title: Sp1 interacts with the consensus sequence for Egr-1 gene product with a cellular factor(s) and activates the transcription through this element.
abstract: We report that Sp1 from nuclear extracts of BRL-3A cells interacts with the consensus DNA sequence for the Egr-1 gene product in an overlapping manner. Purified Sp1 failed to bind to this sequence and with the addition of sub-saturating level of nuclear extracts, the binding activity appeared. In Drosophila cells (SL2), exogenously expressed Sp1 activated the transcription through the Egr-1 site. These findings suggest that Sp1 can be targeted to a non-Sp1 (Egr-1) site with a cellular factor(s) and can activate the transcription through this element.
authors.affiliation: Dept. Innere Medizin, Kantonsspital Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kutoh
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schwander
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology; D008156:Luciferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051766:Early Growth Response Protein 1; C486110:Egr1 protein, rat; D017874:Immediate-Early Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; D008156:Luciferases