Molecular Endocrinology, Vol 7, 604-615, Copyright © 1993 by Endocrine Society

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E1A functions as a coactivator of retinoic acid-dependent retinoic acid receptor-beta 2 promoter activation

FA Kruyt, GE Folkers, AJ Walhout, BJ van der Leede and PT van der Saag
Hubrecht Laboratory, Netherlands Institute for Developmental Biology, Utrecht.

The retinoic acid (RA) receptor (RAR) beta 2 promoter is strongly activated by RA in embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells. We examined this activation in the P19 EC-derived END-2 cell line and in E1A-expressing counterparts and found strong RA-dependent RAR beta 2 promoter activation in the E1A-expressing cells, which was not observed in the parental cell line, indicating a possible role for E1A in RAR beta 2 activation. In transient transfection assays, E1A functioned as a coactivator of RA-dependent RAR beta 2 promoter activation and, moreover, was able to restore this activation in cells lacking RAR beta 2 activation. By deletion analysis, two regions in the RAR beta 2 promoter were identified that mediate the stimulatory effect of E1A: the RA response element and TATA box-containing region and a more up- stream region between -180 and -63, in which a cAMP response element- related motif was identified as a target element for E1A. In addition, determination of endogenous E1A-like activity by measuring E2A promoter activity in transient transfection assays in EC and differentiated cells revealed a correlation between RA-dependent RAR beta 2 promoter activation and the presence of this activity, suggesting an important role for the cellular equivalent of E1A in regulation of the RAR beta 2 promoter.

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