title: Characterization of cis-elements required for the transcriptional activation of the rae28/mph1 gene in F9 cells.
abstract: The rae28/mph1 gene is the mouse homologue of the Drosophila polyhomeotic gene, which plays a crucial role in the maintenance of the transcriptional repression state of Hox genes. Expression of the rae28/mph1 gene is induced during retinoic acid (RA)-mediated differentiation of embryonal carcinoma F9 cells. By transient-transfection experiments, we identified a pair of inverted differentiation response sequences (DRS(s)) in the 5' flanking region. Each of the DRS(s) contained the consensus sequence [5'-CCTCCCCXCXGCCCCCTCCXCXC-3'], which is also conserved in the human counterpart of the rae28/mph1 gene. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay and DNase I foot printing with nuclear extracts derived from F9 cells demonstrated the presence of novel DNA-binding factors which specifically interact with DRS(s). Nucleotide substitutions in the 3' DRS abrogated the factor binding and the transcriptional activation, suggesting that DRS(s) and DRS-binding factors play an important role in the transcriptional regulation of the rae28/mph1 gene.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Biomedicine, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Motaleb
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takihara
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shimada
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D018236:Carcinoma, Embryonal; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D018983:DNA Footprinting; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D063150:Polycomb Repressive Complex 1; D011485:Protein Binding; D020218:Response Elements; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; C491239:PHC1 protein, human; C103827:Phc1 protein, mouse; D014212:Tretinoin; D063150:Polycomb Repressive Complex 1