NDLI: Cell-Type-Dependent Activity of the Ubiquitous Transcription Factor USF in Cellular Proliferation and Transcriptional Activation

Content Provider	PubMed Central
Author	Qyang, Yibing Luo, Xu Lu, Tao Ismail, Preeti M. Krylov, Dmitry Vinson, Charles Sawadogo, Michèle
Copyright Year	1999
Abstract	USF1 and USF2 are basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors implicated in the control of cellular proliferation. In HeLa cells, the USF proteins are transcriptionally active and their overexpression causes marked growth inhibition. In contrast, USF overexpression had essentially no effect on the proliferation of the Saos-2 osteosarcoma cell line. USF1 and USF2 also lacked transcriptional activity in Saos-2 cells when assayed by transient cotransfection with USF-dependent reporter genes. Yet, there was no difference in the expression, subcellular localization, or DNA-binding activity of the USF proteins in HeLa and Saos-2 cells. Furthermore, Gal4-USF1 and Gal4-USF2 fusion proteins activated transcription similarly in both cell lines. Mutational analysis and domain swapping experiments revealed that the small, highly conserved USF-specific region (USR) was responsible for the inactivity of USF in Saos-2 cells. In HeLa, the USR serves a dual function. It acts as an autonomous transcriptional activation domain at promoters containing an initiator element and also induces a conformational change that is required for USF activity at promoters lacking an initiator. Taken together, these results suggest a model in which the transcriptional activity of the USF proteins, and consequently their antiproliferative activity, is tightly controlled by interaction with a specialized coactivator that recognizes the conserved USR domain and, in contrast to USF, is not ubiquitous. The activity of USF is therefore context dependent, and evidence for USF DNA-binding activity in particular cells is insufficient to indicate USF function in transcriptional activation and growth control.
Starting Page	1508
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10985549
e-ISSN	10985549
Journal	Molecular and Cellular Biology
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	19
Language	English
Publisher	American Society for Microbiology
Publisher Date	1999-02-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	American Society for Microbiology
Subject Keyword	Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cell Biology Molecular Biology

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