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. 1989 Nov;9(11):4670–4676. doi: 10.1128/mcb.9.11.4670

Mechanism of suppression of the long terminal repeat of Moloney leukemia virus in mouse embryonal carcinoma cells.

T Tsukiyama 1, O Niwa 1, K Yokoro 1
PMCID: PMC363613  PMID: 2601693

Abstract

Sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins that bind to the long terminal repeat (LTR) of Moloney leukemia virus in undifferentiated and differentiated mouse embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells were identified by gel retardation assay. The proteins that bind to the CCAAT box were present in both undifferentiated and differentiated EC cells. The amounts and the number of species of the proteins that bind to the enhancer and the GC-rich region were far lower in undifferentiated EC cells than in the differentiated counterparts. These proteins were supposed to be transcriptional activators. Proteins that bind upstream of the enhancer, namely, the -352 to -346 region and the -407 to -404 region, were identified. These proteins were designated the embryonic LTR-binding protein (ELP) and the LTR-binding protein, respectively. The ELP was present only in undifferentiated EC cell lines. The LTR-binding protein was detected in all cell lines tested. The mechanism of suppression of the LTR was investigated by the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase assay. The enhancer and the GC-rich region of the LTR functioned poorly in undifferentiated cells. When eight copies of ELP-binding sequences were inserted upstream of the enhancer region, expression of the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase gene was reduced about threefold in ECA2 cells. From these data, we concluded that two mechanisms, the shortage of activator proteins and the presence of a negative regulatory protein (ELP), are involved in the suppression of the LTR in undifferentiated EC cells.

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