The helix-loop-helix transcription factor USF interacts with the basal promoter of human amyloid precursor protein

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 304-308

  Bourbonnière, Martin ^a   Nalbantoglu, Josephine ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyloid precursor protein; E box; Promoter; USF

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REPORTER GENE;

EID: 0030028153     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00208-A     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Beyreuther, K., Pollwein, P., Multhaup, G., Monning, U., Konig, G., Dyrks, T., Schubert, W. and Masters, C.L., Regulation and expression of the Alzheimer's β/A4 amyloid protein in health, disease and Down's syndrome, Ann. NY Acad. Sci., 695 (1993) 91-102.
2. Bourbonnière, M. and Nalbantoglu, J., Expression of amyloid precursor protein in a neuronal cell line: functional activity of proximal regulatory elements, Mol. Brain Res., 19 (1993) 246-250.
3. Bresnick, E.H. and Felsenfeld, G., Evidence that the transcription factor USF is a component of the human β-globin locus control region heteromeric protein complex, J. Biol. Chem., 268 (1993) 18824-18834.
4. Dignam, J.D., Lebovitz, R.M. and Roeder, R.G., Accurate transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II in a soluble extract from isolated mammalian nuclei, Nucleic Acids Res., 11 (1983) 1475-1489.
5. Du, H., Roy, A.L. and Roeder, R.G., Human transcription factor USF stimulates transcription through the initiator elements of the HIV-1 and the Ad-ML promoters, EMBO J., 12 (1993) 501-511.
6. Gregor, P.D., Sawadogo, M. and Roeder, R.G., The adenovirus major late transcription factor USF is a member of the helix-loop-helix group of regulatory proteins and binds to DNA as a dimer, Genes Dev., 4 (1990) 1730-1740.
7. Hoffman, P.W. and Chernak, J.M., The rat amyloid precursor protein promoter contains two DNA regulatory elements which influence high level gene expression, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 201 (1994) 610-617.
8. Izumi, R., Yamada, T., Yoshikai, S-I., Sasaki, H., Hattori, M. and Sakaki, Y., Positive and negative regulatory elements for the expression of the Alzheimer's disease amyloid precursor-encoding gene in mouse, Gene, 112 (1992) 189-195.
9. Lukiw, W.J., Rogaev, E.I., Wong, L., Vaula, G., McLachlan, D.R.C. and St George Hyslop, P., Protein-DNA interactions in the promoter region of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene in human neocortex, Mol. Brain Res., 22 (1994) 121-131.
10. Pollwein, P., Overlapping binding sites of two different transcription factors in the promoter of the human gene for the Alzheimer amyloid precursor protein, Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 190 (1993) 637-647.
11. Pollwein, P., Masters, C.L. and Beyreuther, K., The expression of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) is regulated by two GC-elements in the promoter, Nucleic Acids Res., 20 (1992) 63-68.
12. Potter, J.J., Cheneval, D., Dang, C.V., Resar, L.M.S., Mezey, E. and Wang, V.W., The upstream stimulatory factor binds to and activates the promoter of the rat class I alcohol dehydrogenase gene, J. Biol. Chem., 266 (1991) 15457-15463.
13. Quitschke, W.W., Two nuclear factor binding domains activate expression from the human amyloid β-protein precursor promoter, J. Biol. Chem., 269 (1994) 21229-21233.
14. Quitschke, W.W. and Goldgaber, D., The amyloid β-protein precursor promoter. A region essential for transcriptional activity contains a nuclear factor binding domain, J. Biol. Chem., 267 (1992) 17362-17368.
15. Roy, A.L., Meisterernst, M., Pognonec, P. and Roeder, R.G., Cooperative interaction of an initiator-binding transcription initiation factor and the helix-loop-helix activator USF, Nature, 354 (1991) 245-248.
16. Salbaum, J.M. and Ruddle, F.H., Embryonic expression pattern of amyloid protein precursor suggests a role in differentiation of specific subsets of neurons, J. Exp. Zool., 269 (1994) 116-127.
17. Salbaum, J.M., Weidemann, A., Lemaire, H.-G., Masters, C.L. and Beyreuther, K., The promoter of Alzheimer's disease amyloid A4 precursor gene, EMBO J., 7 (1988) 2807-2813.
18. Sawadogo, M. and Roeder, R.G., Interaction of a gene-specific transcription factor with the adenovirus major late promoter up-stream of the TATA box region, Cell, 43 (1985) 165-175.
19. Selkoe, D.J., Normal and abnormal biology of the β-amyloid precursor protein, Annu. Rev. Neurosci., 17 (1994) 489-517.
20. Shih, H.-M. and Towle, H.C., Definition of the carbohydrate response element of the rat S14 gene, J. Biol. Chem., 269 (1994) 9380-9387.
21. Sirito, M., Lin, Q., Maity, T. and Sawadogo, M., Ubiquitous expression of the 43- and 44-kDa forms of transcription factor USF in mammalian cells, Nucleic Acids Res., 22 (1994) 427-433.
22. Sirito, M., Walker, S., Lin, Q., Kozlowski, M.T., Klein, W.H. and Sawadogo, M., Members of the USF family of helix-loop-helix proteins bind DNA as homo- as well as heterodimers, Gene Expr., 2 (1992) 231-240.
23. Tanzi, R.E., Gusella, J.F., Watkins, P.C., Bruns, G.A.P., St. George-Hyslop, P., van Keuren, M.L., Patterson, D., Pagan, S., Kurnit, D.M. and Neve, R.L., Amyloid β protein gene: cDNA, mRNA distribution and genetic linkage near the Alzheimer locus, Science, 235 (1987) 880-883.
24. Workman, J.L., Roeder, R.G. and Kingston, R.E., An upstream transcription factor, USF (MLTF), facilitates the formation of preinitiation complexes during in vitro chromatin assembly, EMBO J., 9 (1990) 1299-1308.