Binding of YY1 to a site overlapping a weak TATA box is essential for transcription from the uteroglobin promoter in endometrial cells.
AUTOR(ES)
Klug, J
RESUMO
The gene for rabbit uteroglobin codes for a small calcium-, steroid-, and biphenyl metabolite-binding homodimeric protein which is expressed in a variety of epithelial cell types such as Clara cells (lung) and the glandular and luminal cells of the endometrium. One important region mediating its efficient transcription in a human endometrium-derived cell line, Ishikawa, is centered around a noncanonical TATA box. Two factors, TATA core factor (TCF), expressed in cell lines derived from uteroglobin-expressing tissues, and the ubiquitously expressed TATA palindrome factor, bind to the DNA major groove at two adjacent sites within this region. Here, we report the identification of the TATA palindrome factor as the transcription/initiation factor YY1 by microsequencing of the biochemically purified factor from HeLa cells. The binding site for YY1 within the uteroglobin gene is unique in its sequence and its location overlapping a weak TATA box (TACA). Binding of YY1 was required for efficient transcription in TCF-positive Ishikawa cells, which responded only weakly to a change of TACA to TATA, although in vitro binding affinity for the TATA-box-binding protein increased by 1 order of magnitude. In contrast, in CV-1 cells, lacking TCF, binding of YY1 was not required for transcription in the context of a wild-type TACA box, whereas a change from TACA to TATA led to significantly increased reporter gene expression. DNA binding data exclude a role of YY1 in stabilizing the interaction of the TATA-box-binding protein with the uteroglobin promoter. We conclude that cell lines derived from uteroglobin-expressing tissues overcome the weak TATA box with the help of auxiliary factors, one of them being YY1.
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