PMID- 10799572 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000627 LR - 20190508 IS - 0022-538X (Print) IS - 1098-5514 (Electronic) IS - 0022-538X (Linking) VI - 74 IP - 11 DP - 2000 Jun TI - Synergistic action of GA-binding protein and glucocorticoid receptor in transcription from the mouse mammary tumor virus promoter. PG - 4988-98 AB - B lymphocytes are among the first cells to be infected by mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV), and they play a crucial role in its life cycle. To study transcriptional regulation of MMTV in B cells, we have analyzed two areas of the long terminal repeat (LTR) next to the glucocorticoid receptor binding site, fp1 (at position -139 to -146 from the cap site) and fp2 (at -157 to -164). Both showed B-cell-specific protection in DNase I in vitro footprinting assays and contain binding sites for Ets transcription factors, a large family of proteins involved in cell proliferation and differentiation and oncogenic transformation. In gel retardation assays, fp1 and fp2 bound the heterodimeric Ets factor GA-binding protein (GABP) present in B-cell nuclear extracts, which was identified by various criteria: formation of dimers and tetramers, sensitivity to pro-oxidant conditions, inhibition of binding by specific antisera, and comigration of complexes with those formed by recombinant GABP. Mutations which prevented complex formation in vitro abolished glucocorticoid-stimulated transcription from an MMTV LTR linked to a reporter gene in transiently transfected B-cell lines, whereas they did not affect the basal level. Exogenously expressed GABP resulted in an increased level of hormone response of the LTR reporter plasmid and produced a synergistic effect with the coexpressed glucocorticoid receptor, indicating cooperation between the two. This is the first example of GABP cooperation with a steroid receptor, providing the opportunity for studying the integration of their intracellular signaling pathways. FAU - Aurrekoetxea-Hernandez, K AU - Aurrekoetxea-Hernandez K AD - Institute of Microbiology, University of Lausanne, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. FAU - Buetti, E AU - Buetti E LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - J Virol JT - Journal of virology JID - 0113724 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (GA-Binding Protein Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Glucocorticoid) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - B-Lymphocytes/cytology MH - Base Sequence MH - Binding Sites MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - GA-Binding Protein Transcription Factor MH - *Gene Expression Regulation, Viral MH - Lymphoma, B-Cell MH - Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse/*genetics MH - Mice MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutagenesis MH - Nuclear Proteins/metabolism MH - *Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Receptors, Glucocorticoid/*metabolism MH - Response Elements MH - Terminal Repeat Sequences MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Transcription, Genetic MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured PMC - PMC110850 EDAT- 2000/05/09 09:00 MHDA- 2000/07/06 11:00 PMCR- 2000/06/01 CRDT- 2000/05/09 09:00 PHST- 2000/05/09 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/07/06 11:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/05/09 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2000/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1401 [pii] AID - 10.1128/jvi.74.11.4988-4998.2000 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Virol. 2000 Jun;74(11):4988-98. doi: 10.1128/jvi.74.11.4988-4998.2000.