A new regulatory element that augments the Tax-dependent enhancer of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 and cloning of cDNAs encoding its binding proteins
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- DOI: 10.1128/JVI.67.9.5375-5382.1993
A new regulatory element that augments the Tax-dependent enhancer of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 and cloning of cDNAs encoding its binding proteins
Abstract
The Tax protein of human T-cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) trans activates the 21-bp enhancer of HTLV-1. A sequence of more than two copies of the 21-bp enhancer is efficiently activated by Tax, but one copy is not activated extensively. Another sequence (TRE-2, positions -163 to -117) adjacent to the 21-bp enhancer in the long terminal repeat of HTLV-1 can enhance a single copy of the 21-bp enhancer activity in trans activation by Tax. This sequence contains motifs related to the Ets- and NF-kappa B-binding sequences, but mutations at these sites indicated that neither is responsive to cooperation with the 21-bp enhancer. A deletion mutation of TRE-2 identified 25 bases at positions -158 to -134 (TRE-2S) as an essential sequence, and TRE-2S was sufficient to give maximum cooperation with one copy of the 21-bp enhancer in trans activation by Tax protein. Using TRE-2S as a probe, we screened a cDNA library of HUT102 cells by the Southwestern (DNA-protein) procedure and isolated two cDNA clones, THP-1 and -2. These two clones encode TRE-2S-binding proteins, and they differ by only an extra 17 amino acids in THP-2. Both THP proteins contain five zinc finger motifs which are strikingly similar to those of the GLI family, an amplified gene product in glyoma cells. The binding site of THP-1 and -2 was GAACCACCCA in TRE-2S, which is highly homologous to the GLI-binding site. These results suggest that binding of THP to TRE-2S may be involved in cooperation with one copy of the 21-bp enhancer in responding to Tax trans activation.
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