Nucleic Acids Research, 1993, Vol. 21, No. 9 2057-2063
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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
The nucleolar transcription activator UBF relieves Ku antigen-mediated repression of mouse ribosomal gene transcription
1German Cancer Research Center D-6900 Heidelberg, Germany
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Received February 23, 1993. Revised March 24, 1993. Accepted March 24, 1993.
Previously we have shown that the RNA polymerase I (Pol l)-specific transcription factor UBF stimulates transcription by both facilitating transcription complex formation and by relieving repression exerted by a negative-acting factor which competes for binding of the murine factor TIF-1B to the ribosomal gene promoter (1). We have purified and functionally characterized this repressor protein from Ehrlich ascltes cells. The final preparation contained two polypeptides with molecular masses of 75 and 90 kDa, respectively. Both polypeptides Interact with the rDNA promoter as revealed by UV-crosslinking experiments. The specificity of binding to the ribosomal gene promoter was demonstrated in an electrophoretic mobility shift assay and by DNase footprinting. The biochemical propertles of this negative-acting factor closely resemble those of the Ku antigen, a human nuclear DNA-binding heterodimer which Is the target of autoantibodies In several autoimmune diseases. Anti-Ku antibodies precipitate the repressor activity and overcome transcription inhibition. The data demonstrate that regulation of Pol I gene transcription may Involve an antirepression mechanism as already documented for Pol II genes and suggest that Ku protein may be causally involved in repressor-mediated down regulation of rRNA synthesis.
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