title: The collagenase gene promoter contains a TPA and oncogene-responsive unit encompassing the PEA3 and AP-1 binding sites.
abstract: PEA3 is a transcription factor which binds to the polyoma virus enhancer and whose activity is regulated by the expression of a number of oncogenes. We show here that PEA3 also binds specifically to the collagenase and fos cellular promoters. On the collagenase promoter, PEA3 acts synergistically with AP-1 to achieve maximum levels of transcription activation by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA), and non-nuclear oncoproteins, thereby defining a TPA- and oncogene-responsive unit (TORU). From a comparative study of the collagenase TORU and the analogous polyoma virus TORU, we conclude that both the binding affinity of the PEA3 motif and the spacing between PEA3 and AP-1 modulate transcription activation induced by oncogene expression.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Génétique Moléculaire des Eucaryotes du CNRS, Unité 184 de Biologie Moléculaire et de Génie Génétique de l'INSERM, Faculté de Médecine, Strasbourg, France.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gutman
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wasylyk
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D003012:Microbial Collagenase / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D008970:Molecular Weight; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010544:Peroxidases; D054464:Peroxiredoxins; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D015719:Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D014157:Transcription Factors; D010544:Peroxidases; D054464:Peroxiredoxins; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D015719:Single-Strand Specific DNA and RNA Endonucleases; D003012:Microbial Collagenase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate