title: The constitutively expressed octamer binding protein OTF-1 and a novel octamer binding protein expressed specifically in cervical cells bind to an octamer-related sequence in the human papillomavirus 16 enhancer.
abstract: A novel octamer binding protein expressed specifically in cervical cells but not in other cell types has been identified. This protein differs in size and sequence specificity from the constitutively expressed octamer binding protein OTF-1. In particular it binds with higher affinity to a sequence in the human papillomavirus 16 (HPV) upstream regulatory region which has a seven out of eight base pair match compared to the consensus octamer motif. This is the first example of a tissue specific protein which has been observed to bind to the papillomavirus enhancer. The possible role of this protein in producing the observed tissue specific activity of the enhancer and in cervical carcinogenesis induced by HPV is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, UK.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Dent
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: McIndoe
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Latchman
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D002584:Cervix Uteri / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral / Q000502:physiology; D006367:HeLa Cells; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; D027383:Papillomaviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497692:HCFC1 protein, human; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; C494165:POU2F1 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors