PMID- 15381691 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050207 LR - 20220224 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 279 IP - 48 DP - 2004 Nov 26 TI - Nuclear factor 1 and octamer transcription factor 1 binding preset the chromatin structure of the mouse mammary tumor virus promoter for hormone induction. PG - 49857-67 AB - When the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) is integrated into the genome of a mammalian cell, its long terminal repeat (LTR) harbors six specifically positioned nucleosomes. Transcription from the MMTV promoter is regulated by the glucocorticoid hormone via the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). The mechanism of the apparently constitutive nucleosome arrangement has remained unclear. Previous in vitro reconstitution of nucleosome(s) on small segments of the MMTV LTR suggested that the DNA sequence was decisive for the nucleosome arrangement. However, microinjection of MMTV LTR DNA in Xenopus oocytes rendered randomly distributed nucleosomes. This indicated that oocytes lack factor(s) that induces nucleosome positioning at the MMTV LTR in other cells. Here we demonstrate that specific and concomitant binding of nuclear factor 1 (NF1) and octamer factor 1 (Oct1) to their cognate sites within the MMTV promoter induce a partial nucleosome positioning that is an intermediary state between the randomly organized inactive promoter and the hormone and GR-activated promoter containing distinctly positioned nucleosomes. Oct1 and NF1 reciprocally facilitate each other's binding to the MMTV LTR in vivo. The NF1 and Oct1 binding also facilitate hormone-dependent GR-DNA interaction and result in a faster and stronger hormone response. Since NF1 and Oct1 generate an intermediary state of nucleosome positioning and enhance the hormone-induced response, we refer to this as a preset chromatin structure. We propose that this state of NF1 and Oct1-induced chromatin presetting mimics the early step(s) of chromatin remodeling involved in tissue-specific gene expression. FAU - Belikov, Sergey AU - Belikov S AD - Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, The Medical Nobel Institute, P. O. Box 285, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm SE-17177, Sweden. FAU - Holmqvist, Per-Henrik AU - Holmqvist PH FAU - Astrand, Carolina AU - Astrand C FAU - Wrange, Orjan AU - Wrange O LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20040920 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Chromatin) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Hormones) RN - 0 (NFI Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Nucleosomes) RN - 0 (Octamer Transcription Factor-1) RN - 0 (POU2F1 protein, Xenopus) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (Xenopus Proteins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Chromatin/*metabolism MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Hormones/*metabolism MH - Mammary Tumor Virus, Mouse/genetics/*metabolism MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - NFI Transcription Factors MH - Nucleosomes/metabolism MH - Octamer Transcription Factor-1 MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - RNA, Messenger/metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/*metabolism MH - Transcription, Genetic/physiology MH - Xenopus MH - Xenopus Proteins EDAT- 2004/09/24 05:00 MHDA- 2005/02/08 09:00 CRDT- 2004/09/24 05:00 PHST- 2004/09/24 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/02/08 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/09/24 05:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(20)67772-9 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M409713200 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2004 Nov 26;279(48):49857-67. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M409713200. Epub 2004 Sep 20.