The tumor suppressor p53 regulates its own transcription

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3415-3423
Author(s):  
A Deffie ◽  
H Wu ◽  
V Reinke ◽  
G Lozano
Keyword(s):  
Consensus Sequence ◽  
Point Mutations ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
Mutant P53 ◽  
Tumor Suppressor P53 ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Shift Analysis ◽  
Promoter Deletion Analysis ◽  
Protein Dna Interactions ◽  
Responsive Element

The ability of p53 to suppress transformation correlates with its ability to activate transcription. To identify targets of p53 transactivation, we examined the p53 promoter itself. Northern (RNA) analysis and transient transfection experiments showed that p53 transcriptionally regulated itself. A functionally inactive mutant p53 could not regulate the p53 promoter. Deletion analysis of the p53 promoter delineated sequences between +22 and +67 as being critical for regulation. Electrophoretic mobility shift analysis and methylation interference pinpointed the p53 DNA responsive element. When oligomerized in front of a heterologous minimal promoter, this element was regulated by wild-type p53 and not by mutant p53. Point mutations in the DNA element that eliminated protein-DNA interactions also resulted in a nonresponsive p53 promoter. The DNA element in the p53 promoter responsive to p53 regulation is similar to the p53 consensus sequence. However, we have been unable to detect a direct interaction of p53 with its promoter.

scholarly journals The tumor suppressor p53 regulates its own transcription.

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3415-3423 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Deffie ◽  
H Wu ◽  
V Reinke ◽  
G Lozano
Keyword(s):  
Consensus Sequence ◽  
Point Mutations ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
Mutant P53 ◽  
Tumor Suppressor P53 ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Shift Analysis ◽  
Promoter Deletion Analysis ◽  
Protein Dna Interactions ◽  
Responsive Element

The ability of p53 to suppress transformation correlates with its ability to activate transcription. To identify targets of p53 transactivation, we examined the p53 promoter itself. Northern (RNA) analysis and transient transfection experiments showed that p53 transcriptionally regulated itself. A functionally inactive mutant p53 could not regulate the p53 promoter. Deletion analysis of the p53 promoter delineated sequences between +22 and +67 as being critical for regulation. Electrophoretic mobility shift analysis and methylation interference pinpointed the p53 DNA responsive element. When oligomerized in front of a heterologous minimal promoter, this element was regulated by wild-type p53 and not by mutant p53. Point mutations in the DNA element that eliminated protein-DNA interactions also resulted in a nonresponsive p53 promoter. The DNA element in the p53 promoter responsive to p53 regulation is similar to the p53 consensus sequence. However, we have been unable to detect a direct interaction of p53 with its promoter.

Characterization of a tumor necrosis factor-responsive element which down-regulates the human osteocalcin gene

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3714-3721
Author(s):  
Y P Li ◽  
P Stashenko
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Necrosis Factor ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Consensus Sequence ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Transcriptional Level ◽  
Nf Kappa B ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Promoter Deletion Analysis ◽  
Responsive Element ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) down-regulates the production of bone matrix proteins by osteoblasts, thereby inhibiting bone formation. Osteocalcin, the major noncollagenous protein in bone, is inhibited by TNF at the transcriptional level. Mapping studies were undertaken to characterize the TNF-responsive element (TNFRE) in the osteocalcin promoter. Deletion analysis localized the TNFRE to the -522/-511 region, which contains a 9-bp palindromic motif (AGGCTGCCT). Promoter segments containing this sequence down-regulated a heterologous simian virus 40 promoter. Site-specific mutagenesis of the TNFRE eliminated TNF down-regulation. Mobility shift assays demonstrated that a constitutively expressed nuclear factor bound to the TNFRE; this factor was tentatively identified as the p50 homodimer of NF-kappa B. TNF stimulation induced a second TNFRE-binding protein which displaced the constitutive factor. The TNF-induced protein was not inhibitable by the NF-kappa B consensus sequence and was unreactive with anti-NF-kappa B antiserum. DNase footprinting demonstrated that both factors protected the -522/-501 portion of the promoter, consistent with the results of mapping studies and competitive mobility shift assays. It is hypothesized that the generalized catabolic activities of TNF in infectious and malignant diseases may be regulated via this novel element.

scholarly journals Characterization of a tumor necrosis factor-responsive element which down-regulates the human osteocalcin gene.

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 3714-3721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y P Li ◽  
P Stashenko
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Necrosis Factor ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Consensus Sequence ◽  
Simian Virus 40 ◽  
Transcriptional Level ◽  
Nf Kappa B ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Promoter Deletion Analysis ◽  
Responsive Element ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) down-regulates the production of bone matrix proteins by osteoblasts, thereby inhibiting bone formation. Osteocalcin, the major noncollagenous protein in bone, is inhibited by TNF at the transcriptional level. Mapping studies were undertaken to characterize the TNF-responsive element (TNFRE) in the osteocalcin promoter. Deletion analysis localized the TNFRE to the -522/-511 region, which contains a 9-bp palindromic motif (AGGCTGCCT). Promoter segments containing this sequence down-regulated a heterologous simian virus 40 promoter. Site-specific mutagenesis of the TNFRE eliminated TNF down-regulation. Mobility shift assays demonstrated that a constitutively expressed nuclear factor bound to the TNFRE; this factor was tentatively identified as the p50 homodimer of NF-kappa B. TNF stimulation induced a second TNFRE-binding protein which displaced the constitutive factor. The TNF-induced protein was not inhibitable by the NF-kappa B consensus sequence and was unreactive with anti-NF-kappa B antiserum. DNase footprinting demonstrated that both factors protected the -522/-501 portion of the promoter, consistent with the results of mapping studies and competitive mobility shift assays. It is hypothesized that the generalized catabolic activities of TNF in infectious and malignant diseases may be regulated via this novel element.

scholarly journals Transcriptional role of a conserved GATA-1 site in the human epsilon-globin gene promoter.

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2558-2566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Q H Gong ◽  
J Stern ◽  
A Dean
Keyword(s):  
Globin Gene ◽  
Point Mutations ◽  
Gene Promoter ◽  
Globin Genes ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Dnase I Footprinting ◽  
Nuclear Extracts ◽  
Protein Dna Interactions ◽  
Globin Promoter

The epsilon-globin gene is the first of the human beta-like globin genes to be expressed during development. We have analyzed protein-DNA interactions in the epsilon-globin promoter region by DNase I footprinting and electrophoretic mobility shift experiments using nuclear extracts from K562 human erythroid cells and from nonerythroid HeLa cells. A restricted set of ubiquitous proteins, including Sp1, bound to regions of the promoter including the CACCC and CCAAT sites. Three interactions, at positions -213, -165, and +3 relative to the transcription start site, were erythroid specific and corresponded to binding of GATA-1, a transcription factor highly restricted to the erythroid lineage. Interestingly, the GATA-1 site at -165 has been conserved in the promoters of 10 mammalian embryonic globin genes. Point mutations demonstrate that GATA-1 binding to this site is necessary for interaction with an erythroid-specific enhancer but that in the absence of an enhancer, GATA-1 does not increase transcription.

Cyclic AMP-independent ATF family members interact with NF-kappa B and function in the activation of the E-selectin promoter in response to cytokines

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 7180-7190 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Kaszubska ◽  
R Hooft van Huijsduijnen ◽  
P Ghersa ◽  
A M DeRaemy-Schenk ◽  
B P Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Consensus Sequence ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
Nf Kappa B ◽  
Independent Manner ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction ◽  
Responsive Element ◽  
And Function

We previously reported that NF-kappa B and a complex we referred to as NF-ELAM1 play a central role in cytokine-induced expression of the E-selectin gene. In this study we identify cyclic AMP (cAMP)-independent members of the ATF family binding specifically to the NF-ELAM1 promoter element. The NF-ELAM1 element (TGACATCA) differs by a single nucleotide substitution from the cAMP-responsive element consensus sequence. We demonstrate that this sequence operates in a cAMP-independent manner to induce transcription and thus define it as a non-cAMP-responsive element (NCRE). We show that ATFa is a component of the NF-ELAM1 complex and its overexpression activates the E-selectin promoter. In addition, ATFa, ATF2, and ATF3 interact directly with NF-kappa B in vitro, linking two unrelated families of transcription factors in a novel protein-protein interaction. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the ability of overexpressed NF-kappa B to transactivate the E-selectin promoter in vivo is dependent on the NF-ELAM1 complex. Our results suggest that a direct interaction between ATFs and NF-kappa B is, at least in part, the mechanism by which these factors specifically regulate E-selectin promoter activity.

scholarly journals Transcriptional regulation of the mouse alpha A-crystallin gene: activation dependent on a cyclic AMP-responsive element (DE1/CRE) and a Pax-6-binding site.

1995 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 653-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Cvekl ◽  
F Kashanchi ◽  
C M Sax ◽  
J N Brady ◽  
J Piatigorsky
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Leukemia Virus ◽  
Consensus Sequence ◽  
Gene Activation ◽  
Type I ◽  
Loss Of Function ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Cell Leukemia Virus Type ◽  
Human T Cell ◽  
Responsive Element

Two cis-acting promoter elements (-108 to -100 and -49 to -33) of the mouse alpha A-crystallin gene, which is highly expressed in the ocular lens, were studied. Here we show that DE1 (-108 to -100; 5'TGACGGTG3'), which resembles the consensus cyclic AMP (cAMP)-responsive element sequence (CRE; 5'TGACGT[A/C][A/G]3'), behaves like a functional CRE site. Transfection experiments and electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSAs) using site-specific mutations correlated a loss of function with deviations from the CRE consensus sequence. Results of EMSAs in the presence of antisera against CREB, delta CREB, and CREM were consistent with the binding of CREB-like proteins to the DE1 sequence. Stimulation of alpha A-crystallin promoter activity via 8-bromo-cAMP, forskolin, or human T-cell leukemia virus type I Tax1 in transfections and reduction of activity of this site in cell-free transcription tests by competition with the somatostatin CRE supported the idea that DE1 is a functional CRE. Finally, Pax-6, a member of the paired-box family of transcription factors, activated the mouse alpha A-crystallin promoter in cotransfected COP-8 fibroblasts and bound to the -59 to -29 promoter sequence in EMSAs. These data provide evidence for a synergistic role of Pax-6 and CREB-like proteins for high expression of the mouse alpha A-crystallin gene in the lens.

scholarly journals The CpxRA Signal Transduction System ofEscherichia coli: Growth-Related Autoactivation and Control of Unanticipated Target Operons

1999 ◽  
Vol 181 (21) ◽  
pp. 6772-6778 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter De Wulf ◽  
Ohsuk Kwon ◽  
E. C. C. Lin
Keyword(s):  
Signal Transduction ◽  
Response Regulator ◽  
Consensus Sequence ◽  
Negative Control ◽  
Northern Hybridization ◽  
Signal Transduction System ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Response Network ◽  
Shift Analysis ◽  
Cognate Response Regulator

ABSTRACT In Escherichia coli, the CpxRA two-component signal transduction system senses and responds to aggregated and misfolded proteins in the bacterial envelope. We show that CpxR-P (the phosphorylated form of the cognate response regulator) activatescpxRA expression in conjunction with RpoS, suggesting an involvement of the Cpx system in stationary-phase survival. Engagement of the CpxRA system in functions beyond protein management is indicated by several putative targets identified after a genomic screening for the CpxR-P recognition consensus sequence. Direct negative control of the newly identified targets motABcheAW (specifying motility and chemotaxis) and tsr (encoding the serine chemoreceptor) by CpxR-P was shown by electrophoretic mobility shift analysis and Northern hybridization. The results suggest that the CpxRA system plays a core role in an extensive stress response network in which the coordination of protein turnover and energy conservation may be the unifying element.

scholarly journals Cyclic AMP-independent ATF family members interact with NF-kappa B and function in the activation of the E-selectin promoter in response to cytokines.

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 7180-7190 ◽  
Author(s):  
W Kaszubska ◽  
R Hooft van Huijsduijnen ◽  
P Ghersa ◽  
A M DeRaemy-Schenk ◽  
B P Chen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cyclic Amp ◽  
Consensus Sequence ◽  
Direct Interaction ◽  
Nf Kappa B ◽  
Independent Manner ◽  
Protein Protein Interaction ◽  
Responsive Element ◽  
And Function

We previously reported that NF-kappa B and a complex we referred to as NF-ELAM1 play a central role in cytokine-induced expression of the E-selectin gene. In this study we identify cyclic AMP (cAMP)-independent members of the ATF family binding specifically to the NF-ELAM1 promoter element. The NF-ELAM1 element (TGACATCA) differs by a single nucleotide substitution from the cAMP-responsive element consensus sequence. We demonstrate that this sequence operates in a cAMP-independent manner to induce transcription and thus define it as a non-cAMP-responsive element (NCRE). We show that ATFa is a component of the NF-ELAM1 complex and its overexpression activates the E-selectin promoter. In addition, ATFa, ATF2, and ATF3 interact directly with NF-kappa B in vitro, linking two unrelated families of transcription factors in a novel protein-protein interaction. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the ability of overexpressed NF-kappa B to transactivate the E-selectin promoter in vivo is dependent on the NF-ELAM1 complex. Our results suggest that a direct interaction between ATFs and NF-kappa B is, at least in part, the mechanism by which these factors specifically regulate E-selectin promoter activity.

Transcriptional role of a conserved GATA-1 site in the human epsilon-globin gene promoter

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 2558-2566
Author(s):  
Q H Gong ◽  
J Stern ◽  
A Dean
Keyword(s):  
Globin Gene ◽  
Point Mutations ◽  
Gene Promoter ◽  
Globin Genes ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Dnase I Footprinting ◽  
Nuclear Extracts ◽  
Protein Dna Interactions ◽  
Globin Promoter

The epsilon-globin gene is the first of the human beta-like globin genes to be expressed during development. We have analyzed protein-DNA interactions in the epsilon-globin promoter region by DNase I footprinting and electrophoretic mobility shift experiments using nuclear extracts from K562 human erythroid cells and from nonerythroid HeLa cells. A restricted set of ubiquitous proteins, including Sp1, bound to regions of the promoter including the CACCC and CCAAT sites. Three interactions, at positions -213, -165, and +3 relative to the transcription start site, were erythroid specific and corresponded to binding of GATA-1, a transcription factor highly restricted to the erythroid lineage. Interestingly, the GATA-1 site at -165 has been conserved in the promoters of 10 mammalian embryonic globin genes. Point mutations demonstrate that GATA-1 binding to this site is necessary for interaction with an erythroid-specific enhancer but that in the absence of an enhancer, GATA-1 does not increase transcription.

Identification of AML-1 and the (8;21) translocation protein (AML-1/ETO) as sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins: the runt homology domain is required for DNA binding and protein-protein interactions

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 6336-6345 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Meyers ◽  
J R Downing ◽  
S W Hiebert
Keyword(s):  
Dna Binding ◽  
Protein Interactions ◽  
Consensus Sequence ◽  
Myelogenous Leukemia ◽  
Chromosome 21 ◽  
Protein Protein Interactions ◽  
Mobility Shift ◽  
Cell Extracts ◽  
Shift Analysis

The AML1 gene on chromosome 21 is disrupted in the (8;21)(q22;q22) translocation associated with acute myelogenous leukemia and encodes a protein with a central 118-amino-acid domain with 69% homology to the Drosophila pair-rule gene, runt. We demonstrate that AML-1 is a DNA-binding protein which specifically interacts with a sequence belonging to the group of enhancer core motifs, TGT/cGGT. Electrophoretic mobility shift analysis of cell extracts identified two AML-1-containing protein-DNA complexes whose electrophoretic mobilities were slower than those of complexes formed with AML-1 produced in vitro. Mixing of in vitro-produced AML-1 with cell extracts prior to gel mobility shift analysis resulted in the formation of higher-order complexes. Deletion mutagenesis of AML-1 revealed that the runt homology domain mediates both sequence-specific DNA binding and protein-protein interactions. The hybrid product, AML-1/ETO, which results from the (8;21) translocation and retains the runt homology domain, both recognizes the AML-1 consensus sequence and interacts with other cellular proteins.

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