Physical association between MDM2 and Sp1 in vitro and
in vivo. (A) In vitro-translated Sp1
binds to MBP-MDM2. Radiolabeled Sp1 was incubated with MBP-MDM2 alone,
and visualized after PAGE. (B) In
vitro-translated MDM2 binds to GST-Sp1. Radiolabedled MDM2 was
incubated with different GST-Sp1 constructs and subjected to a
GST-puldown assay. GST-A, -B, and -C domain fusion proteins, as well as
the GST-zinc + D domain were described previously (34). (C)
Schematic representation of the Sp1 deletion constructs used in the MBP
or GST pulldown assays. (D) Coimmunoprecipitation of Sp1
with two different MDM2 antibodies. Cell extracts from MDM2+/+ or
MDM−/− cells were subjected to immunoprecipitation with the MDM2
antibodies 2A10 and 4B11 (5); bound proteins were subjected to
immunoblot analysis with an antibody against Sp1. Sp1 immunoreactivity
is detected only in cells that contain an intact MDM2 gene.
(E) Expression of endogenous Sp1 is similar in MDM2+/+ and
MDM2−/− cells. Western blot hybridization, using an antibody
against Sp1, on the cell extracts used in D above.