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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-3-2
pubmed:abstractText
Pit-1/GHF-1 is a pituitary-specific, POU homeodomain transcription factor required for development of somatotroph, lactotroph, and thyrotroph cell lineages and regulation of the temporal and spatial expression of the growth hormone, prolactin (PRL), and thyrotropin-beta genes. Synergistic interaction of Pit-1 with a member of the Ets family of transcription factors, Ets-1, has been shown to be an important mechanism regulating basal and Ras-induced lactotroph-specific rat (r) PRL promoter activity. Pit-1beta/GHF-2, an alternatively spliced isoform containing a 26-amino acid insert (beta-domain) within its transcription-activation domain, physically interacts with Ets-1 but fails to synergize. By using a series of Pit-1 internal-deletion constructs in a transient transfection protocol to reconstitute rPRL promoter activity in HeLa cells, we have determined that the functional and physical interaction of Pit-1 and Ets-1 is mediated via the POU homeodomain, which is common to both Pit-1 and Pit-1beta. Although the Pit-1 homeodomain is both necessary and sufficient for direct binding to Ets-1 in a DNA-independent manner, an additional interaction surface was mapped to the beta-domain, specific to the Pit-1beta isoform. Thus, the unique transcriptional properties of Pit-1 and Pit-1beta on the rPRL promoter may be due to the formation of functionally distinct complexes of these two Pit-1 isoforms with Ets-1.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ETS1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Ets1 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/POU1F1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pou1f1 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Prolactin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factor Pit-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
275
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3100-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The Pit-1 homeodomain and beta-domain interact with Ets-1 and modulate synergistic activation of the rat prolactin promoter.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado 80262, USA. Andy.Bradford@uchsc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.