title: Interaction of c-Myc with the pRb-related protein p107 results in inhibition of c-Myc-mediated transactivation.
abstract: The product of the c-myc proto-oncogene, c-Myc, is a sequence-specific DNA binding protein with an N-terminal transactivation domain and a C-terminal DNA binding domain. Several lines of evidence indicate that c-Myc activity is essential for normal cell cycle progression. Since the abundance of c-Myc during the cell cycle is constant, c-Myc's activity may be regulated at a post-translational level. We have shown previously that the N-terminus of c-Myc can form a specific complex with the product of the retinoblastoma gene, pRb, in vitro. These data suggested a model in which pRb, or pRb-related proteins, regulate c-Myc activity through direct binding. We show here that the pRb-related protein p107, but not pRb itself, forms a specific complex with the N-terminal transactivation domain of c-Myc in vivo. Binding of p107 to c-Myc causes a significant inhibition of c-Myc transactivation. Expression of c-Myc releases cells from a p107-induced growth arrest, but not from pRb-induced growth arrest. Our data suggest that p107 can control c-Myc activity through direct binding to the transactivation domain and that c-Myc is a target for p107-mediated growth suppression.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Beijersbergen
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hijmans
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bernards
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002455:Cell Division; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015536:Down-Regulation; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D006801:Humans; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000378:metabolism*; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D050720:Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p107; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011506:Proteins; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; C493844:RBL1 protein, human; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D050720:Retinoblastoma-Like Protein p107; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors