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Nanba D, Inoue H, Shigemi Y, Shirakata Y, Hashimoto K, Higashiyama S. An intermediary role of proHB-EGF shedding in growth factor-induced c-Myc gene expression. J Cell Physiol 2007; 214:465-73. [PMID: 17674363 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Activation of growth factor receptors by ligand binding leads to an increased expression of c-Myc, a transcriptional regulator for cell proliferation. The activation of transcriptional factors via the activated receptors is thought to be the main role of c-Myc gene expression. We demonstrate here that epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)- and fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR)-mediated c-Myc induction and cell cycle progression in primary cultured mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) are abrogated by knockout of the heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (Hb-egf) gene, or by a metalloproteinase inhibitor, although molecules downstream of the receptors are activated. Induction of c-Myc expression by EGF or basic FGF is recovered in Hb-egf-depleted MEFs by overexpression of wild-type proHB-EGF, but no recovery was observed with an uncleavable mutant of proHB-EGF. The uncleavable mutant also inhibited EGF-induced acetylation of histone H3 at the mouse c-Myc first intron region, which could negatively affect transcriptional activation. We conclude that signal transduction initiated by generation of the carboxyl-terminal fragment of proHB-EGF (HB-EGF-CTF) in the shedding event plays an important intermediary role between growth factor receptor activation and c-Myc gene induction.
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MESH Headings
- Adenoviridae/genetics
- Alkaline Phosphatase/metabolism
- Animals
- Cell Culture Techniques
- Cell Cycle
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cells, Cultured
- Chromatin Immunoprecipitation
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Embryo, Mammalian/cytology
- Embryo, Mammalian/metabolism
- Epidermal Growth Factor/genetics
- Epidermal Growth Factor/pharmacology
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- ErbB Receptors/physiology
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 2/genetics
- Fibroblast Growth Factor 2/pharmacology
- Fibroblasts
- Fibrosarcoma/pathology
- Gene Expression
- Genes, myc
- Heparin/deficiency
- Heparin/genetics
- Heparin/physiology
- Humans
- Keratinocytes/cytology
- Keratinocytes/metabolism
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Microscopy, Fluorescence
- Mutation
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Receptors, Fibroblast Growth Factor/physiology
- Recombinant Proteins/pharmacology
- Transfection
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Affiliation(s)
- Daisuke Nanba
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Shitsukawa, Toon, Ehime, Japan
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Bench AJ, Erber WN, Follows GA, Scott MA. Molecular genetic analysis of haematological malignancies II: mature lymphoid neoplasms. Int J Lab Hematol 2007; 29:229-60. [PMID: 17617076 DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-553x.2007.00876.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Molecular genetic techniques have become an integral part of the diagnostic assessment for many lymphomas and other chronic lymphoid neoplasms. The demonstration of a clonal immunoglobulin or T cell receptor gene rearrangement offers a useful diagnostic tool in cases where the diagnosis is equivocal. Molecular genetic detection of other genomic rearrangements may not only assist with the diagnosis but can also provide important prognostic information. Many of these rearrangements can act as molecular markers for the detection of low levels of residual disease. In this review, we discuss the applications of molecular genetic analysis to the chronic lymphoid malignancies. The review concentrates on those disorders for which molecular genetic analysis can offer diagnostic and/or prognostic information.
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MESH Headings
- Burkitt Lymphoma/genetics
- Gene Rearrangement
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G/genetics
- Leukemia, Hairy Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, Lymphocytic, Chronic, B-Cell/genetics
- Leukemia, Prolymphocytic/genetics
- Leukemia-Lymphoma, Adult T-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, B-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, Follicular/genetics
- Lymphoma, Mantle-Cell/genetics
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin/genetics
- Lymphoma, T-Cell/genetics
- Molecular Diagnostic Techniques
- Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell/genetics
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- A J Bench
- Haemato-Oncology Diagnostic Service, Department of Haematology, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.
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Wilda M, Busch K, Klose I, Keller T, Woessmann W, Kreuder J, Harbott J, Borkhardt A. Level of MYC overexpression in pediatric Burkitt's lymphoma is strongly dependent on genomic breakpoint location within the MYC locus. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2004; 41:178-82. [PMID: 15287031 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.20063] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Increased transcriptional activity of the MYC gene is a characteristic feature of Burkitt's lymphoma. Aberrant MYC expression is caused by (1) chromosomal translocation to one of the loci carrying an immunoglobulin gene, (2) mutation within the translocated allele, (3) loss of the block to transcription elongation, or (4) promoter shift. To investigate the influence of breakpoint locations within the MYC gene on MYC transcript levels, we determined both the precise genomic MYC/IGH breakpoints and the amount of MYC mRNA in 25 samples of pediatric Burkitt's lymphoma with translocation t(8;14)(q24;q32). Patients with breakpoints that were 5' from MYC exon 1 had significantly lower expression of MYC than did patients who had a breakpoint within exon 1 or intron 1 (P < 0.05 and 0.005, respectively). The highest mRNA level of MYC (1,006 copies per 100 copies ABL1) was detected in patients with loss of the first exon and transcription initiation from a cryptic P3 promoter within the first intron of the MYC gene. In contrast, there was no obvious correlation between breakpoint locations within the IgH locus and the amount of MYC mRNA.
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- Monika Wilda
- Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Children's University Hospital, Giessen, Germany
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The World Health Organization Classification of Lymphoid Neoplasms identifies Burkitt lymphoma/leukemia as a highly aggressive mature B-cell neoplasm consisting of endemic, sporadic, and immunodeficiency-associated variants. These subtypes share many morphologic and immunophenotypic features, but differences exist in their clinical and geographic presentations. All of these subtypes possess chromosomal rearrangements of the c-myc oncogene, the genetic hallmark of Burkitt lymphoma that contributes to lymphomagenesis through alterations in cell cycle regulation, cellular differentiation, apoptosis, cellular adhesion, and metabolism. Brief-duration, high-intensity chemotherapy regimens containing aggressive central nervous system prophylaxis have had remarkable success in the treatment of this disease, with complete remission rates of 75% to 90% and overall survivals reaching 50% to 70% in adults. Although Burkitt lymphoma cells are extremely chemosensitive, biologically targeted therapies should be developed because current treatment options are suboptimal for patients with poor prognostic features or in the setting of relapsed disease.
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- Kristie A Blum
- Division of Hematology and Oncology, The Arthur G. James Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, A437 Starling Loving Hall, 320 West 10th Ave, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Vega F, Orduz R, Medeiros LJ. Chromosomal translocations and their role in the pathogenesis of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. Pathology 2002; 34:397-409. [PMID: 12408337 DOI: 10.1080/0031302021000009306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The discovery that non-Hodgkin's lymphomas are monoclonal and that recurrent chromosomal translocations are involved in their pathogenesis has greatly revolutionised their diagnosis and improved our understanding of these diseases. In the last decades, many genes deregulated by such recurrent chromosomal translocations have been identified. However, we have also learned that these genetic alterations are apparently insufficient, in themselves, to cause neoplastic cell transformation and that more complex genetic events must be involved. This review examines the involved genes in chromosomal translocations and current evidence and postulated mechanisms for their role in the pathogenesis of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.
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- Francisco Vega
- Department of Hematopathology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA
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Rahman L, Bliskovski V, Reinhold W, Zajac-Kaye M. Alternative splicing of brain-specific PTB defines a tissue-specific isoform pattern that predicts distinct functional roles. Genomics 2002; 80:245-9. [PMID: 12213192 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2002.6826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Splicing of neural-specific exons is differentially regulated in neuronal and non-neuronal cells. The polypyrimidine tract binding protein (PTB) has been implicated as a negative regulator for exon splicing, whereas the brain-specific homolog of PTB, termed nPTB, promotes exon splicing exclusively in neurons. We have now isolated a novel mRNA splice variant of nPTB from non-neuronal cells. In contrast to the neural nPTB transcript, the expression of this novel isoform was absent from brain tissue and was generated in non-neuronal cells by alternative splicing to include five additional amino acid residues encoded by exon 9. In addition, we identified a brain-specific transcript containing a novel, alternatively spliced, internal exon 10. The exclusion of this 34-nucleotide exon 10 in non-neuronal tissues generates a premature termination codon and results in the truncation of the open reading frame. Our findings suggest that alternative splicing of nPTB has an important role in regulation of tissue-specific gene expression and thus in the functional activity of nPTB in neuronal and non-neuronal cells.
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- Lambratu Rahman
- Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Katan-Khaykovich Y, Shaul Y. Nuclear import and DNA-binding activity of RFX1. Evidence for an autoinhibitory mechanism. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2001; 268:3108-16. [PMID: 11358531 DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02211.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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RFX1 binds and regulates the enhancers of a number of viruses and cellular genes. RFX1 belongs to the evolutionarily conserved RFX protein family that shares a DNA-binding domain and a conserved C-terminal region. In RFX1 this conserved region mediates dimerization, and is followed by a unique C-terminal tail, containing a highly acidic stretch. In HL-60 cells nuclear translocation of RFX1 is regulated by protein kinase C with unknown mechanisms. By confocal fluorescence microscopy, we have identified a nonclassical nuclear localization signal (NLS) at the extreme C-terminus. The adjacent 'acidic region', which showed no independent NLS activity, potentiated the function of the NLS. Subcellular fractionation showed that the tight association of RFX1 with the nucleus is mediated by its DNA-binding domain and enhanced by the dimerization domain. In contrast, the acidic region inhibited nuclear association, by down-regulating the DNA-binding activity of RFX1. These data suggest an autoinhibitory interaction, which may regulate the function of RFX1 at the level of DNA binding. The C-terminal tail thus constitutes a composite localization domain, which on the one hand mediates nuclear import of RFX1, and on the other hand inhibits its association with the nucleus and binding to DNA. The participation of the acidic region in both activities suggests a mechanism by which the nuclear import and DNA-binding activity of RFX1 may be coordinately regulated by phosphorylation by kinases such as PKC.
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- Y Katan-Khaykovich
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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The diagnostic category of Burkitt's lymphoma encompasses a closely related group of aggressive B-cell tumors that includes sporadic, endemic, and human immunodeficiency virus-associated subtypes. All subtypes are characterized by chromosomal rearrangements involving the c-myc proto-oncogene that lead to its inappropriate expression. This review focuses on the roles of c-myc dysregulation and Epstein-Barr virus infection in Burkitt's lymphoma. Although the normal function of c-Myc remains enigmatic, recent data indicate that it has a central role in several fundamental aspects of cellular biology, including proliferation, differentiation, metabolism, apoptosis, and telomere maintenance. We discuss new insights into the molecular mechanisms of these c-Myc activities and their potential relevance to the pathogenesis of Burkitt's lymphoma and speculate on the role of Epstein-Barr virus.
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- J L Hecht
- Departments of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Itkes A, Allegra CJ, Zajac-Kaye M. Multiprotein complexes present at the MIF motifs flanking the promoter of the human c-myc gene. FEBS Lett 2000; 474:23-8. [PMID: 10828444 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(00)01562-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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The activated c-myc allele in Burkitt's lymphoma is associated with a clustering of somatic mutations within a discrete domain of intron I that define protein recognition sequences, designated as myc intron factors (MIF-1, MIF-2 and MIF-3). We have previously shown that MIF-1 binding activity consists of two polypeptides, myc intron binding polypeptide (MIBP1) and RFX1. In the present study we identified two polypeptides, p105 and p115, and showed that these proteins give rise to a DNA-protein complex at the MIF-2 as well as the adjacent MIF-1 site. In addition, we demonstrated that all four proteins interact with a novel MIF-1 like motif upstream from the c-myc promoter region, designated 5'MIF. These data suggest a model, where the interactions of MIBP1/RFX1 and p105/p115 with the MIF-like sites may play a role in the promoter topology of the c-myc gene.
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- A Itkes
- Department of Developmental Therapeutics, Medicine Branch, Division of Clinical Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Navy Oncology Branch, Building 8, R 5101, Naval Hospital, 20889, Bethesda, MD, USA
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Futami K, Komiya T, Zhang H, Okamoto N. Determination of heterogeneous transcription start points of two c-myc genes from the common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Gene 2000; 245:43-7. [PMID: 10713443 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-1119(00)00044-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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We determined the heterogeneous transcription start points (tsp) of two c-myc genes from the common carp (Cyprinus carpio), tetraploid teleost, by the oligo-capping method and showed the existence of the first exon. This is the first report on the existence of the first exons of the fish c-myc gene. Transcription of the two carp c-myc genes started from at least four sites in CAM1, locating from -752 to -381bp upstream of the translation start site, and from 12 sites in CAM2, locating from -586 to -413bp upstream respectively. The first introns of CAM1 and CAM2 were deduced to be 335 and 356bp, respectively. They shared 86.9% nt identity, lower than those of the second exons (94.1%), and third exons (92.3%), which suggest that the first exons evolved faster. No nt identities were found between the c-myc first exons of carp and other vertebrates. The putative promoter regions in CAM1 and CAM2 contained no obvious TATA or CCAAT boxes in the expected positions.
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- K Futami
- Department of Aquatic Biosciences, Tokyo University of Fisheries, Konan 4, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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David-Cordonnier MH, Hamdane M, D'Halluin JC. c-Myb protein binds to the EP element of the HBV enhancer and regulates transcription in synergy with NF-M. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1999; 1446:82-92. [PMID: 10395921 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-4781(99)00070-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The hepatitis B virus (HBV) enhancer contains multiple active elements, one of which is the EP element, a 15 bp site important for its regulation by acting on other functional elements like the E site. The EP element, in the HBV enhancer context, contains two putative binding sites for c-myb family gene products. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays showed that the minimal c-Myb DNA-binding domain binds to the EP sequence. DNase I footprinting experiments revealed that only one consensus binding site was effectively protected. We found that c-Myb down-regulates transcription driving by the HBV enhancer in CAT assays performed in a haematopoietic (K562) and in a hepatic (HepG2) cell line. Interestingly, co-expression of both c-Myb and NF-M, a C/EBPbeta homologue which recognises the E element of the HBV enhancer, showed a synergistic transactivation of the HBV enhancer while, separately, each of them had an inhibitory effect on transcription in HepG2 and K562 cell lines, two cell types potentially infected by the hepatitis B virus.
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- M H David-Cordonnier
- U 124 INSERM Onco-Hématologie Moléculaire, Institut de Recherches sur le Cancer de Lille, Place de Verdun, 59.045, Lille, France
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Pan Q, Simpson RU. c-myc intron element-binding proteins are required for 1, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 regulation of c-myc during HL-60 cell differentiation and the involvement of HOXB4. J Biol Chem 1999; 274:8437-44. [PMID: 10085075 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.274.13.8437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25-(OH)2D3) suppresses c-myc expression during differentiation of HL-60 cells along the monocytic pathway by blocking transcriptional elongation at the first exon/intron border of the c-myc gene. In the present study, the physiological relevance of three putative regulatory protein binding sites found within a 280-base pair region in intron 1 of the c-myc gene was explored. HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells were transiently transfected with three different c-myc promoter constructs cloned upstream of a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene. With the wild-type c-myc promoter construct (pMPCAT), which contains MIE1, MIE2, and MIE3 binding sites, 1,25-(OH)2D3 was able to decrease CAT activity by 45.4 +/- 7.9% (mean +/- S.E., n = 8). The ability of 1, 25-(OH)2D3 to inhibit CAT activity was significantly decreased to 18. 5 +/- 4.3% (59.3% reversal, p < 0.02) when examined with a MIE1 deletion construct (pMPCAT-MIE1). Moreover, 1,25-(OH)2D3 was completely ineffective at suppressing CAT activity in cells transfected with pMPCAT-287, a construct without MIE1, MIE2, and MIE3 binding sites (-6.5 +/- 10.9%, p < 0.002). MIE1- and MIE2-binding proteins induced by 1,25-(OH)2D3 had similar gel shift mobilities, while MIE3-binding proteins migrated differently. Furthermore, chelerythrine chloride, a selective protein kinase C (PKC) inhibitor, and a PKCbeta antisense oligonucleotide completely blocked the binding of nuclear proteins induced by 1,25-(OH)2D3 to MIE1, MIE2, and MIE3. A 1,25-(OH)2D3-inducible MIE1-binding protein was identified to be HOXB4. HOXB4 levels were significantly increased in response to 1,25-(OH)2D3. Taken together, these results indicate that HOXB4 is one of the nuclear phosphoproteins involved in c-myc transcription elongation block during HL-60 cell differentiation by 1,25-(OH)2D3.
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- Q Pan
- Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, School of Medicine, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0632, USA
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Katan-Khaykovich Y, Shaul Y. RFX1, a single DNA-binding protein with a split dimerization domain, generates alternative complexes. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:24504-12. [PMID: 9733744 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.38.24504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The transcription of various viral and cellular genes is regulated by palindromic and nonpalindromic DNA sites resembling the EP element of the hepatitis B virus enhancer, which generate similar DNA-protein complexes. The upper EP complex contains homodimers of the transcription regulator RFX1. We show that RFX1 possesses a split, extended dimerization domain composed of several evolutionarily conserved boxes, one of which was previously shown to mediate dimerization. Such an unusually long and complex dimerization domain could potentially serve for generating multiple complexes. In addition to the previously characterized complex, RFX1 generated a novel DNA-protein complex of extremely low mobility, formed only with palindromic DNA sites. Different deletions within the dimerization domain altered the relative abundance of the two complexes, suggesting an interplay between them. Formation of the low mobility complex correlated with transcriptional repression, in that both activities were mediated by several portions of the conserved region. Our results propose a mechanism by which the extended dimerization domain mediates the formation of alternative homodimeric complexes, which differ in the nature of the intersubunit interaction. By participating in different types of interactions, this domain may regulate the relative abundance of the different complexes, thus affecting transcriptional activity.
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- Y Katan-Khaykovich
- Department of Molecular Genetics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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c-myc gene abnormalities associated with lymphomagenesis, including rearrangements and mutations in the regulatory region between exon I and intron I, have been studied in 54 MALT lymphomas (43 low and 11 high grade) and 36 nodal lymphomas (27 low and 9 high grade). By Southern blot analysis, none of the 54 MALT lymphomas but 2 of 36 nodal lymphomas had c-myc gene rearrangements. Defined tumour cell populations from all MALT lymphoma cases were isolated by microdissection from frozen tissue sections and analysed by polymerase chain reaction-single-strand conformational polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) and direct sequencing for somatic mutations in the exon I/intron I region of the gene. Point mutations in this region were identified in nine cases of MALT lymphomas (7/43 = 16.2 per cent of low grade; 2/11 = 18.1 per cent of high grade). These mutations were located at either the exon I/intron I border of myc intron factor (MIF) binding sites, which are critical in the negative regulation of c-myc expression. Of the nodal lymphomas, only the two cases (5-6 per cent) with c-myc gene rearrangement showed scattered or clustered mutations. These results suggest that c-myc mutations in MALT lymphomas are unlikely to be associated with chromosome translocation, which is the main cause of somatic mutations observed in other types of lymphomas. The mutations involving the c-myc regulatory regions may play a pathogenetic role in at least a proportion of MALT lymphomas.
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- H Peng
- Department of Histopathology, University College London Medical School, U.K
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Blake M, Niklinski J, Zajac-Kaye M. Interactions of the transcription factors MIBP1 and RFX1 with the EP element of the hepatitis B virus enhancer. J Virol 1996; 70:6060-6. [PMID: 8709229 PMCID: PMC190627 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.70.9.6060-6066.1996] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023] Open
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We previously demonstrated that MIBP1 and RFX1 polypeptides associate in vivo to form a complex that binds to the MIF-1 element in the c-myc gene and the major histocompatibility complex class II X-box recognition sequence. We now show that the EP element, a key regulatory sequence within hepatitis B virus enhancer I, also associates with MIBP1 and RFX1. Using polyclonal antisera directed against either oligonucleotide-purified MIBP1 or a peptide derived from the major histocompatibility complex class II promoter-binding protein RFX1, we showed that MIBP1 and RFX1 are both present in the DNA-protein complexes at the EP site. In addition, while the EP element can act cooperatively with several adjacent elements to transactivate hepatitis B virus expression, we demonstrated that the EP site alone can repress transcription of simian virus 40 promoter in a position- and orientation-independent manner, suggesting a silencer function in hepatocarcinoma cells.
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- M Blake
- Laboratory of Biological Chemistry, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
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Jacobs DB, Mandelin AM, Giordano T, Xue I, Malter JS, Singh LD, Snyder AK, Singh SP. AUUUA-specific mRNA binding proteins in astrocytes. Life Sci 1996; 58:2083-9. [PMID: 8649193 DOI: 10.1016/0024-3205(96)00202-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Binding of ribonucleoproteins to specific regions of mRNA can alter mRNA stability. This level of posttranscriptional regulation has been shown to play a major role in gene expression of eukaryotic cells. This process involves the binding of ribonucleoproteins to specific region(s) of unstable, rapidly degrading mRNAs such as those found in various cytokines, lymphokines, and oncogenes, thereby increasing the mRNA's stability. In many instances the instability of the mRNA has been mapped to an AU-rich motif in the 3' untranslated region. We transcribed RNA molecules containing four reiterations of an AUUUA motif, and demonstrated with RNA- band shift experiments that the AUUUA motif complexes with phosphorylated AUUUA-specific 43-47 kDa mRNA binding protein(s) found in the cytosol of both rat brain and cultured rat astrocytes.
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- D B Jacobs
- Endocrine-Metabolic Division, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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Riou JF, Gabillot M, Riou G. Analysis of topoisomerase II-mediated DNA cleavage of the c-myc gene during HL60 differentiation. FEBS Lett 1993; 334:369-72. [PMID: 8243649 DOI: 10.1016/0014-5793(93)80714-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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We have investigated the effect of mAMSA, a potent topoisomerase II inhibitor, on the c-myc proto-oncogene of the acute promyelocytic leukemia HL60 cell line during its differentiation. When HL60 cells were induced by dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) to terminally differentiate, a rapid drop in the level of c-myc mRNA was observed, followed by an arrest of cell proliferation. In contrast, the level of topoisomerase II mRNA was transiently increased with a maximum at 6 h after DMSO addition and was then completely abolished after 48 h, indicating that topoisomerase II is activated during the onset of HL60 differentiation. In exponentially growing cells, treatment by mAMSA results in the formation of topoisomerase II-mediated double strand DNA breaks in the c-myc gene at positions where topoisomerase II would normally nick and reseal the two strands. In HL60 cells treated with both mAMSA and DMSO, the sites in the c-myc gene at which mAMSA had induced cleavage were not altered. However, a DNA cleavage site located at the end of the first c-myc exon (position +3100), was strongly stimulated by mAMSA and DMSO treatment. This site fell within a DNase I hypersensitive region encompassing the MYC intron factor 1 (MIF1) binding site, where transcription elongation is normally blocked during differentiation. These data indicate that a change of topoisomerase II binding to critical regulatory region of the c-myc gene is associated with the downregulation of this gene during differentiation.
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- J F Riou
- Rhône-Poulenc Rorer SA. Département Biologie, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
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Somatic mutations in c-myc intron I cluster in discrete domains that define protein binding sequences. J Biol Chem 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)36556-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bradley JF, Rothberg PG, Ladanyi M, Chaganti RS. Hypermutation of the MYC gene in diffuse large cell lymphomas with translocations involving band 8q24. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1993; 7:128-30. [PMID: 7687864 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.2870070303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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The sequence of the exon 1/intron 1 boundary region of the MYC gene was determined in two diffuse large cell lymphomas (DLCL), one with t(8;14) (q24;q32) and the other with t(8;22) (q24;q11). Both tumors had multiple mutations in this region. Also, both tumors had mutations in the protein binding site in intron 1, which is a frequent target for mutational inactivation in endemic Burkitt's lymphoma (eBL). The translocations at 8q24, and multiple mutations in the exon 1/intron 1 boundary region, are reminiscent of similar findings in eBL. The same underlying oncogenic event that occurs in most eBLs is thus found in some DLCLs.
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- J F Bradley
- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO 64108
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Tachibana K, Takayama N, Matsuo K, Kato S, Yamamoto K, Ohyama K, Umezawa A, Takano T. Allele-specific activation of the c-myc gene in an atypical Burkitt's lymphoma carrying the t(2;8) chromosomal translocation 250 kb downstream from c-myc. Gene 1993; 124:231-7. [PMID: 8444346 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(93)90398-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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The genetic structure and regulation of the c-myc gene was comprehensively studied for the first time in Burkitt's lymphoma with t(2;8) translocation. In a Burkitt's lymphoma cell line, KOBK101, the immunoglobulin kappa-encoding gene on chromosome 2, accompanied by its enhancer, was translocated to the pvt-1 locus located about 250 kb downstream from c-myc on chromosome 8. Only the c-myc allele on the translocated chromosome carried aberrant SalI and KpnI sites in the first intron, so the two c-myc alleles and their transcripts were analyzed separately. The c-myc allele on the untranslocated chromosome conserved the normal c-myc sequence and was transcriptionally silent. In contrast, the c-myc allele on the translocated chromosome was actively transcribed at three- to fivefold higher levels, as compared with non-malignant B-cell lines. Additionally, it carried predominant multiple mutations consisting of 64 nucleotide substitutions, three short deletions, and a one-base insertion, most of which clustered in the first exon and intron. The 24-base deletion in the first intron completely overlapped the binding site of a putative negative transcriptional factor of the 138-kDa phosphoprotein, MIF. Thus, the multiple mutations and the deregulated, allele-specific expression of c-myc were associated with the chromosomal translocation in cis. Together activation by the long-distance immunoglobulin kappa enhancer, and the alleviation of negative regulation by the mutations, seemed to cause the allele-specific activation of c-myc.
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MESH Headings
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Blotting, Northern
- Burkitt Lymphoma/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, myc
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Restriction Mapping
- Transcription, Genetic
- Translocation, Genetic
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- K Tachibana
- Department of Microbiology, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
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Beenken SW, Raycroft L, Lozano G. Inhibition of the mutant p53 gene in transformation assays. J Surg Res 1992; 52:401-5. [PMID: 1593878 DOI: 10.1016/0022-4804(92)90123-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Mutation of the p53 gene is a key element in the development of several human cancers. Intron 4, a noncoding region of the p53 gene, is required for optimal expression of that gene. We have previously shown that nuclear protein binds intron 4 and have defined the protein-binding site. In this paper we address the question, "Does the mutant p53 gene's ability to transform cells to the malignant phenotype depend on protein binding to intron 4?" Using an in vitro assay in which the mutant p53 gene and Ha-ras oncogene cooperate in transformation of cells to the malignant phenotype, we determined the ability of mutant mouse p53 gene constructs, with and without two base pair substitutions at the intron 4 protein-binding site, to participate in malignant transformation. On Day 1, 5 x 10(5) rat embryo fibroblasts were transfected by the calcium phosphate procedure with 10 micrograms of both a mutant p53 gene construct and Ha-ras oncogene. Malignant transformation was evidenced by the formation of discrete foci of heaped-up cells. After 14 days of incubation at 37 degrees C in DMEM and 10% fetal calf serum (8% CO2), the cells were stained with cresyl violet and the foci counted. In three separate experiments, the presence of two base pair substitutions at the intron 4 protein-binding site caused a significant decrease in the number of foci formed (P less than 0.05).
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- S W Beenken
- Department of Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294
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Hashinaka K, Yamada M. Undermethylation and DNase I hypersensitivity of myeloperoxidase gene in HL-60 cells before and after differentiation. Arch Biochem Biophys 1992; 293:40-5. [PMID: 1309985 DOI: 10.1016/0003-9861(92)90362-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Methylation and DNase I-hypersensitive sites of the myeloperoxidase gene in human myeloid leukemia HL-60 cells were studied by Southern blot hybridization using the myeloperoxidase gene probes. Digestion of DNA with a methylation-sensitive restriction endonuclease indicated that a CpG in the CCGG sequence located 3.53 kbp upstream of the myeloperoxidase gene was unmethylated in HL-60 cells expressing the gene, whereas it was methylated in K562 cells and human placenta not expressing the gene. The site in HL-60 cells remained unmethylated after retinoic acid- or 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate-induced differentiation that arrests myeloperoxidase synthesis. Digestion of isolated nuclei with various amounts of DNase I indicated that four DNase I-hypersensitive sites were in an upstream region of the myeloperoxidase gene in HL-60 cells and three sites were within the gene. In retinoic acid-induced cells, the bands of the hypersensitive site near the 5' side of the gene and that in the first intron became weak, while that of the site in the fifth intron became strong. The bands of these hypersensitive sites were weak in K562 cells. The implications of these changes in tissue-specific expression and developmental down-regulation of the myeloperoxidase gene are discussed.
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- K Hashinaka
- Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University, Japan
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Leibowitz D, Young K, Cox G. Sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins within the Mbcr on the Ph1 chromosome. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 1991; 3:308-12. [PMID: 1958595 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.2870030410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The Philadelphia1 (Ph1) chromosome results from a reciprocal translocation between chromosome 9 and chromosome 22, which fuses a portion of the ABL oncogene to the BCR gene, forming the BCR/ABL fusion gene. This produces a fusion protein with a greatly increased protein tyrosine kinase activity in comparison to that of the normal ABL protein. The BCR/ABL gene is transcribed from the promoter of the normal BCR gene, but little is known about the regulation of its expression. In this study, we asked whether there are sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins (DBP) that bind to the breakpoint cluster region (bcr, or Mbcr) within the BCR gene. Sequence-specific DBP located within the Mbcr could have a transcription-regulating effect, and they could participate in the recombination that generates BCR/ABL. Our data show that there are sequence-specific DBP that bind within the Mbcr.
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MESH Headings
- DNA, Neoplasm/metabolism
- DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/biosynthesis
- Fusion Proteins, bcr-abl/genetics
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/genetics
- Leukemia, Myelogenous, Chronic, BCR-ABL Positive/metabolism
- Neoplasm Proteins/biosynthesis
- Neoplasm Proteins/genetics
- Oncogenes
- Philadelphia Chromosome
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
- Transcription Factors/metabolism
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- D Leibowitz
- Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis
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A redox switch and phosphorylation are involved in the post-translational up-regulation of the adenosine-uridine binding factor by phorbol ester and ionophore. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)49969-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Zajac-Kaye M, Yu B, Ben-Baruch N. Downstream regulatory elements in the c-myc gene. Curr Top Microbiol Immunol 1990; 166:279-84. [PMID: 2073807 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-75889-8_34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- M Zajac-Kaye
- Medicine Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Maryland 20892
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