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Mice deficient for the ets transcription factor elk-1 show normal immune responses and mildly impaired neuronal gene activation.


ABSTRACT: The transcription factor Elk-1 belongs to the ternary complex factor (TCF) subfamily of Ets proteins. TCFs interact with serum response factor to bind jointly to serum response elements in the promoters of immediate-early genes (IEGs). TCFs mediate the rapid transcriptional response of IEGs to various extracellular stimuli which activate mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling. To investigate physiological functions of Elk-1 in vivo, we generated Elk-1-deficient mice by homologous recombination in embryonic stem cells. These animals were found to be phenotypically indistinguishable from their wild-type littermates. Histological analysis of various tissues failed to reveal any differences between Elk-1 mutant and wild-type mice. Elk-1 deficiency caused no changes in the proteomic displays of brain or spleen extracts. Also, no immunological defects could be detected in mice lacking Elk-1, even upon infection with coxsackievirus B3. In mouse embryonic fibroblasts, Elk-1 was dispensable for c-fos and Egr-1 transcriptional activation upon stimulation with serum, lysophosphatidic acid, or tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate. However, in brains of Elk-1-deficient mice, cortical and hippocampal CA1 expression of c-fos, but not Egr-1 or c-Jun, was markedly reduced 4 h following kainate-induced seizures. This was not accompanied by altered patterns of neuronal apoptosis. Collectively, our data indicate that Elk-1 is essential neither for mouse development nor for adult life, suggesting compensatory activities by other TCFs.

SUBMITTER: Cesari F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC303347 | biostudies-other | 2004 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other

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