title: Stimulation of c-MYC transcriptional activity and acetylation by recruitment of the cofactor CBP.
abstract: The c-MYC oncoprotein regulates various aspects of cell behaviour by modulating gene expression. Here, we report the identification of the cAMP-response-element-binding protein (CBP) as a novel c-MYC binding partner. The two proteins interact both in vitro and in cells, and CBP binds to the carboxy-terminal region of c-MYC. Importantly, CBP, as well as p300, is associated with E-box-containing promoter regions of genes that are regulated by c-MYC. Furthermore, c-MYC and CBP/p300 function synergistically in the activation of reporter-gene constructs. Thus, CBP and p300 function as positive cofactors for c-MYC. In addition, c-MYC is acetylated in cells. This modification does not require MYC box II, suggesting that it is independent of TRRAP complexes. Instead, CBP acetylates c-MYC in vitro, and co-expression of CBP with c-MYC stimulates in vivo acetylation. Functionally, this results in a decrease in ubiquitination and stabilization of c-MYC proteins. Thus, CBP and p300 are novel functional binding partners of c-MYC.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Molekularbiologie, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Carl-Neuberg-Strasse 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Jörg
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vervoorts
authors.forename: Juliane M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Lüscher-Firzlaff
authors.forename: Sabine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rottmann
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lilischkis
authors.forename: Gesa
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Walsemann
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dohmann
authors.forename: Matthias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Austen
authors.forename: Bernhard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lüscher
mesh_terms: D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A / Q000378:metabolism; D000107:Acetylation; D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D001665:Binding Sites; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D006801:Humans; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D050880:p300-CBP Transcription Factors; D000099224:p300-CBP-Associated Factor
chemical_list: D000105:Acetyl Coenzyme A; D000123:Acetyltransferases; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D051548:Histone Acetyltransferases; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D016271:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myc; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D050880:p300-CBP Transcription Factors; D000099224:p300-CBP-Associated Factor; C113829:transformation-transcription domain-associated protein