title: Molecular cloning of the mouse AMY-1 gene and identification of the synergistic activation of the AMY-1 promoter by GATA-1 and Sp1.
abstract: We have reported that a novel c-Myc binding protein, AMY-1, stimulated the transcription activity of c-Myc and was translocated from the cytoplasm to the nucleus in a c-Myc-dependent manner. AMY-1 works as an inducer of human K562 cell differentiation upon induction of AraC. To characterize the expression or functional importance of AMY-1, the genomic DNA of mouse AMY-1 was cloned and characterized. Both mouse and human genomic DNAs, the latter of which was retrieved from a human DNA database, comprise five exons spanning about 11 kb. To characterize the promoter of the mouse AMY-1 gene, a series of deletion constructs of the region upstream of the first ATG was linked to the luciferase gene, and their luciferase activities were measured in human HeLa and K562 cells. The results showed that Sp1 was essential for AMY-1 expression in both cell lines and that GATA-1 is also necessary in K562 cells. Sp1 in both cell lines and GATA-1 only in K562 cells were identified as proteins binding to these sites by a mobility shift assay. Furthermore, it was found that GATA-1 stimulated AMY-1 expression synergistically with Sp1 in ectopically expressed insect cells and that both proteins were associated in K562 cells.
authors.affiliation: CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan.
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Furusawa
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taira
authors.forename: Sanae M M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Iguchi-Ariga
authors.forename: Hiroyoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ariga
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011268:Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D055291:Salivary alpha-Amylases; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor; C494688:GATA1 protein, human; C494689:Gata1 protein, mouse; C116115:MYCBP protein, human; D011268:Pregnancy-Specific beta 1-Glycoproteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C524799:Amy1 protein, mouse; D055291:Salivary alpha-Amylases