Differential positive control by Oct-1 and Oct-2: activation of a transcriptionally silent motif through Oct-1 and VP16 corecruitment

Cleary, M. A., Stern, S., Tanaka, M., Herr, W. (January 1993) Differential positive control by Oct-1 and Oct-2: activation of a transcriptionally silent motif through Oct-1 and VP16 corecruitment. Genes Dev, 7 (1). pp. 72-83. ISSN 0890-9369 (Print)

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Abstract

Transcriptional regulation by the ubiquitous human POU homeo domain protein Oct-1 and the related B-cell protein Oct-2 is a model for understanding how proteins that recognize the same regulatory site elicit different programs of gene transcription. Here, we describe a mechanism for differential promoter activation whereby only Oct-1, through selective corecruitment with the herpesvirus trans-activator VP16, acquires the ability to stimulate transcription from a TAATGARAT-containing site that responds to neither Oct-1 nor Oct-2 alone. To measure differential in vivo activation by human Oct-1 and Oct-2 in response to VP16, we have developed a transient assay in murine NIH-3T3 cells. Surprisingly, murine Oct-1 associates with VP16 much less effectively than its human counterpart, most likely because the murine Oct-1 homeo domain differs at four positions from the human Oct-1 homeo domain. The murine cell transient assay shows directly that human Oct-1, but not human Oct-2, can respond to VP16 in vivo. The Oct-1 DNA-binding POU domain is sufficient and the Oct-1 homeo domain is critical for this response, because an Oct-1 POU domain containing the Oct-2 homeo domain fails to respond to the VP16-induced positive control of transcription. Thus, by selective homeo domain interaction and corecruitment to an otherwise silent regulatory element, VP16 expands the repertoire of sites responsive to Oct-1 without affecting the activity of its close relative Oct-2.

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Uncontrolled Keywords: 3T3 Cells Animals Base Sequence Binding Sites Dna DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/ metabolism Gene Expression Regulation Globins/genetics Hela Cells Herpes Simplex Virus Protein Vmw65/ metabolism Host Cell Factor C1 Humans Mice Molecular Sequence Data Octamer Transcription Factor-1 Octamer Transcription Factor-2 POU Domain Factors Promoter Regions (Genetics) Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. Ribonucleoprotein, U2 Small Nuclear/genetics Transcription Factors/genetics/ metabolism Transcription, Genetic
Subjects: bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > transcription
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > DNA binding protein
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > gene expression
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > gene regulation
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > DNA, RNA structure, function, modification > genes, structure and function > gene regulation
organism description > virus > herpes simplex virus
bioinformatics > genomics and proteomics > genetics & nucleic acid processing > protein structure, function, modification > protein types > transcription factor
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Communities: CSHL labs > Herr lab
Depositing User: Matt Covey
Date: January 1993
Date Deposited: 20 Apr 2016 19:13
Last Modified: 03 Nov 2017 20:42
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URI: https://repository.cshl.edu/id/eprint/32512

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