Amino-terminal protein-protein interaction motif (POZ-domain) is responsible for activities of the promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger retinoic acid receptor alpha fusion protein

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作者
Dong, S
Zhu, J
Reid, A
Strutt, P
Guidez, F
Zhong, HJ
Wang, ZY
Licht, J
Waxman, S
Chomienne, C
Chen, Z
Zelent, A
Chen, SJ
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[1] SHANGHAI MED UNIV 2,RUI JIN HOSP,SAMUEL WAXMAN CANC RES FDN LAB,SHANGHAI INST HEMATOL,SHANGHAI 200025,PEOPLES R CHINA
[2] INST CANC RES,CHESTER BEATTY LABS,LEUKAEMIA RES FUND CTR,LONDON SW3 6JB,ENGLAND
[3] HOP ST LOUIS,CTR HAYEM,BIOL CELLULAIRE HEMATOPOIET LAB,F-75010 PARIS,FRANCE
[4] MT SINAI MED CTR,DEPT MED,DIV MED ONCOL,ROCHELLE BELFER CHEMOTHERAPY FDN LAB,NEW YORK,NY 10029
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10.1073/pnas.93.8.3624
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Promyelocytic leukemia zinc finger-retinoic acid receptor alpha (PLZF-RAR alpha), a fusion receptor generated as a result of a variant t(11;17) chromosomal translocation that occurs in a small subset of acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) patients, has been shown to display a dominant-negative effect against the wild-type RAR alpha/retinoid X receptor alpha (RXR alpha). We now show that its N-terminal region (called the POZ-domain), which mediates protein-protein interaction as well as specific nuclear localization of the wild-type PLZF and chimeric PLZF-RAR alpha proteins, is primarily responsible for this activity, To further investigate the mechanisms of PLZF-RAR alpha action, we have also studied its ligand-receptor, protein-protein, and protein-DNA interaction properties and compared them with those of the promyelocytic leukemia gene (PML)-RAR alpha, which is expressed in the majority of APLs as a result of t(15;17) translocation, PLZF-RAR alpha and PML-RAR alpha have essentially the same ligand-binding affinities and can bind in vitro to retinoic acid response elements (RAREs) as homodimers or heterodimers with RXR alpha. PLZF-RAR alpha homodimerization and heterodimerization with RXR alpha were primarily mediated by the POZ-domain and RAR alpha sequence, respectively, Despite having identical RAR alpha sequences, PLZF-RAR alpha and PML-RAR alpha homodimers recognized with different affinities distinct RAREs. Furthermore, PLZF-RAR alpha could heterodimerize in vitro with the wild-type PLZF, suggesting that it may play a role in leukemogenesis by antagonizing actions of not only the retinoid receptors hut also the wild-type PLZF and possibly other POZ-domain-containing regulators. These different protein-protein interactions and the target gene specificities of PLZF-RAR alpha and PML-RAR alpha may underlie, at least in part, the apparent resistance of APL with t(11;17) to differentiation effects of all-trans-retinoic acid.
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页码:3624 / 3629
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