BOX DNA - A NOVEL REGULATORY ELEMENT RELATED TO EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA CELL-DIFFERENTIATION

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KIHARANEGISHI, F [1 ]
TSUJITA, R [1 ]
NEGISHI, Y [1 ]
ARIGA, H [1 ]
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[1] HOKKAIDO UNIV,FAC PHARMACEUT SCI,KITA 12 NISHI 6,KITA KU,SAPPORO,HOKKAIDO 060,JAPAN
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10.1128/MCB.13.12.7747
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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BOX DNA was previously isolated from the DNA sequence inserted in the enhancer B domain of mutant polyomavirus (fPyF9) DNA. We also reported that BOX DNA functioned negatively on DNA replication and transcription of another polyomavirus mutant (PyhrN2) in F9-28 cells, a subclone of mouse F9 embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells expressing the polyomavirus large T antigen. In this study, we demonstrate that BOX DNA enhances transcription from the thymidine kinase (TK) promoter in various EC cells. One or three copies of BOX DNA, linked to the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene under the control of the herpes simplex virus TK promoter, activated promoter activity in F9, P19, and ECA2 cells. Band shift assays using BOX DNA as a probe revealed that specific binding proteins were present in all EC cells examined; the patterns of BOX DNA-protein complexes were the same among them. A mutation introduced within BOX DNA abolished enhancer activity as well as the formation of specific DNA-protein complexes. In non-EC cells, including L and BALB/3T3 cells, the enhancer activity of BOX DNA on the TK promoter was not observed, although binding proteins specific to the sequence exist. In band shift assays, the patterns of the DNA-protein complexes of either L or BALB/3T3 cells were different from those of EC cells. Furthermore, the enhancer activity of BOX DNA decreased upon differentiation induction in all EC cells examined, of different origins and distinct differentiation ability. In parallel with the loss of enhancer activity, the binding proteins specific for BOX DNA decreased in these cells. Moreover, we cloned a genomic DNA of F9, termed BOXF1, containing BOX DNA sequence approximately 400 bp upstream from the RNA start site of the gene. BOXF1, containing a TATA-like motif and the binding elements for Spl and Oct in addition to BOX DNA, possessed promoter activity deduced by a BOXF1-chloramphenicol acetyltransferase construct. Deletion analyses of the construct revealed that the transcription of BOXF1 gene is regulated by BOX DNA, preferentially in undifferentiated EC cells versus differentiated cells. Hence, BOX DNA is probably a novel transcriptional element related to EC cell differentiation.
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