title: Regulation of the urokinase gene by the retinoblastoma protein.
abstract: The promoter of the human urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) gene contains a sequence identical with the retinoblastoma control element (RCE) of the murine c-fos gene, as well as several Sp1 binding sites. In a number of cell lines, the uPA promoter is activated during enforced expression of the retinoblastoma protein, pRB. Electrophoretic mobility-shift assays revealed that the RCE sequence of the uPA gene forms only one specific DNA-protein complex that does not contain pRB. The formation of the RCE-protein complex can be inhibited by 20 molar excess of the unlabeled RCE sequences and by 5 molar excess of the unlabeled E2F binding site. The RCE of the human uPA gene interacts specifically with a protein, which appears to be distinct from members of the E2F family of proteins, Sp1, ATF2, and Elf-1, which are all transcription factors shown to be regulated by pRB.
authors.affiliation: University of Melbourne, Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Novak
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paradiso
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D002460:Cell Line; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D016762:Genes, fos; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D051379:Mice; D008892:Milk; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D010957:Plasmids; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016160:Retinoblastoma Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator