title: Ets-1 activates the DRA promoter in B cells.
abstract: The X box in promoters of class II major histocompatibility complex genes plays a crucial role in the B-cell-specific and gamma interferon-inducible expression of these genes. The sequence TTCC is located in the pyrimidine tract which extends 5' to and partially overlaps the X box of the DRA promoter. This sequence resembles the core binding site for the Ets family of DNA-binding proteins. In this study, we demonstrate that mutations within the pyrimidine tract which change the TTCC motif, but do not affect the binding of regulatory factor X to the X box, decrease the activity of the DRA promoter in B cells. Furthermore, using electrophoretic mobility shift assays and cotransfection experiments, we demonstrate that Ets-1, but not Ets-2 or PU.1, functionally interacts with the pyrimidine tract and activates the DRA promoter.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California at San Francisco, 94143-0724.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jabrane-Ferrat
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Peterlin
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D002460:Cell Line; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D059805:HLA-DR alpha-Chains; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017354:Point Mutation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D050784:Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D000071701:Regulatory Factor X Transcription Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C494041:ETS1 protein, human; D006684:HLA-DR Antigens; D059805:HLA-DR alpha-Chains; D050784:Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D000071701:Regulatory Factor X Transcription Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA