title: Isolation and characterization of a chicken homologue of the Spi-1/PU.1 transcription factor.
abstract: Spi-1/PU.1 is a member of the Ets family of transcription factors important in regulation of hematopoiesis. We have isolated a chicken cDNA homologuous to the mammalian Spi-1/PU.1 gene with an open reading frame of 250 amino acids (aa). The chicken Spi-1/PU.1 protein is 14 aa and 16 aa shorter than its human and mouse counterparts but is extremely well conserved with 78.8% and 75.2% identity respectively. The carboxy terminal DNA binding region, or ETS binding domain, is 100% identical to that of human and mouse. Some differences with the mammalian homologues are seen in the N-terminal part of the protein and in the PEST connecting domain. However, the differences are mainly conservative and all the features underlying functional aspects seem preserved. The major discrepancy lies in a 12 aa deletion in an already poorly conserved part of the PEST sequence. Spi-1/PU.1 transcripts were detected at high levels in spleen and Fabricius bursa of chick embryos by Northern blot and in situ hybridization. Our results show that the chicken Spi-1/PU.1 protein behaves like a bonafide Spi-1/PU.1 transcription factor in its DNA binding and transactivating properties.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Biologie de Lille, UMR 319 CNRS/Institut Pasteur de Lille, France.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Kherrouche
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beuscart
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huguet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flourens
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moreau-Gachelin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stehelin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coll
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002060:Bursa of Fabricius / Q000378:metabolism; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D006801:Humans; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008322:Mammals; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D013154:Spleen / Q000378:metabolism; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D000099232:Proto-Oncogene Protein Spi-1
chemical_list: D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015534:Trans-Activators; D000099232:Proto-Oncogene Protein Spi-1