title: Protein kinase A-dependent transactivation by the E2A-Pbx1 fusion protein.
abstract: The chimeric gene E2A-PBX1 is formed by the t(1;19) chromosomal translocation exclusively associated with pediatric pre-B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (pre-B ALL). The resultant fusion protein from this chimeric gene contains the DNA-binding homeodomain of Pbx1. The first and only functional Pbx1 binding site has been localized in bovine CYP17 to a sequence (CRS1) that participates in cAMP-dependent transcription of this gene encoding the steroid hydroxylase, 17 alpha-hydroxylase cytochrome P450. Because Pbx1 is not expressed in pre-B cells, it may be possible that the E2a-Pbx1 fusion protein expressed in pre-B cells having this translocation will activate, in response to cAMP, transcription of genes not normally expressed in these cells leading to arrest of differentiation at the pre-B cell stage. We have now shown that reporter genes comprising CRS1 are activated transcriptionally by protein kinase A (PKA) in the pre-B cell line 697, which endogenously expresses the fusion protein, and that overexpression of E2A-Pbx1 in additional cell lines enhances transcription of reporter genes in a PKA-dependent fashion. Thus, it seems plausible that arrest in the pre-B stage leading to pre-B ALL includes cAMP-dependent activation of E2A-Pbx1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ogo
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Waterman
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Kamps
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kagawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D013254:Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D015514:Oncogene Proteins, Fusion; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; C089847:E2A-Pbx1 fusion protein; D005576:Colforsin; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D013254:Steroid 17-alpha-Hydroxylase; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases