Early B-Cell Factor, E2A, and Pax-5 Cooperate To Activate the Early B Cell-Specific mb-1 Promoter.
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Summary, in English
Previous studies have suggested that the early-B-cell-specific mb-1(Ig{alpha}) promoter is regulated by EBF and Pax-5. Here, we used in vivo footprinting assays to detect occupation of binding sites in endogenous mb-1 promoters at various stages of B-cell differentiation. In addition to EBF and Pax-5 binding sites, we detected occupancy of a consensus binding site for E2A proteins (E box) in pre-B cells. EBF and E box sites are crucial for promoter function in transfected pre-B cells, and EBF and E2A proteins synergistically activated the promoter in transfected HeLa cells. Other data suggest that EBF and E box sites are less important for promoter function at later stages of differentiation, whereas binding sites for Pax-5 (and its Ets ternary complex partners) are required for promoter function in all mb-1-expressing cells. Using DNA microarrays, we found that expression of endogenous mb-1 transcripts correlates most closely with EBF expression and negatively with Id1, an inhibitor of E2A protein function, further linking regulation of the mb-1 gene with EBF and E2A. Together, our studies demonstrate the complexity of factors regulating tissue-specific transcription and support the concept that EBF, E2A, and Pax-5 cooperate to activate target genes in early B-cell development.
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Publiceringsår
2002
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
8539-8551
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Volym
22
Issue
24
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Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
American Society for Microbiology
Ämne
- Cell and Molecular Biology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 0270-7306