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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
28
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-8-29
pubmed:abstractText
Expression of DNA topoisomerase IIalpha mRNA and protein reflects the proliferative state of mammalian cell lines and tissues with high levels in actively cycling cells but marked down-regulation during serum deprivation or cell density-induced growth arrest. Using stably integrated gene fusions comprising the human topoisomerase IIalpha promoter with a growth hormone reporter gene, we have localized elements required for the differential activity of the topoisomerase IIalpha promoter in proliferating and confluence-arrested cells. Deletion analysis localized the region of the promoter that responded to changes in the cellular growth state to between -101 and -144 base pairs. Mutation analysis identified an inverted CCAAT box (ICB) located at -108 to -104 as necessary for promoter down-regulation in confluence-arrested cells, while several other potential cis-acting elements, including four additional ICBs, were shown not to be required. The critical ICB was recognized in vitro by the CCAAT box binding factor, NF-Y, with levels of binding activity higher in extracts from proliferating cells than from confluence-arrested cells. We conclude that the differential regulation of topoisomerase IIalpha gene expression in cycling and confluence-arrested cells is mediated, at least in part, through proliferation-specific binding of factors to an ICB element in the gene promoter.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
271
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
16741-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8663303-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Antigens, Neoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-DNA Topoisomerases, Type II, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Down-Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Growth Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:8663303-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of the human topoisomerase IIalpha gene promoter in confluence-arrested cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't