title: Regulation of YB-1 gene expression by GATA transcription factors.
abstract: GATA-1 is a transcription factor essential for erythroid cell development, and knockdown of GATA-1 gene results in maturation arrest and transformation of erythroblasts. To clarify the mechanism that gives rise to this abnormal phenotype, genes that are aberrantly expressed in the spleen of heterozygous GATA-1 knockdown mutant mouse (referred to as GATA-1 mutant mouse) were identified by using cDNA array. One of these genes, YB-1, was found to be highly expressed in the spleen of GATA-1 mutant mouse. Reporter and electrophoretic mobility shift assays revealed that the proximal GATA element in 5'-UTR region of YB-1 gene functions positively in K562 cells. Furthermore, both GATA-1 and GATA-2, which were transiently expressed in COS-7 cells, bound to this element and activated the YB-1 promoter through this element. These results suggest that YB-1 functions under the regulation of GATA factors in erythroid differentiation and aberrant expression of YB-1 gene may result in dyserythropoiesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology and Hematology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 1-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisayuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: Hideo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Harigae
authors.forename: Shinichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Satoru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Kazumichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Furuyama
authors.forename: Mitsuo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kaku
authors.forename: Masayuki
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sasaki
mesh_terms: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D000818:Animals; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D019556:COS Cells; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor; D050989:GATA2 Transcription Factor; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D020014:K562 Cells; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D008957:Models, Genetic; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D009154:Mutation; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D051840:Y-Box-Binding Protein 1
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050981:Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors; D050982:GATA1 Transcription Factor; C494688:GATA1 protein, human; D050989:GATA2 Transcription Factor; C494711:GATA2 protein, human; C494689:Gata1 protein, mouse; C494712:Gata2 protein, mouse; D051839:NFI Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051840:Y-Box-Binding Protein 1; C070856:YBX1 protein, human