Isolation of complementary DNAs encoding a cerebellum-enriched nuclear factor I family that activates transcription from the mouse myelin basic protein promoter.
A nuclear factor I (NFI) binding sequence in the myelin basic protein (MBP) promoter is required for brain-specific transcription. In the present study, we isolated multiple cDNAs encoding a family of NFI, NFI-B, from mouse brain cDNA libraries. These clones contain unique nucleotide sequences at their 5', 3', or middle portions, presumably as a result of alternative splicing. The entire sequence of NFI-B suggests that NFI-B is a mouse counterpart of NFI-L, which was previously isolated from rat liver. NFI-B is highly enriched in the cerebellum, in contrast with a ubiquitous NFI, CTF/NF-I. NFI-B proteins translated in vitro could bind to the MBP NFI site. Furthermore, we demonstrated by transfection experiments that NFI-B activated transcription from transfected MBP promoter in neuronal/glial NG108-15 cells.
Inoue
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Division of Behavior and Neurobiology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan.
Tamura
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Furuichi
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Mikoshiba
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D002460:Cell Line; D002531:Cerebellum / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D015723:Gene Library; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein / Q000235:genetics*; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection; D051840:Y-Box-Binding Protein 1
D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D004676:Myelin Basic Protein; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; C497648:Nfic protein, mouse; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051840:Y-Box-Binding Protein 1; C070856:YBX1 protein, human; D004247:DNA