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Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 2000, p. 3640-3654, Vol. 20, No. 10
0270-7306/00/$04.00+0
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Overlapping Expression of Early B-Cell Factor and Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins as a Mechanism To Dictate B-Lineage-Specific Activity of the lambda 5 Promoter

Mikael Sigvardsson*

Immunology Group, CMB, Lund University, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden

Received 24 August 1999/Returned for modification 1 October 1999/Accepted 16 February 2000

The basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) transcription factors are a large group of proteins suggested to control key events in the development of B lymphocytes as well as of other cellular lineages. To examine how bHLH proteins activate a B-lineage-specific promoter, I investigated the ability of E47, E12, Heb, E2-2, and MyoD to activate the lambda 5 surrogate light chain promoter. Comparison of the functional capacity of the E2A-encoded E47 and E12 proteins indicated that even though both were able to activate the lambda 5 promoter and act in synergy with early B-cell factor (EBF), E47 displayed a higher functional activity than E12. An ability to act in synergy with EBF was also observed for Heb, E2-2, and MyoD, suggesting that these factors were functionally redundant in this regard. Mapping of functional domains in EBF and E47 revealed that the dimerization and DNA binding domains mediated the synergistic activity. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay analysis using the 5' part of the lambda 5 promoter revealed formation of template-dependent heteromeric complexes between EBF and E47, suggesting that the synergistic mechanism involves cooperative binding to DNA. These findings propose a unique molecular function for E47 and provide overlapping expression with EBF as a molecular mechanism to direct B-cell-specific target gene activation by bHLH proteins.

* Mailing address: Immunology Group, CMB, Lund University, Sölvegatan 21, S-223 62 Lund, Sweden. Phone: 46 462223829. Fax: 46 462224218. E-mail: mikael.sigvardsson{at}immuno.lu.se.

Molecular and Cellular Biology, May 2000, p. 3640-3654, Vol. 20, No. 10
0270-7306/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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