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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-5-14
pubmed:abstractText
The Ets family of transcription factors comprises several members which are involved to regulate gene transcription. Although several consensus binding sites for Ets proteins can be found in a wide series of promoter, only a limited number of them are indeed activated by these transcription factors. The human intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) plays a crucial role in immune responses by enabling the binding of effector cells to various target cell types. ICAM-1 is constitutively expressed at different levels in the absence of stimuli in different cell types, and its expression is upregulated by several proinflammatory cytokines. We have here examined the transcriptional regulation of human ICAM-1 expression by Ets proteins, and more particularly by ERM, a member of this family of transcription factors. Transient transfection assays revealed that Ets-2 and ERM significantly activate the transcription of ICAM-1 promoter, whereas the less-related Ets family member, Spi-1/Pu.1, failed to do so. Transfection of a series of ICAM-1 promoter deletion mutants together with ERM expression plasmids have shown that an Ets responsive element is located within the first 176 bp upstream from the translational start site. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays and DNase I footprinting analysis have enabled us to identify two Ets binding sites at positions -158 and -138 from the ATG, respectively. Site directed mutagenesis of these elements has shown that the distal site is the major element required for the ERM-mediated activation of the ICAM-1 promoter. We can thus conclude that expression of ICAM-1 can be regulated by Ets transcription factors.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ERF protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ETS2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/ETV5 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Repressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0950-9232
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2065-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Chromosome Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Proto-Oncogene Protein c-ets-2, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Proto-Oncogene Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9572487-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
The transcription of the intercellular adhesion molecule-1 is regulated by Ets transcription factors.
pubmed:affiliation
UMR 319 CNRS - Institut Pasteur de Lille, Institut de Biologie, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't