title: Transcriptional regulation of the murine brca2 gene by CREB/ATF transcription factors.
abstract: The brca2 gene encodes a nuclear protein which is mainly involved in DNA repair and, when mutated, is responsible for some of the hereditary breast cancers. However, brca2 expression is also deregulated in sporadic breast tumors. In the mouse brca2 gene we had earlier identified a region of 148bp upstream of the transcription start site sufficient to activate its expression. In the present report, we show that the -92 to -40bp region is essential for the transcription of brca2 in murine mammary cells and that this nucleotide sequence contains one putative CREB/ATF consensus site (cAMP responsive element: CRE). We demonstrated that the mutation of this binding site led to a highly significant reduction of the mouse brca2 transcription, and that CREB, CREM, and/or ATF-1 functionally bound to and regulated this promoter. Therefore, the regulation of the promoter of the mouse brca2 gene is driven by this family of transcription factors.
authors.affiliation: UMR 8117 CNRS, Institut Pasteur de Lille, Université de Lille 1, Institut de Biologie de Lille, BP 447, 1 rue Calmette, 59021 Lille Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Nathalie
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Callens
authors.forename: Jean-Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Baert
authors.forename: Didier
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Monté
authors.forename: Morten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sunesen
authors.forename: Carine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van Lint
authors.forename: Yvan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: de Launoit
mesh_terms: D051696:Activating Transcription Factors; D000818:Animals; D024682:BRCA2 Protein / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D051786:Cyclic AMP Response Element Modulator; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics*; D024522:Genes, BRCA2 / Q000502:physiology; D051379:Mice; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D018243:Teratocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D051696:Activating Transcription Factors; D024682:BRCA2 Protein; D001798:Blood Proteins; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051786:Cyclic AMP Response Element Modulator