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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
24
pubmed:dateCreated
1998-7-13
pubmed:abstractText
Human CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein epsilon (C/EBPepsilon), a new member of the C/EBP family, significantly up-regulates both the mim-1 and human myeloperoxidase promoters, suggesting an important role for C/EBPepsilon in the transcriptional regulation of a subset of myeloid-specific genes. To elucidate the structure and function of C/EBPepsilon in transcriptional activation, amino acid residues 1-115, 147-249, or 1-249 of C/EBPepsilon were fused to the yeast GAL4 DNA binding domain. These expression vectors were cotransfected with a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene and, in all cell lines tested, only the GAL-C/EBPepsilon-(1-115) fusion protein significantly activated expression from the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene. Sixteen deletion mutants of C/EBPepsilon mapped the transactivation domain to amino acids 1-18 at the N terminus and revealed the presence of a transcription repression element between amino acid residues 116 and 162. Expression vectors containing the repression domain of C/EBPepsilon strongly inhibited gene transcription from TK, SV40, and adenoviral major late promoters bearing GAL4 binding sites. Fusion of this repression domain to the VP16 activation domain inhibited the transactivation function of VP16. Deletion of this repression domain increased gene transcription from a neutrophil elastase promoter-luciferase reporter. Taken together, these data suggest that C/EBPepsilon regulates transcription by utilizing both activation and repression functions.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
12
pubmed:volume
273
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
14796-804
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification of transcriptional activation and repression domains in human CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein epsilon.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90048, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't