Cited by 223Genomics and Chromatin DynamicsAcute Myeloid Leukemia ResearchRetinoids in leukemia and cellular processes

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Multiple Functional Domains of AML1: PU.1 and C/EBPα Synergize with Different Regions of AML1

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Abstract

Control elements of many genes are regulated by multiple activators working in concert to confer the maximal level of expression, but the mechanism of such synergy is not completely understood. The promoter of the human macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) receptor presents an excellent model with which we can study synergistic, tissue-specific activation for two reasons. First, myeloid-specific expression of the M-CSF receptor is regulated transcriptionally by three factors which are crucial for normal hematopoiesis: PU.1, AML1, and C/EBPalpha. Second, these proteins interact in such a way as to demonstrate at least two examples of synergistic activation. We have shown that AML1 and C/EBPalpha activate the M-CSF receptor promoter in a synergistic manner. As we report here, AML1 also synergizes, and interacts physically, with PU. 1. Detailed analysis of the physical and functional interaction of AML1 with PU.1 and C/EBPalpha has revealed that the proteins contact one another through their DNA-binding domains and that AML1 exhibits cooperative DNA binding with C/EBPalpha but not with PU.1. This difference in DNA-binding abilities may explain, in part, the differences observed in synergistic activation. Furthermore, the activation domains of all three factors are required for synergistic activation, and the region of AML1 required for synergy with PU.1 is distinct from that required for synergy with C/EBPalpha. These observations present the possibility that synergistic activation is mediated by secondary proteins contacted through the activation domains of AML1, C/EBPalpha, and PU.1.

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    HeLa cells lack endogenous PU.1 and have only low detectable AML1.

    “Transfections of HeLa cells, which contain no endogenous PU.1 and little detectable AML1”
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  • Aligned AML1 regions differ by one residue in length

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    The two regions described as identical contain different numbers of residues when both endpoints are included: AML1 residues 5-242 span 238 residues, while AML1B residues 32-268 span 237.

  • PU.1 mutant has two reported endpoints

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    The Results describe the PU.1 activation-domain construct in Figure 4C as ending at amino acid 161, but the figure caption identifies that construct as ending at amino acid 163.

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Authors
Petrovick, M. S., Hiebert, S. W., Friedman, A. D., Hetherington, C. J., Tenen, D. G., & Zhang, D.-E.
Affiliations
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US)
  • Vanderbilt University (US)
  • Johns Hopkins University (US)
Venue
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Published
1998-07
Volume
18
Issue
7
Pages
3915-3925
ISSN
  • 0270-7306 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-5549
OpenAlex
W2138483214
Cited by
218
References
90
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 6 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 4 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 5
FWCI
4.65
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (CA/AI59589, P01CA072009, R01CA041456)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Retinoids in leukemia and cellular processes
Keywords
RUNX1, PU.1, C/EBPα, transcriptional synergy, cooperative DNA binding, transcription factor interaction, transactivation domain, hematopoiesis, transcriptional regulation
MeSH terms
Proto-Oncogene Protein Spi-1, Animals, Binding Sites, Cell Line, Chlorocebus aethiops, DNA, DNA-Binding Proteins, HeLa Cells, Humans, Nuclear Proteins, Phosphorylation, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Transcription Factors, Transcriptional Activation, Trans-Activators, Receptor, Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, Mutagenesis, COS Cells, CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins, Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit

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