title: PEBP2 alpha B/mouse AML1 consists of multiple isoforms that possess differential transactivation potentials.
abstract: A murine transcription factor, PEBP2, is composed of two subunits, alpha and beta. There are two genes in the mouse genome, PEBP2 alpha A and PEBP2 alpha B, which encode the alpha subunit. Two types of the alpha B cDNA clones, alpha B1 and alpha B2, were isolated from mouse fibroblasts and characterized. They were found to represent 3.8- and 7.9-kb transcripts, respectively. The 3.8-kb RNA encodes the previously described alpha B protein referred to as alpha B1, while the 7.9-kb RNA encodes a 387-amino-acid protein, termed alpha B2, which is identical to alpha B1 except that it has an internal deletion of 64 amino acid residues. Both alpha B1 and alpha B2 associate with PEBP2 beta and form a heterodimer. The alpha B2/beta complex binds to the PEBP2 binding site two- to threefold more strongly than the alpha B1/beta complex does. alpha B1 stimulates transcription through the PEBP2 site about 40-fold, while alpha B2 is only about 25 to 45% as active as alpha B1. Transactivation domain is located downstream of the 128-amino-acid runt homology region, referred to as the Runt domain. Mouse chromosome mapping studies revealed that alpha A, alpha B, and beta genes are mapped to chromosomes 17, 16, and 8, respectively. The last two genes are syntenic with the human AML1 on chromosome 21q22 and PEBP2 beta/CBF beta on 16q22 detected at the breakpoints of characteristic chromosome translocations of the two different subtypes of acute myeloid leukemia. These results suggest that previously described chimeric gene products, AML1/MTG8(ETO) and AML1-EAP generated by t(8;21) and t(3;21), respectively, lack the transactivation domain of AML1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Viral Oncology, Kyoto University.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Oka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Satake
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shigesada
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Jenkins
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gilbert
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Copeland
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D002885:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 16; D002891:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D050657:Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits; D050658:Core Binding Factor beta Subunit; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid / Q000235:genetics; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009115:Muridae; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D050656:Transcription Factor AP-2; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D014162:Transfection; D014178:Translocation, Genetic
chemical_list: D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D050657:Core Binding Factor alpha Subunits; D050658:Core Binding Factor beta Subunit; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C493728:RUNX1 protein, human; C493726:Runx1 protein, mouse; D050656:Transcription Factor AP-2; D014157:Transcription Factors; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase