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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-6-25
pubmed:abstractText
Nuclear factor I (NFI) binding sites are present in a wide range of brain-specific gene enhancer and promoter sequences and appear to play a role in establishing cell type-specific expression within the CNS. The precise mechanisms used by various members of the NFI family of proteins to confer brain-specific expression are unclear. We have addressed this issue by comparing the transactivating capabilities of two forms of NFI in directing gliotropic expression from two different JC virus (JCV) promoter configurations. The JCV is an opportunistic pathogen of humans that causes lytic destruction of the oligodendrocytes and thus demyelination in immunocompromised patients. Our results show that the cerebellum-enriched form of NFI (NFI-A1) transactivates two gliotropic JCV early promoters to a greater extent than the ubiquitous form of NFI (NFI-C1). Activation by NFI-A1 was dramatically greater in glial than in nonglial cells. These results suggest that NFI proteins direct brain-specific expression through combinatorial interactions with cell specific coactivators and/or transcription factors that recognize adjacent sites within brain specific promoters.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0022-3042
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
66
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1354-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Astrocytoma, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Cerebellum, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Gene Expression Regulation, Viral, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Genetic Complementation Test, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Isomerism, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-JC Virus, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-NFI Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Neuroglia, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:8627286-Y-Box-Binding Protein 1
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
The cerebellum-enriched form of nuclear factor I is functionally different from ubiquitous nuclear factor I in glial-specific promoter regulation.
pubmed:affiliation
Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't