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ArticleMolecular vision2008

PCNA interacts with Prox1 and represses its transcriptional activity.

Xiaoren Chen, Tapan P Patel, Vladimir I Simirskii, Melinda K Duncan

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Article in Molecular vision, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaoren ChenDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
Tapan P Patel
Vladimir I Simirskii
Melinda K Duncan
University of Delaware · US

Funding

VOLUMETRIC BREAST DENSITY ESTIMATION USING BREAST SURFACE RECONSTRUCTEDP20RR016472 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI STANHOPE, STEVEN J. · 2001 to 2011
$37.6M
The Regulation of Lens Fiber Cell DifferentiationR01EY012221 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI DUNCAN, MELINDA K · 1998 to 2012
$3.7M
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR016472NEI NIH HHS EY012221NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012221
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeProx1 is a transcription factor which can function either as a transcriptional activator, transcriptional repressor or a transcriptional corepressor. This paper seeks to better understand the role of protein-protein interactions in this multitude of functions.

methodsWe performed a yeast two-hybrid screen of an 11.5 day post coitum (dpc) mouse embryo cDNA library using the homeo-Prospero domain of Prox1 as bait. Computer modeling, cotransfection analysis and confocal immunolocalization were used to investigate the significance of one of the identified interactions.

resultsProliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) was identified as a Prox1 interacting protein. Prox1 interactions with PCNA require the PCNA interacting protein motif (PIP box), located in the Prospero domain of Prox1. Computer modeling of this interaction identified the apparent geometry of this interface which maintains the accessibility of Prox1 to DNA. Prox1 activated the chicken betaB1-crystallin promoter in cotransfection tests as previously reported, while PCNA squelched this transcriptional activation.

conclusionsSince PCNA is expressed in the lens epithelium where Prox1 levels are low, while chicken betaB1-crystallin expression activates in lens fibers where Prox1 expression is high and PCNA levels are low, these data suggest that Prox1-PCNA interactions may in part prevent the activation of betaB1-crystallin expression in the lens epithelium.

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Transcription, GeneticAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsbeta-Crystallin B ChainChickensCHO CellsCricetinaeCricetulusHomeodomain ProteinsHumansLens, CrystallineLiverMiceModels, MolecularMolecular Sequence DataProliferating Cell Nuclear Antigenbeta-Crystallin B ChainHomeodomain ProteinsProliferating Cell Nuclear AntigenProspero-Related Homeobox 1 ProteinRepressor ProteinsTumor Suppressor Proteins

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PMID19023449
PMCPMC2584773
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