title: Proto-oncogene FBI-1 (Pokemon) and SREBP-1 synergistically activate transcription of fatty-acid synthase gene (FASN).
abstract: FBI-1 (Pokemon/ZBTB7A) is a proto-oncogenic transcription factor of the BTB/POZ (bric-à-brac, tramtrack, and broad complex and pox virus zinc finger) domain family. Recent evidence suggested that FBI-1 might be involved in adipogenic gene expression. Coincidentally, expression of FBI-1 and fatty-acid synthase (FASN) genes are often increased in cancer and immortalized cells. Both FBI-1 and FASN are important in cancer cell proliferation. SREBP-1 is a major regulator of many adipogenic genes, and FBI-1 and SREBP-1 (sterol-responsive element (SRE)-binding protein 1) interact with each other directly via their DNA binding domains. FBI-1 enhanced the transcriptional activation of SREBP-1 on responsive promoters, pGL2-6x(SRE)-Luc and FASN gene. FBI-1 and SREBP-1 synergistically activate transcription of the FASN gene by acting on the proximal GC-box and SRE/E-box. FBI-1, Sp1, and SREBP-1 can bind to all three SRE, GC-box, and SRE/E-box. Binding competition among the three transcription factors on the GC-box and SRE/E-box appears important in the transcription regulation. FBI-1 is apparently changing the binding pattern of Sp1 and SREBP-1 on the two elements in the presence of induced SREBP-1 and drives more Sp1 binding to the proximal promoter with less of an effect on SREBP-1 binding. The changes induced by FBI-1 appear critical in the synergistic transcription activation. The molecular mechanism revealed provides insight into how proto-oncogene FBI-1 may attack the cellular regulatory mechanism of FASN gene expression to provide more phospholipid membrane components needed for rapid cancer cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Institute of Genetic Science, Yonsei University School of Medicine, 134, ShinChon-Dong, SeoDaeMoon-Ku, Seoul 120-752, Korea.
authors.forename: Won-Il
authors.initials: WI
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.forename: Bu-Nam
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.forename: Hyejin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Jung-Yoon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Yeon-Sook
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dong-In
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: Myung-Hwa
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Yu-Ri
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Choong-Eun
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Kyung-Sup
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Timothy F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.forename: Man-Wook
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Hur
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008954:Models, Biological; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1 / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C497387:SREBF1 protein, human; C497388:Srebf1 protein, mouse; D051780:Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C485514:ZBTB7A protein, human; C117093:Zbtb7a protein, mouse; D064429:Fatty Acid Synthases