title: ATRA-regulated Asb-2 gene induced in differentiation of HL-60 leukemia cells.
abstract: Suppressors of cytokine signaling (SOCS) proteins possess common structures, a SOCS box at the C-terminus and a SH2 domain at their center. These suppressors are inducible in response to cytokines and act as negative regulators of cytokine signaling. The ASB proteins also contain the SOCS box and the ankyrin repeat sequence at the N-terminus, but do not have the SH2 domain. Although Socs genes are directly induced by several cytokines, no Asb gene inducers have been identified. In this study, we screened the specific genes expressed in the course of differentiation of HL-60 cells, and demonstrated that ASB-2, one of the ASB proteins, was rapidly induced by all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA). Typical retinoid receptors (RARs) or retinoid X receptors (RXRs) binding element (RARE/RXRE) were presented in the promoter of the Asb-2 gene. We showed that RARalpha, one of the RARs, binds to the RARE/RXRE in the Asb-2 promoter. In addition, we demonstrated by luciferase reporter assay that this element was a functional RARE/RXRE. These findings indicate that ASB-2 is directly induced by ATRA and may act as a significant regulator, underlying such physiological processes as cell differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 1-6, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kohroki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002460:Cell Line; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D018922:HL-60 Cells; D006801:Humans; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins; D013997:Time Factors; D014162:Transfection; D014212:Tretinoin / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: C437987:ASB2 protein, human; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D016207:Cytokines; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D050826:Suppressor of Cytokine Signaling Proteins; D014212:Tretinoin; D008156:Luciferases