Transcription factor AP-4 is a ligand for immunoglobulin-κ promoter E-box elements
(2001) In Biochemical Journal 354(2). p.431-438- Abstract
Immunoglobulin (Ig)-κ promoters from humans and mice share conserved sequences. The octamer element is common to all Ig promoters and pivotal for their function. However, other conserved sequence motifs, that differ between lg variable gene families, are required for normal promoter function. These conserved motifs do not stimulate transcription in the absence of an octamer. One example is an E-box of the E47/E12 type (5′-CAGCTG-3′), which is found in all promoters of the human and murine Ig-κ gene subgroups/families, with the exception of subgroups II and VI and their related murine families. In the present study we show that the ubiquitously expressed transcription factor AP-4, and not E47, interacts specifically with the κ promoter... (More)
Immunoglobulin (Ig)-κ promoters from humans and mice share conserved sequences. The octamer element is common to all Ig promoters and pivotal for their function. However, other conserved sequence motifs, that differ between lg variable gene families, are required for normal promoter function. These conserved motifs do not stimulate transcription in the absence of an octamer. One example is an E-box of the E47/E12 type (5′-CAGCTG-3′), which is found in all promoters of the human and murine Ig-κ gene subgroups/families, with the exception of subgroups II and VI and their related murine families. In the present study we show that the ubiquitously expressed transcription factor AP-4, and not E47, interacts specifically with the κ promoter E-boxes when tested in electrophoretic mobility-shift assays using nuclear extracts derived from human and murine B-cell lines. Furthermore, AP-4, unlike E47, did not act as a transactivator, which is in agreement with previous studies on intact κ promoters, showing that transcription is absent when the octamer element has been mutated. Based on these data, and the conservation of the 5′-CAGCTG-3′ motif among human and murine κ promoters, we propose that AP-4 is the major ligand for Ig-κ promoter E-boxes.
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- Aranburu, A. ; Carlsson, R. LU ; Persson, C. and Leanderson, T. LU
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- 2001-03-01
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- bHLH-Zip protein, Conserved sequences, Immunoglobulin genes
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- Biochemical Journal
- volume
- 354
- issue
- 2
- pages
- 8 pages
- publisher
- Portland Press
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- pmid:11171123
- scopus:0035281602
- ISSN
- 0264-6021
- DOI
- 10.1042/0264-6021:3540431
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- English
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title = {{Transcription factor AP-4 is a ligand for immunoglobulin-κ promoter E-box elements}},
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