title: Ets proteins: new factors that regulate immunoglobulin heavy-chain gene expression.
abstract: We used a DNA-protein interaction screening method to isolate a cDNA, Erg-3, whose product binds to a site, designated pi, present in the immunoglobulin (Ig) heavy-chain gene enhancer. Erg-3 is an alternatively spliced product of the erg gene and contains an Ets DNA-binding domain. Fli-1 and PU.1, related Ets proteins, also bind to the same site. In addition, PU.1 binds to a second site, designated microB, in the Ig heavy-chain enhancer. We demonstrate that the pi binding site is crucial for Ig heavy-chain gene enhancer function. In addition, we show that Erg-3 and Fli.1, but not PU.1, can activate a reporter construct containing a multimer of protein-binding sites, synergistically with helix-loop-helix protein E12. We discuss how combinatorial interactions between members of the helix-loop-helix and Ets families may account for the tissue specificity of these proteins.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla 92122.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Rivera
authors.forename: M H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Stuiver
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Steenbergen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Murre
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D005982:Glutathione Transferase; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I