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. 1994 Feb 25;22(4):613–618. doi: 10.1093/nar/22.4.613

One of two Ets-binding sites in the cytokeratin EndoA enhancer is essential for enhancer activity and binds to Ets-2 related proteins.

Y Fujimura 1, H Yamamoto 1, F Hamazato 1, M Nozaki 1
PMCID: PMC307851  PMID: 7510396

Abstract

Expression of the mouse cytokeratin EndoA gene is restricted in endodermal and epithelial cells, and is regulated by an enhancer that is located 1 kilobase (kb) 3' downstream from the gene. The enhancer consists of six direct repeats, of which each contains two predicted Ets binding sites (EBS1 and EBS2) containing GGAA as a core. Mutation analysis showed that EBS1 is essential for the enhancer activity and additional effects of EBS2, suggesting that some Ets-related proteins bind and activate the enhancer through EBS1. We also showed that Ets-2 mRNA is expressed in PYS-2 cells and that Ets-2 protein produced by E. coli interacts with EBS1 but not with EBS2. Using co-transfection assays, we showed that Ets-2 can trans-activate the enhancer in PYS-2 cells. Mutations that impair Ets-2 binding abolished the activity of the EndoA enhancer. The results obtained from the binding competition assay using an Ets-2 specific antibody, however, suggest that EBS1 binds to an Ets protein which is distinct from Ets-2. These data show that Ets-2 related protein binds and activates the EndoA enhancer in a sequence-specific fashion.

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