PMID- 16595651 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20060807 LR - 20220410 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 281 IP - 22 DP - 2006 Jun 2 TI - Transcription factors, cAMP-responsive element modulator (CREM) and Tisp40, act in concert in postmeiotic transcriptional regulation. PG - 15073-81 AB - We previously isolated 80 TISP (transcript induced in spermiogenesis) genes whose transcription is dramatically induced during spermiogenesis. Our analysis here of the expression of these genes in the testis of the cAMP-responsive element modulator (CREM)-null mouse revealed that 54 TISP genes are under the transcriptional regulation of CREM. One CREM-regulated gene is TISP40, which encodes a basic leucine zipper (bZip)-type transcription factor bearing a transmembrane domain that generates the two proteins Tisp40alpha and Tisp40beta. Both of these proteins function by binding to UPRE (unfolded protein-response element) but do not recognize CRE motifs. We show here that Tisp40alpha mRNA is generated under the direct transcriptional regulation of CREM. CREMtau and Tisp40 form a heterodimer, which functions through CRE but not through UPRE. Furthermore, binding ability of CREM to CRE is dramatically up-regulated by forming a heterodimer with Tisp40alphaDeltaTM, a truncated form of Tisp40alpha that lacks the transmembrane domain. We confirmed that Tisp40 and CREM actually bind to the Tisp40 promoter in vivo by chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. Finally, we demonstrate that the Tisp40DeltaTM-CREMtau heterodimer acts as a recruiter of HIRA, a histone chaperone, to CRE. Taken together, we propose that Tisp40 is an important transcriptional regulator during spermiogenesis. FAU - Nagamori, Ippei AU - Nagamori I AD - Department of Molecular Genetics, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Yamadaoka 3-1, Suita City, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. FAU - Yomogida, Kentaro AU - Yomogida K FAU - Adams, Peter D AU - Adams PD FAU - Sassone-Corsi, Paolo AU - Sassone-Corsi P FAU - Nojima, Hiroshi AU - Nojima H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20060404 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Cell Cycle Proteins) RN - 0 (Creb3 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Crem protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (Hira protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Histone Chaperones) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 135844-64-3 (Cyclic AMP Response Element Modulator) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Binding Sites/genetics MH - Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element Modulator/chemistry/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - DNA/genetics/metabolism MH - Dimerization MH - HeLa Cells MH - Histone Chaperones MH - Humans MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Spermatogenesis/*genetics MH - Transcription Factors/metabolism MH - Transcription, Genetic MH - Transfection EDAT- 2006/04/06 09:00 MHDA- 2006/08/08 09:00 CRDT- 2006/04/06 09:00 PHST- 2006/04/06 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2006/08/08 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/04/06 09:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(20)55951-6 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M602051200 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2006 Jun 2;281(22):15073-81. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M602051200. Epub 2006 Apr 4.