title: Activity of the human cytochrome c1 promoter is modulated by E2F.
abstract: The human cytochrome c(1) promoter is strongly activated in transfected Drosophila SL2 cells expressing exogenous human E2F1. Transfection-deletion experiments, DNase I protection by E2F1 and gel mobility-shift experiments locate E2F1 activation sites to two regions on either side of the transcription start site. Deletion of either region prevents E2F1 activation in transfected SL2 cells, suggesting a co-operative interaction between them. E2F6, a member of the E2F family that lacks transactivation domains but contains specific suppressor domains, inhibits cytochrome c(1) promoter activity when co-transfected into HeLa cells, indicating that the E2F proteins modulate the cytochrome c(1) promoter in mammalian cells. However, E2F is not a general regulator of oxidative phosphorylation genes since three additional nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes were unaffected by E2F1 or E2F6.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Arrhenius Laboratories, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Luciakova
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barath
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zaid
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000235:genetics; D003575:Cytochromes c1 / Q000235:genetics*; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018983:DNA Footprinting; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I / Q000378:metabolism; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D050687:E2F1 Transcription Factor; D050701:E2F6 Transcription Factor; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000378:metabolism; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020218:Response Elements / Q000235:genetics; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D017384:Sequence Deletion / Q000235:genetics; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D015534:Trans-Activators; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002352:Carrier Proteins; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C088053:Dp transcription factor, Drosophila; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D050684:E2F Transcription Factors; D050687:E2F1 Transcription Factor; C493753:E2F1 protein, human; D050701:E2F6 Transcription Factor; C491744:E2F6 protein, human; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D056465:Retinoblastoma-Binding Protein 1; D015534:Trans-Activators; D050680:Transcription Factor DP1; D014157:Transcription Factors; D004247:DNA; D003575:Cytochromes c1; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I