Identification of a cell-type-specific and E2F-independent mechanism for repression of cdc2 transcription.

AUTOR(ES)

Sugarman, J L

RESUMO

Human myeloid leukemia cells, such as HL60, U937, and THP1 cells, undergo macrophage differentiation and growth arrest following treatment with the phorbol ester 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA). Surprisingly, we find that growth of a significant percentage of THP1 cells is arrested in the G2 phase of the cell cycle. G2 arrest correlates with cell-specific repression of the gene encoding p34cdc2, a crucial regulator of G2/M progression. Intriguingly, TPA-mediated repression of the cdc2 promoter was independent of the transcription factor E2F, distinguishing this pathway from mechanisms responsible for repression of cdc2 transcription in response to serum starvation. The region of the cdc2 promoter required for repression was located from bp -22 to -2 from the major transcriptional start site. This sequence, which we term the R box, directs the uncoupling of the basal promoter from upstream activators following TPA treatment. Analysis of THP1 nuclear proteins revealed a 55-kDa protein that was induced by TPA and interacted with the cdc2 promoter in an R-box-dependent manner. These observations provide evidence for the existence of cell-type- and promoter-specific pathways for the assembly of stable transcriptional initiation complexes that function to differentially regulate the expression of cell cycle control genes in mammalian cells.

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