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Assembly requirements of PU.1–Pip (IRF‐4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers
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Gene expression in higher eukaryotes appears to be regulated by specific combinations of transcription factors binding to regulatory sequences. The Ets factor PU.1 and the IRF protein Pip (IRF-4) represent a pair of interacting transcription factors implicated in regulating B cell-specific gene expression. Pip is recruited to its binding site on DNA by phosphorylated PU.1. PU.1-Pip interaction is shown to be template directed and involves two distinct protein-protein interaction surfaces: (i) the ets and IRF DNA-binding domains; and (ii) the phosphorylated PEST region of PU.1 and a lysine-requiring putative alpha-helix in Pip. Thus, a coordinated set of protein-protein and protein-DNA contacts are essential for PU.1-Pip ternary complex assembly. To analyze the function of these factors in vivo, we engineered chimeric repressors containing the ets and IRF DNA-binding domains connected by a flexible POU domain linker. When stably expressed, the wild-type fused dimer strongly repressed the expression of a rearranged immunoglobulin lambda gene, thereby establishing the functional importance of PU.1-Pip complexes in B cell gene expression. Comparative analysis of the wild-type dimer with a series of mutant dimers distinguished a gene regulated by PU.1 and Pip from one regulated by PU.1 alone. This strategy should prove generally useful in analyzing the function of interacting transcription factors in vivo, and for identifying novel genes regulated by such complexes.
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“When co-expressed ectopically, PU.1 and Pip synergistically activate transcription of a reporter gene containing multiple copies of the composite element from the IgL λ enhancer, E λ2-4 (Eisenbeis et al., 1995).”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Introduction
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- Supportedcites Eisenbeis et al., 1995 source
The section “In conjunction with PU.1, Pip functions as a transcriptional activator” reports that neither protein alone activated the reporter, whereas co-expression in NIH-3T3 cells did. Figure 6 identifies the reporter as containing a tetramer of composite elements from the Eλ2-4 enhancer. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“A C-terminal regulatory domain within Pip itself is also required for ternary complex assembly (Brass et al., 1996).”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Introduction
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- Partly supportedcites Brass et al., 1996 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The deletion analysis reports that Pip amino acids 410–439 are necessary for high-affinity ternary complex formation with PU.1. However, mutants lacking that segment still formed weak ternary complexes, so the paper does not show that the C-terminal domain is required for assembly altogether. The relevant passages are in the section on Pip repression of IFN-inducible transcription; page numbers are unavailable in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“In addition, this regulatory domain autoinhibits binding of Pip to DNA in the absence of PU.1.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Introduction
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- Supportedcites Brass et al., 1996 source
The 'Structural basis for PU.1-dependent DNA-binding of Pip' section identifies amino acids 138–450 as a regulatory domain responsible for autoinhibition of DNA binding. The deletion-analysis section reports that full-length Pip did not bind DNA independently but formed a ternary complex with PU.1. Page numbers are not provided in the supplied passages. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“Previously, using deletion analysis and secondary structure predictions, we suggested that a putative α-helical region (amino acids 399-413) in Pip's C-terminus is important for ternary complex formation with PU.1 (Figure 1A and B; Brass et al., 1996).”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Results
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- Supportedcites Brass et al., 1996 source
In “Structural basis for PU.1-dependent DNA-binding of Pip,” the authors predict an α-helical region in Pip’s C-terminus and postulate that it may play a key role in ternary complex formation. The “Model of PU.1/Pip ternary complex formation” identifies that putative helix as amino acids 399–413. The citing sentence preserves the paper’s tentative framing. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“PU.1 and Pip represent the major components of the ternary complex formed with nuclear extract from these cells”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > The PipPU chimeric repressor blocks endogenous IgL λ gene expression when stably expressed in B cells
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- Supportedcites Brass et al., 1996 source
In the “Pip is NF-EM5” section (page not provided), anti-PU.1 and anti-Pip antisera each supershift the JB2 complex formed with J558L nuclear extract. The authors conclude that Pip is the predominant factor associating with PU.1 on these enhancer segments in J558L cells. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“On lower affinity sites, however, the chelating effect provided by the linker may lower the overall entropic cost associated with binding, allowing PipPU to bind as efficiently as the wildtype proteins”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering PU.1-Pip chimeric repressors
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- Partly supportedcites Klemm and Pabo, 1996 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The “Contribution of the linker to cooperative binding” section (page unavailable) says the linker produces a chelate effect and reduces the entropic cost of complex formation. The paper studies Oct-1 POU-domain binding; it does not establish that PipPU binds lower-affinity sites as efficiently as wild-type proteins. (LLM, conf=0.87)
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“it appears that other, as yet uncharacterized helices within this region may pack together with Pip's helix amino acids 395-413 to form a tertiary fold which is competent for PU.1 association.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Cooperative binding by PU.1 and Pip is regulated by multiple interdependent DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
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- Partly supportedcites Brass et al., 1996 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
In the deletion-analysis passage (page not available), removing Pip residues 150–340 weakened ternary complex formation with PU.1; the authors suggest that region may position the carboxy-terminal domain or contain another required region. In “Structural basis for PU.1-dependent DNA-binding of Pip” (page not available), they propose a role for a putative helix near residues 399–413. Our copy does not say that uncharacterized helices in residues 150–340 pack with it to form a tertiary fold. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“This is presumably due to displacement of endogenous PU.1 from an isolated Ets site in the J chain promoter”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Fused dimers as a general tool for analysis of combinatorial control of transcription in vivo
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- Supportedcites Shin and Koshland, 1993 source
In “A PU.1 dominant negative mutant blocks PU.1 regulation of the J-chain gene promoter” (Fig. 10; page not provided), the paper reports that the N133 mutant suppressed J-chain promoter activity by competitively binding its single PU.1 site. It interprets this as preventing endogenous PU.1 from binding the JB element, supporting the proposed displacement mechanism. (LLM, conf=0.94)
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“This is consistent with increased expression of Pip in plasma cell lines such as J558L”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering PU.1-Pip chimeric repressors
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- Supportedcites Brass et al., 1996 source
The “Pip is NF-EM5” section reports Western blot detection of Pip in B-cell lines, including the plasmacyte line J558L, with expression increasing in later-stage cells (Fig. 1B). This supports the claim of increased Pip expression in a plasma-cell line such as J558L. (LLM, conf=0.93)
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“Each enhancer contains an essential composite site (λB) bound by PU.1 and Pip”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering PU.1-Pip chimeric repressors
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- Could not verifycites Hagman et al., 1990 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Abstract identifies two lambda enhancers, and “Cloning of a second enhancer and comparison with” discusses conserved sequence motifs. Neither passage identifies an essential λB composite site or reports binding by PU.1 and Pip; searches for those terms found no supporting passage in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.76)
- Not matchedcites Rudin and Storb 1992
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Eisenbeis et al., 1993 source
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“Therefore, this domain contains structural determinants important for both PU.1 interaction and autoinhibition (Brass et al., 1996).”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Introduction
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- Supportedcites Brass et al., 1996 source
The paper’s “Structural basis for PU.1-dependent DNA-binding of Pip” section states that Pip amino acids 138–450 contain structural determinants for both autoinhibition of DNA binding and specific association with PU.1, and identifies this region as a regulatory domain. This directly supports the attributed claim. (LLM, conf=0.95)
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“Pip deletion mutants which retained the ability to form a ternary complex with PU.1 (1-439 and 1-419; Brass et al., 1996; data not shown) stimulated transcription comparable with full-length Pip.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Results
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- Partly supportedcites Brass et al., 1996 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
In the section on Pip amino acids 410–439 (page not supplied), Brass et al. report that deleting Pip to residue 439 did not affect ternary complex formation with PU.1. Our copy does not report the 1–419 mutant or show that these two mutants stimulated transcription comparably to full-length Pip; the citing sentence labels the transcription result “data not shown.” (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“This linker was chosen because it flexibly connects the POU homeo-and POUspecific domains (Herr and Cleary, 1995), and appears unstructured in the Oct-1-DNA co-crystal structure (Klemm et al., 1994).”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering a PU.1-Pip chimeric repressor
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- Supportedcites Herr and Cleary, 1995 source
Herr and Cleary is cited for the linker’s flexible connection between the POU-specific and POU homeo domains. The POU domain and POU-domain linker sections explicitly describe that connection and its flexibility. The co-crystal observation is separately attributed to Klemm et al. in the citing sentence, so it is not required of this citation. (LLM, conf=0.94)
- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Klemm et al., 1994 source
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“As shown previously, full-length Pip cannot bind to DNA in the absence of PU.1; however, a C-terminal deletion mutant, Pip 1-410, can bind DNA independently (Figure 2A, compare lanes 2 and 3; Brass et al.,1996).”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Results
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- Partly supportedcites Brass et al., 1996 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The deletion-analysis section reports that full-length Pip did not bind DNA independently in its gel-shift assay, while Pip 1–410 did. But the ‘Pip functions as a dichotomous regulator’ section says full-length Pip could bind DNA without PU.1 in cell extracts under different conditions, so the unqualified ‘cannot’ overstates the result. (LLM, conf=0.86)
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“J558L B cells also express the J chain gene, the transcription of which has been suggested to be regulated by PU.1 binding to the J chain promoter”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > The PipPU chimeric repressor blocks endogenous IgL λ gene expression when stably expressed in B cells
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- Partly supportedcites Shin and Koshland, 1993 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion (page unavailable) reports that PU.1 binds a regulatory element in the J-chain promoter and activates J-chain transcription. The paper identifies S194 as a J-chain-expressing cell line, but the passages found do not establish that J558L cells express the gene; the cell-line-specific part of the claim is unsupported. (LLM, conf=0.84)
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“we identified a predicted α-helix within Pip's C-terminus (amino acids 395-413) that is critical for both formation of a ternary complex and autoinhibition of DNA binding”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Cooperative binding by PU.1 and Pip is regulated by multiple interdependent DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
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- Partly supportedcites Brass et al., 1996 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Structural basis section postulates that a putative α-helical region may play a key role in ternary complex formation and autoinhibition; the Model section identifies that region as amino acids 399–413, not 395–413. The paper’s deletion results establish the importance of a broader segment, amino acids 410–439, but do not establish that the predicted helix itself is critical. (LLM, conf=0.88)
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“Probes B1 and C1 differ in their flanking sequences”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering a PU.1-Pip chimeric repressor
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- Could not verifycites Brass et al., 1996 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Gel mobility shift assays section describes a murine κB-site probe, and the Pip is NF-EM5 section describes complexes formed on that probe, but neither identifies probes B1 and C1 or compares their flanking sequences. Searches for “B1 and C1,” “C1 probe,” and “flanking sequences” found no passage addressing the claimed difference. (LLM, conf=0.75)
- Not matchedcites Himmelman et al., 1997
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“IRF-3 possesses a C-terminal autoinhibitory region.Regulated phosphorylation of this region upon viral infection stimulates DNA binding”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Cooperative binding by PU.1 and Pip is regulated by multiple interdependent DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
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- Partly supportedcites Lin et al., 1998 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion proposes a C-terminal autoinhibitory domain and a model in which virus-induced phosphorylation relieves autoinhibition and leads to DNA binding; the Abstract also reports stimulated DNA binding. The claim states the proposed domain as established and implies that the autoinhibitory domain itself is phosphorylated. The Discussion places that domain at amino acids 407–427, but the phosphorylation sites at 396–405. (LLM, conf=0.84)
- Partly supportedcites Yoneyama et al., 1998 sourceExperimental — accuracy not yet measured
The Discussion reports that viral stimulation induces IRF-3 phosphorylation and sequence-specific DNA-binding activity; the Functional domains of IRF-3 section implicates C-terminal serines 385 and 386 in the virus-induced response. Our copy does not identify a C-terminal autoinhibitory region, and the Discussion says the order of phosphorylation and DNA-binding activation could not be determined. (LLM, conf=0.85)
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“A recent study using protein-protein interaction assays suggests that PU.1 and Pip can interact in the absence of template DNA”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Cooperative binding by PU.1 and Pip is regulated by multiple interdependent DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
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- Supportedcites Perkel et al., 1998 source
The section “Interaction of GST-Pip and PU.1 in solution requires the PU.1 ETS domain” reports a protein-interaction assay in which PU.1 bound GST-Pip without DNA. It explicitly concludes that PU.1 and Pip can physically interact in solution. (LLM, conf=0.95)
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“recent work has shown that PU.1 nucleates a multi-transcription factor complex on the E κ3Ј”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering PU.1-Pip chimeric repressors
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- Supportedcites Pongubala and Atchison, 1997 source
The paper states that PU.1 participates with other transcription factors in forming a higher-order complex on the immunoglobulin κ 3′ enhancer. The Discussion describes PU.1 as important to the complex’s formation and calls the mechanism nucleation of enhancer-binding proteins. The supplied passages have section labels but no page numbers. (LLM, conf=0.92)
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“The PU.1-and Pip-binding sites have been underlined based on methylation interference analysis of the λB site(Eisenbeis et al., 1995).”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Northern blot analysis
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- Supportedcites Eisenbeis et al., 1995 source
The methylation-interference results (Fig. 2C; page unavailable in our copy) delimit the Pip-binding site adjacent to the previously determined PU.1-binding site. The Figure 2 caption says the paper compares its Pip results with methylation-interference results for PU.1, supporting the cited basis for marking both sites. (LLM, conf=0.90)
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“Alanine substitution of amino acids 401-404 and 405-408 resulted in 9-and 15-fold increases in binding above background, respectively.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Results
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“Further deletion into the region encompassing the putative α-helix (1-410) severely reduced ternary complex formation and abolished synergistic activation of transcription.”
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“This mutant protein, PipAS397, is defective in its interaction with PU.1, but is autoinhibited.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Results
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“the Pip mutant (Pipmut) exhibited reduced affinity for the composite sites, and therefore its binding properties resembled those of PU.1”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering a PU.1-Pip chimeric repressor
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“The estimated half-life for the PipPU-DNA complex (60 min) was considerably longer than that for PU.1 (6 min) or the PU.1 DBD (8 min).”
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“the significantly longer half-life of the Pipmut-DNA complex (60 min) as compared with that of the PUmut-DNA complex (6 min)”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering a PU.1-Pip chimeric repressor
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“transcriptional repression by PipPU was specific, since it did not inhibit the activity of a reporter construct containing a Vκ promoter and the intron κ enhancer”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Wild-type, Pipmut and PUmut chimeras repress λ enhancer function in transient assays
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“Enhancer activity was strongly inhibited by expression of the PipPU, Pipmut and PUmut, but not by the DM fused dimer”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Wild-type, Pipmut and PUmut chimeras repress λ enhancer function in transient assays
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“The mutant protein, PipAS397, is defective in its interaction with PU.1, but is autoinhibited.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Cooperative binding by PU.1 and Pip is regulated by multiple interdependent DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
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“resulted in the Pipmut protein, which bound DNA with similar specificity to PU.1, but with a longer half-life.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering PU.1-Pip chimeric repressors
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“the PUmut protein, which contains mutations within the PU.1 DBD, independently bound DNA with high affinity and thus acted quite differently from Pip.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering PU.1-Pip chimeric repressors
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“Pip, ICSBP and p48 possess considerably lower DNA affinity, relying on partners to form high affinity complexes.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Two IRF subgroups that are structurally and biochemically distinguishable
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“The PipPU chimera bound the λB site less well than the wild-type proteins; however, on a composite element containing a lower affinity PU.1 site, the chimera and PU.1-Pip bound equivalently.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering PU.1-Pip chimeric repressors
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“Our strategy produced a chimera, PipPU, which preferred a composite site to a PU.1 site by a factor of 3 (λB) or 8 (CD20), correlating with the affinity of wild-type PU.1 for these sites.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering PU.1-Pip chimeric repressors
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“Pip contains two major structural domains, a DNA-binding domain and a regulatory domain, separated by a linker.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Northern blot analysis
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“all three PipPU chimeras (PipPU, Pipmut and PUmut) repressed transcription of a λ enhancercontaining reporter in transient assays, with PipPU being somewhat more effective than the mutant chimeras.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering PU.1-Pip chimeric repressors
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“Fusing the DBDs of Pip and PU.1 generates a chimeric protein which preferentially binds composite elements with increased stability.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Northern blot analysis
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“However, the role of PU.1-Pip complexes in regulating the expression of endogenous IgL genes remains to be elucidated.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Introduction
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“In eukaryotes, gene expression appears to be regulated by the assembly of distinct combinations of transcription factors at promoters and enhancers.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Introduction
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“Mutation of E406 to proline also generated a protein which bound DNA independently (32-fold above background), suggesting that overall helix integrity is necessary for both autoinhibition and ternary complex formation (Figure 2A, compare lanes 2 and 12).”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Results
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“Therefore, the DBDs of IRF-1 and Pip have structurally diverged, such that Pip binds cooperatively with PU.1, while IRF-1 displaces PU.1 from the composite element.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > PU.1 and the DNA-binding domain of IRF-1 compete for binding to λB DNA
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“Thus, the α-helical region in Pip's C-terminus is important for both interaction with PU.1 in vitro and transcriptional synergy in vivo.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Results
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“Previous work has shown that the E λ2-4 construct (OPC 20) is preferentially active in B cells, and mutations in either the PU.1-or Pip-binding site within this construct abolish enhancer function”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Wild-type, Pipmut and PUmut chimeras repress λ enhancer function in transient assays
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Eisenbeis et al., 1993 source
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“Therefore, in transient assays, both the wild-type (PipPU) and mutant chimeras (Pipmut and PUmut) effectively blocked enhancer function, presumably by displacement of endogenous PU.1-Pip complexes.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Wild-type, Pipmut and PUmut chimeras repress λ enhancer function in transient assays
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“Each of the chimeric proteins was expressed comparably with endogenous Pip and their expression did not alter wild-type Pip levels”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > The PipPU chimeric repressor blocks endogenous IgL λ gene expression when stably expressed in B cells
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“β-actin transcripts were used both as a specificity control and for normalization.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > The PipPU chimeric repressor blocks endogenous IgL λ gene expression when stably expressed in B cells
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“An interaction analogous to the one between PU.1 and Pip, involving the pKID domain of the CREB transcription factor and the KIX domain of the co-activator CBP, is mediated by a phosphoserine residue located within pKID”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Cooperative binding by PU.1 and Pip is regulated by multiple interdependent DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Parker et al., 1996 source
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“A Pip deletion mutant, Pip 1-410, which does not form a ternary complex with PU.1 fails to activate transcription synergistically with PU.1.”
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“a single hydrogen bond between this phosphoserine and a tyrosine residue within CBP is critical for complexation”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Cooperative binding by PU.1 and Pip is regulated by multiple interdependent DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Radhakrishnan et al., 1997 source
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“Protein-protein contacts also occur between Pip's DBD and PU.1's DBD and may contribute additional specificity and stability to the ternary complex.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Cooperative binding by PU.1 and Pip is regulated by multiple interdependent DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
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“a binding partner, such as PU.1 or STATs, may provide these lost contacts to Pip or p48 in trans, via protein-protein interactions.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Two IRF subgroups that are structurally and biochemically distinguishable
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“we propose that PU.1-Pip ternary complex assembly is regulated by two template-directed proteinprotein contacts, one between PU.1's PEST region and Pip's regulatory domain, and the second depending on association of PU.1's DBD with that of Pip.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Cooperative binding by PU.1 and Pip is regulated by multiple interdependent DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
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“The ICSBP DBD strongly repressed both interferon (IFN)-stimulated gene expression and the anti-proliferative effects of IFN, while the full-length protein had little effect on these activities.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Cooperative binding by PU.1 and Pip is regulated by multiple interdependent DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Thornton et al., 1996 source
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“In the NFAT-AP-1-DNA complex, the Rel homology region of NFAT and the bZip domain of AP-1 make extensive contacts with one another that are both necessary and sufficient for complex formation on DNA”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Cooperative binding by PU.1 and Pip is regulated by multiple interdependent DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
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“This association is dependent on multiple residues within Pip's interaction helix, including an electrostatic interaction between Pip's Lys399 and PU.1's pSer148.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Cooperative binding by PU.1 and Pip is regulated by multiple interdependent DNA-protein and protein-protein interactions
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“Previous studies have either created chimeric transcription factors which recognize synthetic regulatory elements by fusing domains from biologically unrelated proteins, or used phage display technology to create a zinc finger protein which recognizes a DNA site generated by a chromosomal translocation”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering PU.1-Pip chimeric repressors
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“this approach not only serves to test the proposed functions of interacting activators in vivo, but should also enable the identification of novel genes specifically regulated by such activator complexes.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Fused dimers as a general tool for analysis of combinatorial control of transcription in vivo
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“Pip-deficient animals develop normal numbers of B cells (including λ-expressors) which cannot undergo activation”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering PU.1-Pip chimeric repressors
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- Not checked — no full text of the sourcecites Mittrucker et al., 1997 source
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“The structures of all constructs were confirmed by dideoxy sequencing.”
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“PU.1 and the chimeric proteins are present in equimolar amounts.”
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“Each determination represents the average of at least three independent experiments.”
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“The proteins were Ͼ80% pure as judged by densitometric analysis of Coomassie Blue-stained 12.5% SDS-PAGE gels.”
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“Fold-activation (solid bars) indicates CAT activity normalized to the control expression vector and is the average of two independent experiments.”
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“This may be attributable to the higher ratio of target DNA to non-specific DNA as well as increased levels of protein expression in a transient assay.”
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“These data are representative of three independent experiments each using different RNA preparations.”
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“Solid bars indicate average CAT activity (percentage chloramphenicol acetylation) of two independent transfections.”
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“This contact is mediated by multiple residues in Pip's interaction helix, including an electrostatic interaction between K399 of Pip and PU.1's pSer148 (P-S148).”
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“Equimolar amounts of Pip or PipK399A, and PU.1 or PU.1S148A were used in the binding reactions.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Northern blot analysis
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“Thus, Pip is dispensable for IgL λ transcription during B cell development but may be required for the enhanced expression of this locus during B cell activation and terminal differentiation.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Engineering PU.1-Pip chimeric repressors
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“Equimolar amounts of the Pip proteins were used based on PhosphorImager analysis of SDS-PAGE gels.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Northern blot analysis
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“All Pip proteins are present in equimolar amounts.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Northern blot analysis
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The paper relies on this without support.
PU.1 and Pip act as mutually dependent transcriptional activators in vivo.
“As noted, PU.1 and Pip function as mutually dependent transcriptional activators in vivo.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The λB probe's high-affinity PU.1 site (AAGGAA) could mask some of the DNA-binding gain provided by fusing the Pip DBD.
“The λB probe contains a high affinity PU.1-binding site (AAGGAA), which might mask some of the gain in DNA binding provided by the fusion of the Pip DBD.”
The paper relies on this without support.
The CD20 composite element contains a lower-affinity PU.1-binding site (AAAGAA).
“the composite element from the CD20 promoter, which contains a lower affinity PU.1-binding site (AAAGAA”
Claims other papers make about this one
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The cited source says what the claim attributes to it.
In the citing paper
“Similar protein-protein interaction between PU.1 and PIP has been detected in the Ig λ light chain enhancer and the CD20 promoter (27-29”
From AKT Induces Transcriptional Activity of PU.1 through Phosphorylation-mediated Modifications within Its Transactivation Domain (2001) · cites this paper as [28]
In the citing paper
“A model was proposed for PU.1/Pip ternary complex. In this two-step recruitment mechanism, PU.1/Pip interaction is DNA template-directed and involves two distinct protein–protein interaction surfaces: (i) the ETS (PU.1) and IRF (Pip) DNA binding domains and (ii) the phosphorylated PEST domain of PU.1 and a putative α helix in Pip [118, 119] (Fig. 9).”
From PU.1 and partners: regulation of haematopoietic stem cell fate in normal and malignant haematopoiesis (2009) · cites this paper as [119]
In the citing paper
“More dramatically, however, the phosphorylated PEST sequence of SPI1 interacts with an autoinhibitory region of IRF4 to enhance DNA binding by almost three orders of magnitude (154).”
From Genomic and biochemical insights into the specificity of ETS transcription factors (2011) · cites this paper as [154]
In the citing paper
“The low affinity of the winged helix-turn-helix DNA-binding domain of IRF4 for the λB enhancer is increased 20–40-fold by the presence of SPI1 at this site (154, 155).”
From Genomic and biochemical insights into the specificity of ETS transcription factors (2011) · cites this paper as [154]
In the citing paper
“the PU.1-ICSBP interaction is dependent on the IAD domain in the C-terminal region, although the DBD is also required for this interaction (5, 38).”
From Gamma Interferon Triggers Interaction between ICSBP (IRF-8) and TEL, Recruiting the Histone Deacetylase HDAC3 to the Interferon-Responsive Element (2002) · cites this paper as [5]
In the citing paper
“ICSBP has been known to interact with PU.1, a hematopoietic-cellspecific member of the Ets family (4, 5, 38).”
From Gamma Interferon Triggers Interaction between ICSBP (IRF-8) and TEL, Recruiting the Histone Deacetylase HDAC3 to the Interferon-Responsive Element (2002) · cites this paper as [5]
In the citing paper
“PU.1 requires the PEST domain, which is N-terminal to the Ets domain, for interacting with ICSBP (5).”
From Gamma Interferon Triggers Interaction between ICSBP (IRF-8) and TEL, Recruiting the Histone Deacetylase HDAC3 to the Interferon-Responsive Element (2002) · cites this paper as [5]
In the citing paper
“It also associates with PU.1 and stimulates activity of the Ets/IRF composite element (EICE), which also contains IRS and is present in the immunoglobulin (Ig) k and l , gp91 phox , scavenger receptor, toll-like receptor-4 (TLR-4), and interleukin (IL)-1 b genes. (5,23,26-30)”
From Review: ICSBP/IRF-8: Its Regulatory Roles in the Development of Myeloid Cells (2002) · cites this paper as [26]
In the citing paper
“Notably, Irf8 peaks were enriched for EICE motifs, which are co-bound by PU.126.”
From Single-cell analysis of mixed-lineage states leading to a binary cell fate choice (2016) · cites this paper as [26]
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In the paper
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Results
“The λB composite element (AAAGGAAGTGAAACCA) contains a PU.1-binding site at its 5Ј end separated by 2 bp from the Pip-binding site.”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Two IRF subgroups that are structurally and biochemically distinguishable
“Comparison of the IRF recognition site (GAGAAGTGAAAGT, IRF-1 core in bold) with the λB EICE (AAGGAGTGAAACC, PU.1 core emboldened)”
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In the paper
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Results
“Next, we attempted to disrupt the folding of the interaction helix by substituting a proline for glutamine at position 406 (PipE406P).”
§ Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers > Results
“Importantly, mutation of this Glu406 to an alanine had no effect on ternary complex formation, indicating that the nature of the side chain was not critical (data not shown).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Brass, A. L., Zhu, A. Q., & Singh, H.
- Affiliations
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
- Corresponding author
- Singh, Harinder
- ORCID
- Singh, Harinder
- Venue
- The EMBO Journal
- Published
- 1999-02-15
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 977-991
- ISSN
- 0261-4189 (ISSN-L)
- 1460-2075
- PMC
- PMC1171190
- OpenAlex
- W2121496836
- Semantic Scholar
- a3891c3b25fac116b2b2c86acc2cf094353cc3d7
- Cited by
- 204
- References
- 64
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.12
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The EMBO Journal (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- University of Toronto
- National Institutes of Health
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (HD-07009)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › Cytokine Signaling Pathways and Interactions
- Keywords
- PU.1, IRF4, Pip, ETS transcription factors, transcription factor interaction, B cell gene expression, transcriptional repression, protein-DNA contacts, protein-protein interaction surfaces
- MeSH terms
- Interferon Regulatory Factor-4, Proto-Oncogene Protein Spi-1, Amino Acid Sequence, Animals, B-Lymphocytes, DNA-Binding Proteins, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Gene Expression Regulation, Immunoglobulin lambda-Chains, Molecular Sequence Data, Mutation, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Repressor Proteins, Transcription Factors, Transfection, Tumor Cells, Cultured, Protein Engineering, Transcriptional Activation, Trans-Activators, Sequence Alignment, Dimerization, Interferon Regulatory Factors, Mice
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