Abstract:
:TWIST1, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, plays critical roles in embryo development, cancer metastasis and mesenchymal progenitor differentiation. Little is known about transcriptional regulation of TWIST1 expression. Here we identified DNA sequences responsible for TWIST1 expression in mesenchymal lineage cell lines. Reporter assays with TWIST1 promoter mutants defined the -102 to -74 sequences that are essential for TWIST1 expression in human and mouse mesenchymal cell lines. Tandem repeats of CCT, but not putative CREB and NF-kappaB sites in the sequences substantially supported activity of the TWIST1 promoter. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay demonstrated that the DNA sequences with the CCT repeats formed complexes with nuclear factors, containing, at least, Sp1 and Sp3. These results suggest critical implication of the CCT repeats in association with Sp1 and Sp3 factors in sustaining expression of the TWIST1 gene in mesenchymal cells.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Ohkuma M,Funato N,Higashihori N,Murakami M,Ohyama K,Nakamura Mdoi
10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.11.114subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2007-01-26 00:00:00pages
925-31issue
4eissn
0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006-291X(06)02608-8journal_volume
352pub_type
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