant CBF-B but not the wild-type CBF-B resulted in retardation of fibroblast cell growth. The analysis of cell growth using bromodeoxyuridine labeling showed that expression of the mutant CBF-B decreased the number of cells entering into S phase, and also delayed induction of S phase in the quiescent cells after serum stimulation, thus indicating that the inhibition of CBF binding prolonged the progression of S phase in fibroblasts. These results provide direct evidence for the first time that CBF is an important regulator of fibroblast growth. The inhibition of CBF binding reduced expression of various cellular genes including the alpha2(1) collagen, E2F1, and topoisomerase IIalpha genes which promoters contain the CBF-binding site. This result implied that expression of many other genes which promoters contain CBF-binding site was also decreased by the inhibition of CBF binding, and that the decreased expression of multiple cellular genes possibly caused the retardation of fibroblast cell growth.
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- Q Hu
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Banine F, Gangneux C, Mercier L, Le Cam A, Salier JP. Positive and negative elements modulate the promoter of the human liver-specific alpha2-HS-glycoprotein gene. Eur J Biochem 2000; 267:1214-22. [PMID: 10672033 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01119.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The human alpha2-HS-glycoprotein (AHSG) and the 63-kDa rat phosphoprotein (pp63) are homologous plasma proteins that belong to the fetuin family. AHSG and pp63 are involved in important functions such as inhibition of insulin receptor tyrosine kinase activity, inhibition of protease activities, and regulation of calcium metabolism and osteogenesis. Studies of the AHSG proximal promoter performed in vitro in rat and human cells indicate that several NF-1 and C/EBP binding sites exert a positive effect on its transcriptional activity. However, until now, no distal elements have been examined in this gene, in either species. We report that the human AHSG gene promoter acts in a liver-specific manner and is further controlled by three distal, 5'-flanking elements. The negative elements III and I are, respectively, located 5' and 3' of the positive element II. All three elements require the natural context of the human AHSG gene to fully exert their negative or positive effect. Element I harbours a single binding site for NF-1. This nuclear factor thus appears to be able to up- or downregulate the AHSG gene depending on the site it binds to. Elements I, II and possibly III are absent in the rodent Ahsg gene encoding pp63.
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- F Banine
- INSERM Unit-519, Faculté de Médecine-Pharmacie, Institut Fédératif de Recherches Multidisciplinaires sur les Peptides, Rouen, France
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In eukaryotes, translation of internal UGA selenocysteine codons requires the SECIS stem-loop structure in the 3'UTR of selenoprotein mRNAs. In an earlier work, we identified SBP as a selenocysteine insertion sequence (SECIS)-binding protein. Here, the yeast three-hybrid screen was employed to capture the cDNA of SBP. One candidate, satisfying the genetic screens, was identified as the already known dbpB protein. Although it was also found by another group, but with a different strategy, to carry SECIS-binding activity, further experiments enabled us to show that dbpB was unable to bind the SECIS element in vitro. Altogether, our findings led us to conclude that, under our conditions, dbpB and SBP are two distinct proteins.
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- D Fagegaltier
- UPR 9002 du CNRS, Structure des Macromolécules Biologiques et Mécanismes de Reconnaissance, Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, 15, rue René-Descartes, 67084, Strasbourg, France
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The MDR1 promoter is subject to control by various internal and external stimuli. We have previously shown that the CCAAT box-binding protein, NF-Y, mediates MDR1 activation by the histone deacetylase inhibitors, trichostatin A and sodium butyrate, through the recruitment of the co-activator, P/CAF. We have now extended our investigation to the activation of MDR1 by genotoxic stress. We show that activation of the MDR1 promoter by UV irradiation is also dependent on the CCAAT box (-82 to -73) as well as on a proximal GC element (-56 to -42). Gel shift and supershift analyses with nuclear extracts prepared from human KB-3-1 cells identified NF-Y as the transcription factor interacting with the CCAAT box, while Sp1 was the predominant factor binding to the GC element. Mutations that abrogated binding of either of these factors reduced or abolished activation by ultraviolet irradiation; moreover, co-expression of a dominant-negative NF-Y protein (NF-YA29) reduced UV-activated transcription. Interestingly, YB-1, a transcription factor that also recognizes the CCAAT motif and had been reported to mediate induction of the MDR1 promoter by ultraviolet light, was incapable of interacting with the double-stranded MDR1 CCAAT box oligonucleotide in nuclear extracts, although it did interact with a single-stranded oligonucleotide. Furthermore, a mutation that abolished activation of MDR1 by UV-irradiation had no effect on YB-1 binding and co-transfection of a YB-1 expression plasmid had a repressive effect on UV-inducible transcription. Taken together, these results indicate a role for both NF-Y and Sp1 in the transcriptional activation of the MDR1 gene by genotoxic stress, and indicate that YB-1, if involved, is not sufficient to mediate this activation.
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- Program in Molecular Pharmacology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Chikhirzhina GI, Romanovskaia EV, Nazarova NI, Fedorova SA. [Interaction of the regulatory region of the tryptophan oxygenase gene with transcription factors of the nuclear factor 1 (NF1) family]. Tsitologiia 2000; 41:939-45. [PMID: 10643050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
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Inducible hormone-dependent tryptophan oxygenase gene is expressed mostly in the liver under the control of glucocorticoid hormones. In the regulatory region of this gene there are three constitutive sites independent of hormone presence and gene expression. While investigating transcription factors responsible for the formation of specific chromatin structure in the regulatory region of inducible genes it is necessary to identify proteins which can bind to DNA specifically in these sites. The present paper reports investigation of transcription factors which bind to DNA from the -292nd to the -178th nucleotide of gene to in vitro. This DNA region contains a site corresponding to the constitutive DNase I hypersensitive site in vivo. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assay, we have analysed binding of rat liver proteins to this DNA region. NF1-rich nuclear protein fraction was purified from the rat liver nuclear extract by DEAE-cellulose and heparin-sepharose chromatography. Studies of the competition with a consensus sequence site for NF1 recognition sites have shown that it is the NF1 family transcription factors that are responsible for the formation of these specific complexes.
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- G I Chikhirzhina
- St. Petersburg University, Chair of Biochemistry, St. Petersburg.
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Efficient initiation of SV40 DNA replication requires transcription factors that bind auxiliary sequences flanking the minimally required origin. To evaluate the possibility that transcription factors may activate SV40 replication by acting on the chromatin structure of the origin, we used an in vivo replication system in which we targeted GAL4 fusion proteins to the minimally required origin. We found that the proline-rich transcriptional activation domain of nuclear factor I (NF-I), which has been previously shown to interact with histone H3, specifically activates replication. Evaluation of a series of deletion and point mutants of NF-I indicates that the H3-binding domain and the replication activity coincide perfectly. Assays with other transcription factors, such as Sp1, confirmed the correlation between the interaction with H3 and the activation of replication. These findings imply that transcription factors such as NF-I can activate SV40 replication via direct interaction with chromatin components, thereby contributing to the relief of nucleosomal repression at the SV40 origin.
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- K Müller
- Laboratory for Molecular Biotechnology, Institute of Animal Biology and Center for Biotechnology UNIL-EPFL, University of Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a fatal demyelinating disease that results from an oligodendrocyte infection caused by JC virus. The JC virus early promoter directs cell-specific expression of the viral replication factor large T antigen, and thus transcriptional regulation constitutes a major mechanism of glial tropism in PML. We have previously demonstrated that T antigen controls the JC virus basal promoter in a glial cell-specific manner, since T antigen repressed the JC virus and simian virus 40 (SV40) early promoters in glioma cells but induced strong activation of the JC virus early promoter in nonglial cells. To further analyze these findings, T antigen and nuclear extracts from glial and nonglial cells were used to examine DNase I footprints on the proximal promoter. T-antigen binding to site II was more extensive than expected based on sequence homology with SV40, and nuclear proteins protected several regions of the proximal promoter in a cell-specific manner. Multiple Sp1 binding domains were identified. Site-directed mutagenesis revealed that T-antigen-mediated activation required a TATA box sequence, a pentanucleotide repeat immediately upstream of the TATA box, and an Sp1 binding site downstream of the TATA box. When footprints were obtained with mutant promoters which blocked T-antigen-induced transactivation, no change in T-antigen binding was observed. These results suggest that T antigen activates the JC virus basal promoter in nonglial cells by interaction with the transcription initiation complex.
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- H S Kim
- Molecular Neuro-Oncology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129, USA
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Mertens PR, Alfonso-Jaume MA, Steinmann K, Lovett DH. YB-1 regulation of the human and rat gelatinase A genes via similar enhancer elements. J Am Soc Nephrol 1999; 10:2480-7. [PMID: 10589685 DOI: 10.1681/asn.v10122480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Experimental and clinical studies strongly suggest that gelatinase A plays a central role in the evolution of glomerular injury and sclerosis. The sequences of the 5' flanking regions of the human and rat gelatinase A genes do not share similarities with other members of the matrix metalloproteinase gene family and are regulated in a distinctive manner. The human and rat gelatinase A genes include regions of significant homology (r2 human; RE-1 rat), which have been shown to act as potent cis-activators of transcription. The rat RE-1 sequence interacts specifically with the developmentally regulated transcription factors AP2 and YB-1, resulting in a synergistic activation of gelatinase A transcription. Although the human r2 sequence specifically interacts with AP2 (Mol Cell Biol 10: 6524-6532, 1990), there is no clear evidence for the presence of a canonical YB-1 binding site (Y-box) within this sequence. This study demonstrates, despite the absence of a canonical Y-box sequence in the r2 element, that YB-1 and AP2 specifically interact with r2, yielding synergistic transactivation of the human gelatinase A gene. It is concluded that the r2 element is the conserved functional analog of the RE-1 element, and that interactions of AP2 and YB-1 govern human gelatinase A gene expression.
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Safak M, Gallia GL, Ansari SA, Khalili K. Physical and functional interaction between the Y-box binding protein YB-1 and human polyomavirus JC virus large T antigen. J Virol 1999; 73:10146-57. [PMID: 10559330 PMCID: PMC113067 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.12.10146-10157.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Y-box binding protein YB-1 is a member of a family of DNA and RNA binding proteins which have been shown to affect gene expression at both the transcriptional and translational levels. We have previously shown that YB-1 modulates transcription from the promoters of the ubiquitous human polyomavirus JC virus (JCV). Here we investigate the physical and functional interplay between YB-1 and the viral regulatory protein large T antigen (T-antigen), using JCV as a model system. Results of mobility band shift assays demonstrated that the efficiency of binding of YB-1 to a 23-bp single-stranded viral target sequence was significantly increased when T-antigen was included in the binding reaction mixture. Affinity chromatography and coimmunoprecipitation assays demonstrated that YB-1 and T-antigen physically interact with each other. Additionally, results of transcription studies demonstrated that these two proteins interact functionally on the JCV early and late gene promoters. Whereas ectopic expression of YB-1 and T-antigen results in synergistic transactivation of the viral late promoter, YB-1 alleviates T-antigen-mediated transcriptional suppression of the viral early promoter activity. Furthermore, we have localized, through the use of a series of deletion mutants, the sequences of these proteins which are important for their interaction. The T-antigen-interacting region of YB-1 is located in the cold shock domain of YB-1 and its immediate flanking sequences, and the YB-1-interacting domain of T-antigen maps to the carboxy-terminal half of T-antigen. Results of transient transfection assays with various YB-1 mutants and T-antigen expression constructs confirm the specificity of the functional interaction between YB-1 and T-antigen. Taken together, these data demonstrate that the cellular factor YB-1 and the viral regulatory protein T-antigen interact both physically and functionally and that this interaction modulates transcription from the JCV promoters.
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- M Safak
- Center for NeuroVirology, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
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The lactogen-dependent rat Nb2 lymphoma is a useful model to investigate PRL signaling pathways that lead to regulation of gene transcription. A primary mechanism coupled to PRL receptor (PRLR) activation in Nb2 cells involves phosphorylation by Jak-family tyrosine kinases of one or more signal transducers and activators of transcription (Stat) factors which subsequently bind to gamma-interferon activation sequences (GAS) within promoter regions of target genes. However, it is presently unclear whether this mechanism is operative as a means for regulating PRL-induced gene expression to the exclusion of other signaling pathways. Previously, we reported that PRL directly stimulated rapid expression of the protooncogene, pim-1, at the mRNA and protein levels in lactogen-dependent Nb2-11 cells. In the present study, experiments were conducted to evaluate signaling mechanisms by which PRL regulates transcription of pim-1. Toward this end, a 1,268-bp segment upstream of the transcription initiation site of the 5'-pim-1 promoter and a series of deletion mutants were ligated upstream of the chloramphenicol acetylase transferase (CAT) gene in an expression vector that was introduced into FDC/Nb2 cells, a premyeloid line that stably expresses the intermediate form of the PRLR. Analysis of PRL-treated cultures indicated that two elements [distal (DE), -427 to -336 bp and proximal (PE), - 104 to -1] but not several GAS or GAS-like sequences were required for hormone activation of the pim-1 promoter. Moreover, treatment of Nb2-11 cells with PRL activated protein binding to these elements assessed by gel mobility shift assay. Deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) protection experiments revealed a motif containing a nuclear factor-1 (NF-1, -224 to -217 bp) half-site that was hydrolyzed when exposed to extracts from PRL-treated cells but protected by proteins from unstimulated cells. Gel mobility shift analysis of this sequence showed decreased protein binding after PRL stimulation. It is concluded that the PRLR initiates pim-1 transcription by a mechanism that involves transcriptional activation by factors that stimulate the DE- and PE-sites and derepress a NF-1-containing element. Moreover, this mechanism appears to be independent of an interaction between Stat transcription factors and GAS-like elements present within the promoter.
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- K E Borg
- Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks 58202, USA
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Ethelberg S, Tzschaschel BD, Luz A, Diaz-Cano SJ, Pedersen FS, Schmidt J. Increased induction of osteopetrosis, but unaltered lymphomagenicity, by murine leukemia virus SL3-3 after mutation of a nuclear factor 1 site in the enhancer. J Virol 1999; 73:10406-15. [PMID: 10559359 PMCID: PMC113096 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.73.12.10406-10415.1999] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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SL3-3 is a murine leukemia virus which is only weakly bone pathogenic but highly T-cell lymphomagenic. A major pathogenic determinant is the transcriptional enhancer comprising several transcription factor binding sites, among which are three identical sites for nuclear factor 1 (NF1). We have investigated the pathogenic properties of NF1 site enhancer mutants of SL3-3. Two different mutants carrying a 3-bp mutation either in all three NF1 sites or in the central site alone were constructed and assayed in inbred NMRI mice. The wild type and both mutants induced lymphomas in all mice, with a mean latency period of 9 weeks. However, there was a considerable difference in osteopetrosis induction. Wild-type SL3-3 induced osteopetrosis in 11% of the mice (2 of 19), and the triple NF1 site mutant induced osteopetrosis in none of the mice (0 of 19), whereas the single NF1 site mutant induced osteopetrosis in 56% (10 of 18) of the mice, as determined by X-ray analysis. A detailed histological examination of the femurs of the mice was carried out and found to support this diagnosis. Thus, the NF1 sites of SL3-3 are major determinants of osteopetrosis induction, without determining lymphomagenesis. This conclusion was further supported by evaluation of the bone pathogenicity of other SL3-3 enhancer variants, the lymphomagenicity of which had been examined previously. This evaluation furthermore strongly indicated that the core sites, a second group of transcription factor binding sites in the viral enhancer, are necessary for the osteopetrosis induction potential of SL3-3.
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- S Ethelberg
- Institute of Molecular Virology, GSF-National Research Center for Environment and Health, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
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Different transcription factors activate and repress the p53 gene expression. Recently, a tissue specific binding of NF1/YY1 to p53 promoter has been reported and further, it has been demonstrated that NF1/YY1 activates p53 promoter activity. The deregulated expression of p53 appears to be a central feature of malignant transformation and the basis of this deregulation is not well defined. Hence, an attempt has been made to know the binding of NF1/YY1 to p53 promoter taking breast tumour as a model system. Results have indicated a differential binding of NF1 to p53 promoter and a depletion or low level of NF1 in majority of breast tumour samples. Further, a correlation between NF1 and p53 has indicated the presence of p53 RNA even without NF1. Hence it is assumed that p53 expression is not NF1-dependent in breast tumours. However, the results clearly demonstrate a deregulation of NF1 transcription factor in breast tumours.
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- B K Nayak
- Molecular Biology Division, Institute of Life Sciences, Bhubaneswar, India
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Rustighi A, Mantovani F, Fusco A, Giancotti V, Manfioletti G. Sp1 and CTF/NF-1 transcription factors are involved in the basal expression of the Hmgi-c proximal promoter. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1999; 265:439-47. [PMID: 10558886 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.1680] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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HMGI-C is a nuclear architectural factor which is expressed during embryogenesis but not in adult tissues while it becomes re-expressed following neoplastic transformation. In this paper we identify the promoter region of the mouse Hmgi-c gene and by stepwise deletion of the 5' sequences we map the promoter activity of the most abundant transcript to a very short fragment containing a long polypyrimidine/polypurine (ppyr/ppur) tract. We demonstrate that this tract is a multiple binding site for the transcription factors Sp1 and Sp3 and that in Drosophila SL2 cells, Sp1 activates the Hmgi-c promoter. In addition, another transcription factor, CTF/NF-1, binds the proximal promoter immediately downstream of this region and its mutation decreases transcription in NIH-3T3 cells. This study identifies factors responsible for the basal activity of Hmgi-c gene and provides a foundation for further analysis of the mechanism of its regulation.
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- A Rustighi
- Dipartimento di Biochimica, Biofisica e Chimica delle Macromolecole, Università di Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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Natarajan R, Ghosh S, Grogan WM. Regulation of the rat neutral cytosolic cholesteryl ester hydrolase promoter by hormones and sterols: a role for nuclear factor-Y in the sterol-mediated response. J Lipid Res 1999; 40:2091-8. [PMID: 10553012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023] Open
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Expression of the rat liver neutral cytosolic cholesteryl ester hydrolase (CEH) gene is regulated by glucocorticoids, thyroxine, and agents that perturb cholesterol metabolism. The present studies identify the putative hormone response elements in the CEH promoter. They also define the roles of two previously identified sterol regulatory elements (SRE-92 and SRE-160) and a putative nuclear factor-Y (NF-Y) binding site with a consensus ATTGG (inverted CCAAT) motif (Natarajan, R., S. Ghosh, and W. M. Grogan. 1998. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 243: 349;-355). CEH promoter-reporter gene constructs were transiently transfected into HepG2 cells to evaluate promoter activity. Results indicated that the CEH gene has two complex glucocorticoid response units in distal portions of the promoter corresponding to consensus glucocorticoid regulatory sequences as well as putative thyroid hormone response elements. CEH promoter-reporter constructs with the proximal 189 bp of the wild-type or mutated sequences were also transfected into HepG2 cells. Activity of the wild-type construct increased when incubated in sterol depleted media or when co-expressed with a mature sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP-2). These responses were suppressed by mutations in SRE-92, SRE-160, or NF-Y, indicating that these cis elements are sufficient for sterol-mediated regulation of the CEH promoter. Gel mobility shift assays further demonstrated that NF-Y binds to the inverted CCAAT box motif and is required for the sterol-mediated regulation. These results indicate that multiple cis-elements regulate transcription of the cholesteryl ester hydrolase (CEH) gene, consistent with the reported regulation of CEH expression.-Natarajan, R., S. Ghosh, and W. M. Grogan. Regulation of the rat neutral cytosolic cholesteryl ester hydrolase promoter by hormones and sterols: a role for nuclear factor-Y in the sterol-mediated response.
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- R Natarajan
- Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biophysics, Medical Campus, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298-0614, USA
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Beurton F, Bandyopadhyay U, Dieumegard B, Barouki R, Aggerbeck M. Delineation of the insulin-responsive sequence in the rat cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase gene: binding sites for hepatocyte nuclear factor-3 and nuclear factor I. Biochem J 1999; 343 Pt 3:687-95. [PMID: 10527950 PMCID: PMC1220603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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Expression of the rat cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase gene is stimulated by glucocorticoids and repressed by insulin in the liver. The regulation by insulin and part of the glucocorticoid effect are mediated by a distal region in the promoter. A 142 bp fragment (-1844 to -1702) confers hormonal sensitivity to the heterologous thymidine kinase promoter in transient-transfection assays in H4IIEC3 hepatoma cells. Footprinting and gel-shift assays showed that several nuclear proteins bind to this region at conserved CCAAT-enhancer binding protein (C/EBP), activator protein (AP-1) and E-box sequences. Hepatocyte nuclear factor-3alpha (HNF-3)alpha and beta bind to sequences upstream of a glucocorticoid-responsive element (GRE) half-site as demonstrated by supershift experiments. Nuclear factor I (NFI)-like proteins bind downstream of the GRE half-site. These sites around the GRE motif overlap with five insulin responsive element (IRE) -like sequences (TG/ATTT). The effect of insulin was not prevented by any single mutation in the IRE-like sites. However, mutation of two IRE sites (namely IREc and d) prevented the insulin effect although only marginally affecting the glucocorticoid effect. The results suggest that the effect of insulin is due to a complex interplay of factors requiring the synergistic contribution of at least two sites and underline the contribution of HNF-3 and NFI-like proteins.
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- F Beurton
- Unité INSERM 490, Université René Descartes, 45 Rue des Saints Pères, 75270 Paris cedex 06, France
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das Neves L, Duchala CS, Tolentino-Silva F, Haxhiu MA, Colmenares C, Macklin WB, Campbell CE, Butz KG, Gronostajski RM, Godinho F. Disruption of the murine nuclear factor I-A gene (Nfia) results in perinatal lethality, hydrocephalus, and agenesis of the corpus callosum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 1999; 96:11946-51. [PMID: 10518556 PMCID: PMC18392 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.21.11946] [Citation(s) in RCA: 173] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The phylogenetically conserved nuclear factor I (NFI) family of transcription/replication proteins is essential both for adenoviral DNA replication and for the transcription of many cellular genes. We showed previously that the four murine NFI genes (Nfia, Nfib, Nfic, and Nfix) are expressed in unique but overlapping patterns during mouse development and in adult tissues. Here we show that disruption of the Nfia gene causes perinatal lethality, with >95% of homozygous Nfia(-/-) animals dying within 2 weeks after birth. Newborn Nfia(-/-) animals lack a corpus callosum and show ventricular dilation indicating early hydrocephalus. Rare surviving homozygous Nfia(-/-) mice lack a corpus callosum, show severe communicating hydrocephalus, a full-axial tremor indicative of neurological defects, male-sterility, low female fertility, but near normal life spans. These findings indicate that while the Nfia gene appears nonessential for cell viability and DNA replication in embryonic stem cells and fibroblasts, loss of Nfia function causes severe developmental defects. This finding of an NFI gene required for a developmental process suggests that the four NFI genes may have distinct roles in vertebrate development.
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- L das Neves
- Department of Cancer Biology, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland OH 44195, USA
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Ansari SA, Safak M, Gallia GL, Sawaya BE, Amini S, Khalili K. Interaction of YB-1 with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 Tat and TAR RNA modulates viral promoter activity. J Gen Virol 1999; 80 ( Pt 10):2629-2638. [PMID: 10573156 DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-80-10-2629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Transcriptional regulation of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) genome is mediated by viral and cellular factors. TAR, an unusual RNA regulatory element with a stem-bulge-loop structure at the 5' ends of all nascent viral transcripts is critical for HIV-1 transcription. TAR is the target for Tat, a viral transcription factor encoded early in the HIV-1 life-cycle and essential for gene expression. Evidence demonstrating the interaction of a cellular ssDNA/RNA binding protein, YB-1, with TAR through a region which is important for Tat interaction is presented. Interestingly, results from protein-protein interaction studies revealed that YB-1 can also form a complex with Tat. Results from mapping experiments suggest that while the region spanning aa 125-203 within YB-1 is essential for its association with TAR, a truncated YB-1 spanning aa 1-125 can weakly bind to Tat. Functionally, overexpression of full-length YB-1 enhanced Tat-induced activation of the HIV-1 minimal promoter containing TAR sequences, whereas mutant YB- 1 with no ability to bind to Tat and TAR failed to affect Tat-mediated activation. Expression of mutant YB-1(1-125), which binds to Tat but not RNA, decreased Tat-mediated enhancement of virus transcription. These observations suggest that while full-length YB-1 may function as a facilitator and, by interaction with both Tat and TAR, increase the level of Tat:TAR association, mutant YB-1 with no TAR binding activity, by complexing with Tat, may prevent Tat interaction with TAR. The importance of these findings in light of the proposed mechanism of Tat function is discussed.
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- Sameer A Ansari
- Center for NeuroVirology and NeuroOncology, MCP Hahnemann University, Broad and Vine, MS #406, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA 1
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- Center for NeuroVirology and NeuroOncology, MCP Hahnemann University, Broad and Vine, MS #406, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA 1
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- Center for NeuroVirology and NeuroOncology, MCP Hahnemann University, Broad and Vine, MS #406, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA 1
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- Center for NeuroVirology and NeuroOncology, MCP Hahnemann University, Broad and Vine, MS #406, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA 1
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- Center for NeuroVirology and NeuroOncology, MCP Hahnemann University, Broad and Vine, MS #406, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA 1
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- Center for NeuroVirology and NeuroOncology, MCP Hahnemann University, Broad and Vine, MS #406, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA 1
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Ji C, Chen Y, Centrella M, McCarthy TL. Activation of the insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-5 promoter in osteoblasts by cooperative E box, CCAAT enhancer-binding protein, and nuclear factor-1 deoxyribonucleic acid-binding sequences. Endocrinology 1999; 140:4564-72. [PMID: 10499512 DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.10.7061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-binding protein-5 (IGFBP-5) has IGF-dependent and -independent actions. PGE2 rapidly increases IGFBP-5 expression by osteoblasts through cAMP-dependent processes. A minimal DNA sequence required for basal and PGE2-stimulated IGFBP-5 promoter activity spans -69 to -35 bp. This region adjoins a functional TATA box and contains E box, CCAAT enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP), nuclear factor-1 (NF-1), and activator protein-2 (AP-2) transcription factor related binding motifs. In this study we compared minimal promoter sequences of -74 to +120 bp, without or with mutations in each potential regulatory element, by reporter gene expression and electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Mutation of the E box-related element reduced basal promoter activity by 50% and eliminated the 2-fold stimulatory effect of PGE2. In contrast, mutations in the C/EBP- or NF-1-related elements also reduced basal promoter activity without fully eliminating the PGE2 effect. Overexpression of C/EBPdelta stimulated basal IGFBP-5 promoter activity, and this effect was eliminated by mutating the C/EBP-binding site. However, mutation of the AP-2-binding site or overexpression of AP-2 did not correlate with basal or PGE2-induced promoter activation. By electrophoretic mobility shift assay, prominent gel shift complexes occurred with osteoblast nuclear extracts and 32P-labeled probes spanning the E box-, C/EBP-, and NF-1-related motifs. These gel shift complexes were depleted by specific binding site mutations and were enhanced by PGE2. Increased binding by extracts from PGE2-treated cultures was blocked by cycloheximide treatment. These results identify several elements as integral binding sequences for both basal and PGE2-stimulated IGFBP-5 promoter activity. They further reveal that multiple sequences within this cluster form a basic transcription unit where nuclear factors can accumulate in a protein synthesis-dependent way and enhance IGFBP-5 expression by osteoblasts in response to PGE2.
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- C Ji
- Yale University School of Medicine, Section of Plastic Surgery, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8041, USA
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Hung CF, Penning TM. Members of the nuclear factor 1 transcription factor family regulate rat 3alpha-hydroxysteroid/dihydrodiol dehydrogenase (3alpha-HSD/DD AKR1C9) gene expression: a member of the aldo-keto reductase superfamily. Mol Endocrinol 1999; 13:1704-17. [PMID: 10517672 DOI: 10.1210/mend.13.10.0363] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Rat 3alpha-hydroxysteroid/dihydrodiol dehydrogenase (3alpha-HSD/DD; AKR1C9), a member of the aldo-keto reductase (AKR) superfamily, inactivates nearly all steroid hormones by converting 5alpha- and 5beta-dihydrosteroids to their respective 3alpha,5alpha- and 3alpha,5beta-tetrahydrosteroids and protects against circulating steroid hormone excess. It is highly expressed in rat liver comprising 0.5-1.0% of the soluble protein. Previously, we identified a powerful distal enhancer resident at about -4.0 kb to -2.0 kb in the 5'-flanking region of the 3alpha-HSD/DD gene. We now report the functional dissection of this enhancer. Transfection of nested deletions of the 5'-end of the gene promoter linked to chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) into HepG2 cells located the enhancer activity between (-4673 to -4179 bp). Further internal and 5'-end deletion mutants revealed that a 73-bp fragment (from -4351 to -4279 bp) contained a major enhancer element. This fragment spanned two imperfect direct repeats GTGGAAAAACCCAGGAA and GTGGAAAAAACCCAGGAA and contained three direct repeats of GGAAAAA. This fragment also contained three potential half-nuclear factor 1 (NF1) sites (TGGA-NNNNNGCCA) and a putative CCAAT-enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) binding site. The 73-bp fragment enhanced CAT activity from the basal 3alpha-HSD/DD gene promoter. Recombinant C/EBPalpha and C/EBPbeta did not bind to this fragment. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays showed that HepG2 and rat liver nuclear extracts bound to this 73-bp fragment. The 73-bp protein complex was competed out by a NF1 oligonucleotide and was supershifted by an NF1 antibody. When the 73-bp fragment was fused to an alpha1-globin promoter-CAT construct and cotransfected with CCAAT transcription factor 1 (CTF1)/NF1 into Drosophila Schneider SL2 insect cells (which lack NF1-like proteins) trans-activation of CAT activity was observed. These results indicate that members of the NF1 transcription factor family regulate high constitutive expression of the rat 3alpha-HSD/DD gene that is responsible for steroid hormone inactivation. The potential role of NF1 in regulating other AKR genes that have protective roles is discussed.
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- C F Hung
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia 19104-6084, USA
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Cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1), like many monooxygenases, can produce reactive oxygen species during its catalytic cycle. Apart from the well-characterized xenobiotic-elicited induction, the regulatory mechanisms involved in the control of the steady-state activity of CYP1A1 have not been elucidated. We show here that reactive oxygen species generated from the activity of CYP1A1 limit the levels of induced CYP1A1 mRNAs. The mechanism involves the repression of the CYP1A1 gene promoter activity in a negative-feedback autoregulatory loop. Indeed, increasing the CYP1A1 activity by transfecting CYP1A1 expression vectors into hepatoma cells elicited an oxidative stress and led to the repression of a reporter gene driven by the CYP1A1 gene promoter. This negative autoregulation is abolished by ellipticine (an inhibitor of CYP1A1) and by catalase (which catalyzes H(2)O(2) catabolism), thus implying that H(2)O(2) is an intermediate. Down-regulation is also abolished by the mutation of the proximal nuclear factor I (NFI) site in the promoter. The transactivating domain of NFI/CTF was found to act in synergy with the arylhydrocarbon receptor pathway during the induction of CYP1A1 by 2,3,7,8-tetrachloro-p-dibenzodioxin. Using an NFI/CTF-Gal4 fusion, we show that NFI/CTF transactivating function is decreased by a high activity of CYP1A1. This regulation is also abolished by catalase or ellipticine. Consistently, the transactivating function of NFI/CTF is repressed in cells treated with H(2)O(2), a novel finding indicating that the transactivating domain of a transcription factor can be targeted by oxidative stress. In conclusion, an autoregulatory loop leads to the fine tuning of the CYP1A1 gene expression through the down-regulation of NFI activity by CYP1A1-based H(2)O(2) production. This mechanism allows a limitation of the potentially toxic CYP1A1 activity within the cell.
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- Y Morel
- INSERM U490, Université Paris V-René Descartes, Centre Universitaire des Saints-Pères, 75006 Paris, France
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Baumeister H, Gronostajski RM, Lyons GE, Margolis FL. Identification of NFI-binding sites and cloning of NFI-cDNAs suggest a regulatory role for NFI transcription factors in olfactory neuron gene expression. Brain Res Mol Brain Res 1999; 72:65-79. [PMID: 10521600 DOI: 10.1016/s0169-328x(99)00210-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Olfactory receptor neurons are responsible for the detection and signal transduction of odor ligands. Several genes associated with this activity are preferentially or exclusively expressed in these neurons. Among these genes are those coding for olfactory receptors, adenylyl cyclase type III, the cyclic nucleotide gated olfactory channel 1 (OcNC-1), Galpha(olf) and the olfactory marker protein (OMP). Promoter analyses of these genes identified a binding site for the new transcription factor family O/E whose initial member, Olf-1, is abundantly expressed in olfactory neurons. We report here that the proximal promoters of three of these genes, that are selectively expressed in olfactory neurons, each contains a functional NFI binding site and that the sites have different affinities for NFI proteins indicating a regulatory role for NFI proteins in olfactory gene expression. We further demonstrate, by cloning, that all four NFI genes are expressed in the olfactory nasal mucosa. Analysis by in situ hybridization illustrates that at least three of these gene products are expressed in the neuroepithelium in which the olfactory neurons reside. NFI proteins are capable of functioning as positive or negative regulators of transcription depending on the tissue, cell-type, age, and gene in question. These multivalent functions of NFI could be achieved by temporally and spatially regulated expression of distinct subsets of NFI isoforms. It now remains to characterize the tissue and cell specific patterns of expression of distinct NFI transcription factors during ontogeny and their roles in regulating gene expression.
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- H Baumeister
- Deutsches Institut fur Ernährungsforschung, Bergholz-Rehbrücke, 14558, Germany
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Song CS, Jung MH, Supakar PC, Chatterjee B, Roy AK. Negative regulation of the androgen receptor gene promoter by NFI and an adjacently located multiprotein-binding site. Mol Endocrinol 1999; 13:1487-96. [PMID: 10478840 DOI: 10.1210/mend.13.9.0350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The upstream promoter of the rat androgen receptor (AR) gene contains a strong negative regulatory region located at the -388 to -340 nucleotide position. The distal part (-388/-373) of this regulatory region binds NFI, a ubiquitous transcription factor, while the proximal portion (-372/-340) contains an overlapping binding site for two nuclear proteins. This composite regulatory region (-388/-340) was initially defined by deoxyribonuclease I footprinting as the continuous stretch of a nuclease-protected site. NFI specificity of the distal portion (-388/-373) of the footprint was established through cross-competition in electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA) using the well characterized NFI element of the adenovirus major late promoter and by immunoreactivity to the NFI antibody. EMSA with oligonucleotide duplexes corresponding to the proximal domain (-372/-340) indicated multiple retarded bands with at least two major DNA-protein complexes. Further analysis with truncated oligonucleotide duplexes showed that these two major proteins bind to this domain in an overlapping manner. Within this overlapping area, the position spanning -359 to -347 is essential for the formation of either of these two complexes. Substitution of four G with T residues in the overlapping area totally abolished all protein binding at the downstream -372/-340 site. Point mutations that abolish specific binding at either the NFI or immediately downstream multiprotein-binding site caused about a 10-fold increase in AR promoter activity in transfected HepG2 cells. Double mutation involving both the NFI and proximal overlapping protein-binding sites failed to cause any additional increase in promoter function. From these results we conclude that the AR promoter contains a composite negative regulatory region at -388/-340, and the repressor function may involve a coordinate interaction between NFI and at least two other nuclear factors.
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- C S Song
- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78284-7762, USA
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Verrijdt G, Schoenmakers E, Alen P, Haelens A, Peeters B, Rombauts W, Claessens F. Androgen specificity of a response unit upstream of the human secretory component gene is mediated by differential receptor binding to an essential androgen response element. Mol Endocrinol 1999; 13:1558-70. [PMID: 10478846 DOI: 10.1210/mend.13.9.0347] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The expression of secretory component (SC), the epithelial receptor for poly-immunoglobulins, is regulated in a highly tissue-specific manner. In several tissues, e.g. lacrimal gland and prostate, SC synthesis is enhanced by androgens at the transcriptional level. In this study, we describe the presence of an androgen response unit, located 3.3 kb upstream of the sc transcription initiation site and containing several 5'-TGTTCT-3'-like motifs. Although each of these elements is implicated in the enhancer function, one element, the ARE1.2 motif, is found to be the main interaction site for the androgen receptor as demonstrated in in vitro binding assays as well as in transient transfection assays. A high-affinity binding site for nuclear factor I, adjacent to this ARE, is also involved in the correct functioning of the sc upstream enhancer. The ARE1.2 motif consists of an imperfect direct repeat of two core binding elements with a three-nucleotide spacer and therefore constitutes a nonconventional ARE. We demonstrate that this element displays selectivity for the androgen receptor as opposed to glucocorticoid receptor both in in vitro binding assays and in transfection experiments. Mutational analysis suggests that the direct nature of the half-site repeat is responsible for this selectivity. We have thus determined a complex and androgen-specific response unit in the far upstream region of the human SC gene, which we believe to be involved in its androgen responsiveness in epithelial cells of different organs such as prostate and lacrimal gland. We were also able to demonstrate that the primary sequence of a single nonconventional ARE motif within the enhancer is responsible for its androgen specificity.
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- G Verrijdt
- Division of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Leuven, Belgium
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A strategy based on a vector host-dependent for autonomous replication, pSA3182, was utilized both for the rapid screening for Staphylococcus aureus genes essential for cell viability and for the introduction of specific polarity-neutral deletions in nonessential genes. The results obtained support the use of pSA3182 for both purposes.
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- M Xia
- Public Health Research Institute, New York, New York 10016, USA
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Osada S, Matsubara T, Daimon S, Terazu Y, Xu M, Nishihara T, Imagawa M. Expression, DNA-binding specificity and transcriptional regulation of nuclear factor 1 family proteins from rat. Biochem J 1999; 342 ( Pt 1):189-98. [PMID: 10432316 PMCID: PMC1220452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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Nuclear factor 1 (NF1) family proteins, which are encoded by four different genes (NF1-A, NF1-B, NF1-C and NF1-X), bind to the palindromic sequence and regulate the expression of many viral and cellular genes. We have previously purified NF1-A and NF1-B from rat liver as factors that bind to the silencer in the glutathione transferase P gene, and have also reported the repression domain of NF1-A. In the present study we cloned five cDNA species (NF1-B1, NF1-B2, NF1-B3, NF1-C2 and NF1-X1) and compared their expression profiles and the affinity and specificity of the DNA binding of these NF1 family members. By Northern blot analysis, we found that the expression profiles of the NF1s are indistinguishable in the various tissues of the rat. The DNA-binding affinities of NF1-A and NF1-X are higher than those of NF1-B and NF1-C, whereas all four NF1 proteins showed the same DNA-binding specificity. Transfection analyses revealed that the function of NF1-B on the transcriptional regulation differed between NF1-B isoforms and was affected by the factor(s) that bind to the promoter regions. In addition, we identified the transcriptional regulatory domain of NF1-B, which is enriched with proline and serine residues.
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- S Osada
- Laboratory of Environmental Biochemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamada-Oka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Negatively supercoiled plasmids can be assembled into dynamic minichromosomes using Drosophila embryo extract as a source of histones and chromatin assembly factors. However, analysis of such mini-chromosomes is often difficult due to the presence in the crude extract of a large excess of macromolecules and low molecular weight molecules including ATP. Several techniques have been used to partially purify the minichromosomes based on either sizing columns or centrifugation on sucrose gradients. We have developed a single-step method employing a 30 min ultracentrifugation through a glycerol cushion. In contrast to chromatin purified in sucrose-containing buffers, the minichromosomes obtained with this method are suitable for transcriptional analysis. This method is fast, quantitative, flexible, can deal with several samples simultaneously and leads to concentration of the chromatin. As centrifugation through glycerol yields chromatin free of ATP and several characterized chromatin remodeling complexes, this method should be useful for structural and functional studies in vitro.
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- L Di Croce
- IMT, Institut für Molekularbiologie und Tumorforschung, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Emil-Mannkopff-Strasse 2, D-35033 Marburg, Germany
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Replication of adenovirus (Ad) DNA depends on interactions between three viral and three cellular proteins. Human transcription factors NFI and Oct-1 recruit the Ad DNA polymerase to the origin of DNA replication as a complex with the Ad protein primer pTP. High affinity and specificity DNA binding to recognition sites in this origin by the transcription factors stimulate and stabilize pre-initiation complex formation to compensate for the low binding specificity of the pTP/pol complex. In this review, we discuss the properties of NFI and Oct-1 and the mechanism by which they enhance initiation of DNA replication. We propose a model that describes the dynamics of initiation and elongation as well as the assembly and disassembly of the pre-initiation complex.
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- Laboratory for Physiological Chemistry and Centre for Biomedical Genetics, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Lee TH, Moffett P, Pelletier J. The Wilms' tumor suppressor gene (wt1) product represses different functional classes of transcriptional activation domains. Nucleic Acids Res 1999; 27:2889-97. [PMID: 10390530 PMCID: PMC148503 DOI: 10.1093/nar/27.14.2889] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
We have studied the ability of the wt1 tumor suppressor gene product to repress different classes of activation domains previously shown to stimulate the initiation and elongation steps of RNA polymerase II transcription in vivo. Repression assays revealed that WT1 represses all three classes of activation domains: Sp1 and CTF, which stimulate initiation (type I), human immunodeficiency virus type I Tat fused to a DNA-binding domain, which stimulates predominantly elongation (type IIA), and VP16, p53 and E2F1, which stimulate both initiation and elongation (type IIB). WT1 is capable of exerting its repression effect over a significant distance when positioned approximately 1700 bp from the core promoter. Deletion analysis of WT1 indicates that the responsible domain resides within the first 180 N-terminal amino acids of the protein. Nuclear run-ons analyzing the effects of WT1 on initiation of transcription demonstrate inhibition of this process. Our observations imply that WT1 can repress activators that stimulate initiation and/or elongation.
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Affiliation(s)
- T H Lee
- Department of Biochemistry, McGill Cancer Center, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3 1 Y6, Canada
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