title: Transcriptional repression by AML1 and LEF-1 is mediated by the TLE/Groucho corepressors.
abstract: The mammalian AML/CBFalpha runt domain (RD) transcription factors regulate hematopoiesis and osteoblast differentiation. Like their Drosophila counterparts, most mammalian RD proteins terminate in a common pentapeptide, VWRPY, which serves to recruit the corepressor Groucho (Gro). Using a yeast two-hybrid assay, in vitro association and pull-down experiments, we demonstrate that Gro and its mammalian homolog TLE1 specifically interact with AML1 and AML2. In addition to the VWRPY motif, other C-terminal sequences are required for these interactions with Gro/TLE1. TLE1 inhibits AML1-dependent transactivation of the T cell receptor (TCR) enhancers alpha and beta, which contain functional AML binding sites, in transfected Jurkat T cells. LEF-1 is an additional transcription factor that mediates transactivation of TCR enhancers. LEF-1 and its Drosophila homolog Pangolin (Pan) are involved in the Wnt/Wg signaling pathway through interactions with the coactivator beta-catenin and its highly conserved fly homolog Armadillo (Arm). We show that TLE/Gro interacts with LEF-1 and Pan, and inhibits LEF-1:beta-catenin-dependent transcription. These data indicate that, in addition to their activity as transcriptional activators, AML1 and LEF-1 can act, through recruitment of the corepressor TLE1, as transcriptional repressors in TCR regulation and Wnt/Wg signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Levanon
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldenberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stifani
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Paroush
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Groner
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D051186:Armadillo Domain Proteins; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D056970:Co-Repressor Proteins; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D006801:Humans; D019476:Insect Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051821:Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection; D051176:beta Catenin
chemical_list: D051186:Armadillo Domain Proteins; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D056970:Co-Repressor Proteins; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D019476:Insect Proteins; D051821:Lymphoid Enhancer-Binding Factor 1; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051176:beta Catenin; C495305:ARM protein, Drosophila; C495270:CTNNB1 protein, human; C497573:LEF1 protein, human; C493728:RUNX1 protein, human; C499043:TLE1 protein, human; C091023:gro protein, Drosophila