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Mol. Cell. Biol., Oct 1995, 5444-5452, Vol 15, No. 10
PK Datta, P Raychaudhuri and S Bagchi
The retinoblastoma-related protein p107 has been shown to be a regulator of
the transcription factor E2F. p107 associates with E2F via its pocket
region and represses E2F-dependent transcription. In this study, we provide
evidence for a novel interaction between p107 and the transcription factor
Sp1. We show that p107 can be found endogenously associated with Sp1 in the
extracts of several different cell lines. Moreover, in transient
transfection assays, expression of p107 represses Sp1-dependent
transcription. This repression of Sp1-dependent transcription does not
require the DNA-binding domain of Sp1. Transcription driven by a chimeric
protein containing the Ga14 DNA- binding domain and the Sp1 activation
domains is inhibited by p107. Interestingly, unlike the repression of
E2F-dependent transcription, the repression of Sp1-dependent transcription
does not depend on an intact pocket region. We show that distinct regions
of p107 are involved in the control of Sp1 and E2F.
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology
Association of p107 with Sp1: genetically separable regions of p107 are involved in regulation of E2F- and Sp1-dependent transcription
Center for Molecular Biology of Oral Diseases, College of Dentistry, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612, USA.
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