title: Bcl6-dependent transcriptional repression by BAZF.
abstract: BAZF, a member of Bcl6 gene family, acts as a sequence-specific transcriptional repressor in various cells including NIH3T3 cells. The DNA-binding sequence for BAZF is the same as that for Bcl6 and the repressor activity of BAZF was also inhibited by Tricostatin A, an inhibitor of histone deacetylase, suggesting the functional homology between them. However, BAZF unlike Bcl6 cannot function as a transcriptional repressor in embryonal fibroblasts of Bcl6-deficient mice and in Bcl6-null cell lines such as K562 and WIL2-NS. The BTB/POZ domain and the middle portion of BAZF bound to the BTB/POZ domain and the middle portion of Bcl6, respectively. There is an identical 17 amino acid sequence in their middle portions and the sequence was important for the binding. Since BAZF did not directly bind to mSin3A and histone deacetylase 1 and the repressor activity of BAZF was detected in K562 cells replenished with the BTB/POZ domain or the middle portion of Bcl6, BAZF may display its transrepressor activity by recruiting an mSin3A/histone deacetylase 1 complex through association with Bcl6.
authors.affiliation: Department of Developmental Genetics (H2), Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1, Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takenaga
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatano
authors.forename: Mikio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Takamori
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Yoshikazu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kuroda
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tokuhisa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000235:genetics; D020014:K562 Cells; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics*; D051560:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D016335:Zinc Fingers
chemical_list: C486398:BCL6B protein, human; C113027:Bcl6b protein, mouse; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D007377:Interleukin-3; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D051560:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-6; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors