Okadaic Acid Stimulates H Ferritin Transcription in HeLa Cells by Increasing the Interaction between the p300 CO-Activator Molecule and the Transcription Factor Bbf

Author： Bevilacqua M.A. Faniello M.C. Cimino F. Costanzo F.

Publisher： Elsevier

ISSN： 0006-291X

Source： Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, Vol.240, Iss.1, 1997-11, pp. : 179-182

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Abstract

The transcription of the human H ferritin gene is regulated by a transcription factor, called Bbf, which binds an enhancer element located in the -100/+1 region of the H promoter. To evaluate a possible role of Bbf phopshorylation on the promoter efficiency, we exposed HeLa cells to the phosphatase inhibitor okadaic acid (OA). The okadaic acid treatment increased about 4-fold the transcription driven by the -100/+1 region of the H promoter. However, the DNA binding activity of Bbf was not modified by OA, as assessed by EMSA. Immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrated that the OA-treatment stimulates and/or stabilizes the complex between Bbf and the nuclear protein p300, most probably by inducing the phosphorylation state of the complex. Bbf depends on the p300 molecule to trigger RNA polymerase II and thus transcription of the H ferritin gene. Copyright 1997 Academic Press.