title: Cell-cycle-dependent regulation of the human and mouse Tome-1 promoters.
abstract: Tome-1, which refers to a trigger of mitotic entry 1, mediates the destruction of the mitosis-inhibitory kinase, Wee1, via the E3 ligase, SCF. In turn, Tome-1 itself is targeted for degradation by APC in the G1 phase of the cell cycle. In the present study, we analyzed the human and mouse Tome-1 promoter regions. Using synchronized cultures of NIH3T3 cells transfected with Tome-1 promoter/luciferase constructs, we showed that the promoter activity of Tome-1 is activated at the G2/M phase. Using various Tome-1 promoter/luciferase constructs, we showed that the CCAAT box located upstream of the transcription initiation site is important for the basal promoter activity. We identified a repressor element (cell-cycle-dependent element/cell cycle gene homology region) in the vicinity of the transcription start site, and mutations within this element diminished the cell-cycle-dependent transcriptional regulation of Tome-1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Kanagawa 214-8571, Japan. yoshida@isc.meiji.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kenichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshida
mesh_terms: D024506:5' Flanking Region / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000235:genetics*; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002455:Cell Division; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D016195:G2 Phase; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C473796:CDCA3 protein, human; D018797:Cell Cycle Proteins; C473795:Tome-1 protein, mouse