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Autoregulatory sequences are revealed by complex stability screening of the mouse brn-3.0 locus.


ABSTRACT: The POU-IV or Brn-3 class of transcription factors exhibit conserved structure, DNA-binding properties, and expression in specific subclasses of neurons across widely diverged species. In the mouse CNS, Brn-3.0 expression characterizes specific neurons from neurogenesis through the life of the cell. This irreversible activation of expression suggests positive autoregulation. To search for cis-acting elements that could mediate autoregulation we used a novel method, complex stability screening, which we applied to rapidly identify functional Brn-3.0 recognition sites within a large genomic region encompassing the mouse brn-3.0 locus. This method is based on the observation that the kinetic stability of Brn-3.0 complexes with specific DNA sequences, as measured by their dissociation half-lives, is highly correlated with the ability of those sequences to mediate transcriptional activation by Brn-3.0. The principal Brn-3.0 autoregulatory region lies approximately 5 kb upstream from the Brn-3.0 transcription start site and contains multiple Brn-3.0-binding sites that strongly resemble the optimal binding site for this protein class. This region also mediates transactivation by the closely related protein Brn-3.2, suggesting a regulatory cascade of POU proteins in specific neurons in which Brn-3.2 expression precedes Brn-3.0.

SUBMITTER: Trieu M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6782789 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Autoregulatory sequences are revealed by complex stability screening of the mouse brn-3.0 locus.

Trieu M M   Rhee J M JM   Fedtsova N N   Turner E E EE  

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 19990801 15


The POU-IV or Brn-3 class of transcription factors exhibit conserved structure, DNA-binding properties, and expression in specific subclasses of neurons across widely diverged species. In the mouse CNS, Brn-3.0 expression characterizes specific neurons from neurogenesis through the life of the cell. This irreversible activation of expression suggests positive autoregulation. To search for cis-acting elements that could mediate autoregulation we used a novel method, complex stability screening, w  ...[more]

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