Functional synergy and physical interactions of the erythroid transcription factor GATA-1 with the Krüppel family proteins Sp1 and EKLF.
An unresolved aspect of current understanding of erythroid cell-specific gene expression relates to how a limited number of transcriptional factors cooperate to direct high-level expression mediated by cis-regulatory elements separated over large distances within globin loci. In this report, we provide evidence that GATA-1, the major erythroid transcription factor, activates transcription in a synergistic fashion with two Krüppel family factors, the ubiquitous protein Sp1 and the erythroid-restricted factor EKLF (erythroid Krüppel-like factor), which recognize GC and/or GT/CACC motifs. Binding sites for both GATA-1 and these Krüppel proteins (especially Sp1) are found in close association in the promoters and enhancers of numerous erythroid cell-expressed genes and appear to cooperate in directing their expression. We have shown that GATA-1 interacts physically with Sp1 and EKLF and that interactions are mediated through their respective DNA-binding domains. Moreover, we show that GATA-1 and Sp1 synergize from a distance in constructs designed to mimic the architecture of globin locus control regions and downstream globin promoters. Finally, the formation of GATA-1- SP1 complexes was demonstrated in vivo by the ability of Sp1 to recruit GATA-1 to a promoter in the absence of GATA-binding sites. These experiments provide the first evidence for functionally important protein-protein interactions involved in erythroid cell-specific expression and suggest a mechanism by which DNA loops between locus control regions and globin promoters (or enhancers) might be formed or stabilized.[1]References
- Functional synergy and physical interactions of the erythroid transcription factor GATA-1 with the Krüppel family proteins Sp1 and EKLF. Merika, M., Orkin, S.H. Mol. Cell. Biol. (1995) [Pubmed]
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