The CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-a. (C/EBPalpha) is a transcription factor required for differentiation of myeloid progenitors. In addition to specific DNA binding, C/EBPa is also involved in protein-protein interactions, some of which (p21, Cdk2/Cdk4, E2F) appear to be required for inhibition of proliferation and possibly differentiation. To investigate the mechanisms of C/EBPalpha-induced granulocytic differentiation, we generated C/EBPalpha mutants reportedly defective in DNA binding, transactivation, and Cdk2/Cdk4 and E2F interaction and assessed their effects in a myeloid precursor cell line, primary bone marrow and C/EBPalpha knockout fetal liver precursor cells. We show here that the DNA binding-deficient Lys298Glu mutant, the E2F binding-deficient basic region mutant 2 (BRM-2) carrying the IIe294AIa and Arg 47AIa substitutions, and the transactivation-deficient N-terminus truncated p30 mutant all fall to promote differentiation on ectopic expression in myeloid precursor cells. By contrast, ectopic expression of the Cdk2/ Cdk4 interaction-deficient Delta177-191 mutant promotes differentiation and induces gene expression as effectively as wildtype C/EBPa. Thus, the integrity of the transactivation and DNA binding domains, but not of the Cdk2/Cdk4 interaction region, is necessary for C/EBPalpha-induced differentiation. Since the E2F binding-deficient BRM-2 mutant interacted with E2F-1 but failed to activate gene expression, our results lend support to the hypothesis that activation of gene transcription is the determining factor in C/EBPalpha-dependent differentiation.

The transcription activation function of C/EBPalpha is required for induction of granulocytic differentiation / K., Keeshan; G., Santilli; Corradini, Francesca; D., Perrotti; Calabretta, Bruno. - In: BLOOD. - ISSN 0006-4971. - STAMPA. - 102:4(2003), pp. 1267-1275. [10.1182/blood-2003-02-0477]

The transcription activation function of C/EBPalpha is required for induction of granulocytic differentiation

CORRADINI, Francesca;CALABRETTA, Bruno
2003

Abstract

The CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-a. (C/EBPalpha) is a transcription factor required for differentiation of myeloid progenitors. In addition to specific DNA binding, C/EBPa is also involved in protein-protein interactions, some of which (p21, Cdk2/Cdk4, E2F) appear to be required for inhibition of proliferation and possibly differentiation. To investigate the mechanisms of C/EBPalpha-induced granulocytic differentiation, we generated C/EBPalpha mutants reportedly defective in DNA binding, transactivation, and Cdk2/Cdk4 and E2F interaction and assessed their effects in a myeloid precursor cell line, primary bone marrow and C/EBPalpha knockout fetal liver precursor cells. We show here that the DNA binding-deficient Lys298Glu mutant, the E2F binding-deficient basic region mutant 2 (BRM-2) carrying the IIe294AIa and Arg 47AIa substitutions, and the transactivation-deficient N-terminus truncated p30 mutant all fall to promote differentiation on ectopic expression in myeloid precursor cells. By contrast, ectopic expression of the Cdk2/ Cdk4 interaction-deficient Delta177-191 mutant promotes differentiation and induces gene expression as effectively as wildtype C/EBPa. Thus, the integrity of the transactivation and DNA binding domains, but not of the Cdk2/Cdk4 interaction region, is necessary for C/EBPalpha-induced differentiation. Since the E2F binding-deficient BRM-2 mutant interacted with E2F-1 but failed to activate gene expression, our results lend support to the hypothesis that activation of gene transcription is the determining factor in C/EBPalpha-dependent differentiation.
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The transcription activation function of C/EBPalpha is required for induction of granulocytic differentiation / K., Keeshan; G., Santilli; Corradini, Francesca; D., Perrotti; Calabretta, Bruno. - In: BLOOD. - ISSN 0006-4971. - STAMPA. - 102:4(2003), pp. 1267-1275. [10.1182/blood-2003-02-0477]
K., Keeshan; G., Santilli; Corradini, Francesca; D., Perrotti; Calabretta, Bruno
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