title: Interaction of the nuclear protein CBF1 with the kappaB site of the IL-6 gene promoter.
abstract: The nuclear protein CBF1 has been shown to function as an intermediate to target transcription factors,such as the activated Notch receptor,to specific DNA sites. In this paper,we show that CBF1 from cell lines of different origin is able to bind to the[kappa]B site of the IL-6 promoter. By transfection analyses performed in HeLa cells,we demonstrate that overexpressed CBF1 acts as a negative regulator of IL-6 gene transcription and is unable to elicit Notch-dependent activation of this gene. Analyses of protein-DNA interactions indicate that the topology of the complex formed by CBF1 and the target DNA is subtly affected by sequencessurrounding the recognition site. Furthermore,we show that CBF1 induces DNA bending. This finding suggests that CBF1 may influence IL-6 gene transcription by determining a specific conformation of the promoter region.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione, Sezione Biochimica Facoltá di Medicina e Chirurgia, Universita di Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Palmieri
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Sasso
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Monese
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merola
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Faggioli
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tovey
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Furia
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051819:Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051819:Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein; D015850:Interleukin-6; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C497570:RBPJ protein, human