DNA-binding proteins that interact with the long terminal repeat of radiation leukemia virus.
AUTOR(ES)
Gorska-Flipot, I
RESUMO
We used the electrophoretic mobility shift assay to identify the interactions of nuclear proteins with the long terminal repeat of leukemogenic, thymotropic BL/VL3 radiation leukemia virus (RadLV). In the promoter region, we identified a CCAAT box-binding protein (CBP) that has the same binding characteristics as the CCAAT box-binding protein that binds to the Moloney murine sarcoma virus promoter and most likely represents the CP1 factor. In the upstream enhancer region unique to BL/VL3, we detected several sequence-specific complexes, one with T-lymphocyte extracts but not with fibroblast extracts. This U3 region, UEB, may be important for the T-cell specificity of BL/VL3 RadLV. In the enhancer, which has been uniquely rearranged in this virus, we identified three specific protein-binding sites. Two of them showed characteristics of the LVb and core binding sites previously described for other murine retroviruses. But one binding site, identified as Rad-1, is unique to BL/VL3 RadLV and was found downstream, only 1 nucleotide from the core sequence. Rad-1 has a corelike motif on the minus strand, and the factor that binds to it could be competed by a BL/VL3 core-containing fragment. Moreover, the protein-DNA contacts involve the typical three core Gs separated by one T. These results suggest that Rad-1 binds a factor identical or similar to the core-binding factor. Our data suggest that the LVb, core, and Rad-1 motifs may be sufficient for this enhancer, most likely in association with other U3 long terminal repeat sequences, to promote a high rate of transcription of BL/VL3 RadLV in its specific target cells (thymocytes).
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