title: Cellular transcription factors that interact with p6 promoter elements of parvovirus B19.
abstract: All transcripts of the human parvovirus B19 identified so far are regulated by a single promoter at map unit 6 of the viral genome, the so-called p6 promoter. This promoter is active in a wide variety of different cells. In order to identify cellular transcription factors involved in regulating promoter activity, we performed gel-retardation and supershift assays using the parts of the p6 promoter sequence shown previously to be protected in footprint experiments. Thereby, binding was demonstrated of the Oct-1 protein to an octamer motif within the p6 promoter and of the transcription factor Sp1 to three GC boxes. A specific preferential interaction of the factor Sp3 with one of these boxes was observed, indicating that the ratio Sp1:Sp3 may be involved in the regulation of promoter activity. Consensus sites for the regulatory protein YY1 are located close to the GC boxes and the octamer motif, to which this factor binds efficiently.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany1.
authors.forename: Ulla
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Raab
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany1.
authors.forename: Birgit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bauer
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany1.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gigler
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany1.
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Beckenlehner
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany1.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität Regensburg, Franz-Josef-Strauß-Allee 11, D-93053 Regensburg, Germany1.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Modrow
mesh_terms: D000906:Antibodies; D001483:Base Sequence; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D002457:Cell Extracts; D002460:Cell Line; D016384:Consensus Sequence / Q000235:genetics; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D005814:Genes, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D006801:Humans; D020014:K562 Cells; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017992:Parvovirus / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D011485:Protein Binding; D020218:Response Elements / Q000235:genetics; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D051705:Sp3 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D050986:YY1 Transcription Factor
chemical_list: D000906:Antibodies; D002457:Cell Extracts; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; C497692:HCFC1 protein, human; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; C494165:POU2F1 protein, human; C497121:SP3 protein, human; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050986:YY1 Transcription Factor; C494698:YY1 protein, human; D051705:Sp3 Transcription Factor; D004247:DNA