title: Ultraviolet light-responsive element (TGACAACA)-binding proteins in cells of xeroderma pigmentosum patients.
abstract: The ultraviolet light (UV)-responsive element (URE) is an octamer sequence, TGACAACA, that shares homology with cyclic AMP-responsive element and activator protein 1 target sequences. Because URE-binding proteins have been shown to play a role in cellular response to DNA damage, we determined their expression and DNA-binding activities in repair-deficient cells. Of the complementation groups tested, only xeroderma pigmentosum (XP)-C cells induced expression of c-jun after UV irradiation; this correlated with XP-C binding to the URE and resembled the pattern observed with normal human fibroblasts. In other cases either a decrease (XP-A) or no change (XP-D) in URE-binding activities was noticed, which may be associated with decreased c-fos and poor c-jun expression after UV irradiation. That XP-C cells were the only complementation group exhibiting URE-binding activities similar to those of repair-proficient cells points to the possible correlation between proper repair of transcriptionally active genes and the expression and activities of proteins implicated in the cellular response to UV irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Carcinogenesis Program, American Health Foundation, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA.
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Ronai
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016762:Genes, fos; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000378:metabolism; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000378:metabolism; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1 / Q000378:metabolism; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D018808:Transcription Factor AP-1