Functional interaction between the POU domain protein Tst-1/Oct-6 and the high-mobility-group protein HMG-I/Y.
AUTOR(ES)
Leger, H
RESUMO
The POU domain protein Tst-1/Oct-6 is a transcriptional activator of human papovavirus JC virus in transient transfections. Because of its endogenous expression in myelinating glia, Tst-1/Oct-6 might also be an important determinant for the glia specificity of JC virus in vivo. Activation of viral early and late genes depends on the ability of Tst-1/Oct-6 to interact with an AT-rich element within the viral regulatory region. Here, we show that this element not only is bound by Tst-1/Oct-6 but, in addition, serves as a binding site for the high-mobility-group protein HMG-I/Y. In the presence of HMG-I/Y, Tst-1/Oct-6 exhibited an increased affinity for this AT-rich element. The specificity of this effect was evident from the fact that no stimulation of Tst-1/Oct-6 binding was observed on a site that did not allow binding of HMG-I/Y. In addition, both proteins interacted with each other in solution. Direct contacts were identified between the POU domain of Tst-1/Oct-6 and a short stretch of 10 amino acids in the central portion of HMG-I/Y. These results point to an accessory role for HMG-I/Y in the activation of JC viral gene expression by the POU domain protein Tst-1/Oct-6. In agreement with such a role, HMG-Y synergistically supported the function of Tst-1/Oct-6 in transient transfections, measured on the early promoter of JC virus or on an artificial promoter consisting of only a TATA box and the common binding element for Tst-1 and HMG-I/Y.
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