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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-1-27
pubmed:abstractText
AP-2 is a transcription factor implicated in mammalian development, cell proliferation, apoptosis, and carcinogenesis. To identify potential AP-2alpha-interacting partners, a yeast two-hybrid screen was performed in human brain cDNA library. One of the identified clones encodes potassium channel tetramerization domain-containing 1 (KCTD1). We demonstrated the novel KCTD1-AP-2alpha interaction in vitro by GST pull-down assays and in vivo by co-immunoprecipitation assays and mapped the interaction domains to the N-termini of both proteins. In addition, we observed that the two proteins were completely co-localized in the nuclei of mammalian cells. Transient transfection assays using four promoters containing AP-2-binding sites confirmed that KCTD1 significantly repressed AP-2alpha-mediated transactivation through the BTB domain, whereas KCTD1 siRNA strongly relieved KCTD1-mediated repression of AP-2alpha transcriptional activity, and other BTB domain proteins such as PDIP1, KCTD10, and TNFAIP1 did not markedly inhibit the transcriptional activity of AP-2alpha, suggesting that KCTD1 specifically acts as a negative regulator of AP-2alpha. Finally, we found that KCTD1 interacted with three major members of the AP-2 family and inhibited their transcriptional activities. Taken together, our results indicate the novel function of KCTD1 as the transcriptional repressor for AP-2 family, especially for AP-2alpha.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1097-4644
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
106
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
285-95
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
The interaction of KCTD1 with transcription factor AP-2alpha inhibits its transactivation.
pubmed:affiliation
Model Animal Research Center, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210089, PR China.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't