title: Identification of interaction partners for two closely-related members of the ETS protein family, FLI and ERG.
abstract: Fli and erg are two members of the ETS gene family that encodes transcription factors related to the c-ets-1 proto-oncogene. The products of the ETS genes act as transcriptional effectors in cell proliferation, differentiation, and oncogenic transformation. FLI and ERG, two closely-related proteins, bind, as do all the ETS proteins characterized so far, to DNA sequences with an invariable central GGA core flanked by preferred nucleotides. Nevertheless, promoter-specific responses to FLI or ERG may be driven by mechanisms involving multicomponent complexes. Using a yeast two-hybrid screen, we have identified several proteins that physically interact with either FLI or ERG proteins used as bait. The Xenopus developmentally implicated Xvent-2 and Xvent-2B proteins, and the Xenopus splicing factor RNP-C/U1C physically interact with Xl-FLI and Xl-ERG, both in the yeast two-hybrid system and in vitro. We also report the potential interaction of FLI and ERG with Sox-D, a stabilizing protein that may modulate their transcriptional activity. Furthermore, the possible involvement of the transcriptional effectors FLI and ERG in mRNA processing, hematopoiesis or in the control of angiogenesis is suggested through possible interactions with, respectively, RNA binding proteins and hnRNPs, a repressor of the hematopoietic pathway (SAP18), and the HAF protein.
authors.affiliation: FRE 2168 du CNRS, Mécanismes Moléculaires de la Division Cellulaire et du Développement, Institut de Physiologie et de Chimie Biologique, 21 rue René Descartes, 67084 Strasbourg Cedex, France.
authors.forename: T B
authors.initials: TB
authors.lastname: Deramaudt
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Remy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stiegler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D005982:Glutathione Transferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011485:Protein Binding; D051789:Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques; D029867:Xenopus Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014982:Xenopus laevis
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C404162:Erg protein, Xenopus; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D051789:Proto-Oncogene Protein c-fli-1; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C491261:RNP-C protein, Xenopus; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D017411:Ribonucleoproteins, Small Nuclear; D015534:Trans-Activators; D014157:Transcription Factors; D029867:Xenopus Proteins; C112507:ventx1.2 protein, Xenopus; C099992:ventx2.1 protein, Xenopus; D005982:Glutathione Transferase