Members of the GATA family of transcription factors bind to the U3 region of Cas-Br-E and Graffi retroviruses and transactivate their expression

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作者
Barat, C [1 ]
Rassart, E [1 ]
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[1] Univ Quebec, Dept Sci Biol, Mol Biol Lab, Montreal, PQ H3C 3P8, Canada
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10.1128/JVI.72.7.5579-5588.1998
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Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 100705 ;
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Cas-Br-E and Graffi are two murine viruses that induce myeloid leukemia in mice: while Cas-Br-E induces mostly non-T, non-B leukemia composed of very immature cells, Graffi causes exclusively a granulocytic leukemia (E. Rassart, J, Houde, C, Denicourt, M. Ru, C. Barat, E. Edouard, L. Poliquin, and D. Bergeron, Curr. Top. Microbiol, Immunol. 211:201-210, 1995). In an attempt to understand the basis of the myeloid specificity of these two retroviruses, we used DNase I footprinting analysis and gel mobility shift assays to identify a number of protein binding sites within the Cas-Br-E and Graffi U3 regions. Two protected regions include potential GATA binding sites. Methylation interference analysis with different hematopoietic nuclear extracts showed the importance of the G residues in these GATA sites, and supershift assays clearly identified the binding factors as GATA-1, GATA-2, and GATA-3. Transient assays with long terminal repeat (LTR)chloramphenicol acetyltransferase constructs showed that these three GATA family members are indeed able to transactivate Cas-Br-E and Graffi LTRs. Thus, the availability and relative abundance of the various members of the GATA family of transcription factors in a given cell type could influence the transcriptional tissue specificity of murine leukemia viruses and hence their disease specificity.
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