title: Effects of aging on DNA-binding activity of the E47 transcription factor in splenic B cells.
abstract: In the present paper, we have investigated the DNA-binding activity of the E2A-encoded transcription factor E47 in LPS-activated splenic B cells from young and old BALB/c mice. E47 is a key regulator of B cell differentiation and function: it binds to the E-box site, found in the regulatory regions of several B cell-specific genes (immunoglobulin (Ig), mb-1, and lambda5), promotes cell survival of early pre-B cells, helps to initiate Ig rearrangements, promotes class switch and is perhaps involved in somatic mutation in mature splenic and lymph node B cells. Results show that LPS-stimulated splenic B cells from old mice display decreased E47 DNA-binding activity as compared to young mice and that in splenic activated B cells only E47 homodimers bind DNA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Miami School of Medicine, 1600 N.W. 10th Ave, Miami, FL 33136, USA. dfrasca@med.miami.edu
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Frasca
authors.forename: Diep
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Riley
authors.forename: Bonnie B
authors.initials: BB
authors.lastname: Blomberg
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D019281:Dimerization; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011485:Protein Binding / Q000276:immunology; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology; D051820:TCF Transcription Factors; D058125:Transcription Factor 7-Like 1 Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D051820:TCF Transcription Factors; C544913:Tcf7l1 protein, mouse; D058125:Transcription Factor 7-Like 1 Protein; D014157:Transcription Factors