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A minimal Bcl-x promoter is activated by Brn-3a and repressed by p53

Author(s) -

Katharine L. Sugars

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

nucleic acids research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 9.008

H-Index - 537

eISSN - 1362-4954

pISSN - 0305-1048

DOI - 10.1093/nar/29.22.4530

Subject(s) - promoter , biology , transcription factor , transcription (linguistics) , apoptosis , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , gene expression , genetics , linguistics , philosophy

The Brn-3a transcription factor stimulates the expression of the anti-apoptotic Bcl-2 and Bcl-x proteins and protects neuronal cells from apoptosis. Here we show that a minimal Bcl-x promoter is activated by Brn-3a and that this stimulation is prevented by the pro-apoptotic p53 protein. Both these effects are mediated via Bcl-x promoter sequences, which are indistinguishable from those required for minimal basal promoter activity. A newly described upstream Bcl-x promoter is also activated by Brn-3a with this activation being prevented by p53. Hence, Brn-3a-mediated activation of two distinct Bcl-x promoters and of the Bcl-2 promoter is blocked by p53 whereas this is not observed for Brn-3a activated promoters derived from genes not involved in inhibiting apoptosis. p53 therefore appears to specifically target the activation by Brn-3a of promoters derived from genes with an anti-apoptotic effect and this may be involved in the pro-apoptotic activity of p53.

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