title: Activation of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long terminal repeat by BTEB, a GC box-binding transcription factor.
abstract: BTEB, a GC box-binding transcription factor, was tested for its ability to activate the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 long terminal repeat (HIV-1 LTR). An electrophoretic mobility shift assay demonstrated specific binding of BTEB to GC boxes of the HIV-1 LTR. When a BTEB expression vector was cotransfected into A3.01 cells with a fusion gene of HIV-1 LTR and chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) structural gene, the CAT activity was increased. This increase was accompanied by an increase in the content of CAT mRNA. Transcriptional activity of the HIV-1 LTR, stimulated by Tat, was further enhanced by the expression of BTEB. BTEB also activated the LTR activity in cooperation with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. Northern blot analysis showed that various T cell and macrophage/monocyte cell lines expressed the BTEB mRNA to a level comparable with that of Sp1, another GC box-binding transcription factor. These results suggest that BTEB, like Sp1, is involved in transcriptional activation of the HIV-1 LTR.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imataka
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mizuno
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fujii-Kuriyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hayami
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015696:Gene Products, tat / Q000502:physiology; D016325:HIV Long Terminal Repeat / Q000187:drug effects*; D015497:HIV-1 / Q000187:drug effects / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000382:microbiology; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014775:Virus Activation / Q000187:drug effects*; D016335:Zinc Fingers; D054322:tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015696:Gene Products, tat; C489676:KLF9 protein, human; D051741:Kruppel-Like Transcription Factors; D016328:NF-kappa B; D014157:Transcription Factors; D054322:tat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate