First Author | Goenka S | Year | 2006 |
Journal | Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A | Volume | 103 |
Issue | 11 | Pages | 4210-5 |
PubMed ID | 16537510 | Mgi Jnum | J:107585 |
Mgi Id | MGI:3621509 | Doi | 10.1073/pnas.0506981103 |
Citation | Goenka S, et al. (2006) Selective potentiation of Stat-dependent gene expression by collaborator of Stat6 (CoaSt6), a transcriptional cofactor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103(11):4210-5 |
abstractText | The molecular mechanisms by which transcription is selectively activated and precisely controlled by signal transducer and activator of transcription (Stat) factors represent a central issue in cytokine-mediated cellular responses. Stat6 mediates responses to IL-4 and antagonizes Stat1 activated by IFN-gamma. We have discovered that Stat6 binds to collaborator of Stat6 (CoaSt6), a protein that lacks conventional coactivator motifs but contains three iterations of a domain found in the variant histone macroH2A. Although macroH2A participates in transcriptional silencing, the macro domains of CoaSt6 increased IL-4-induced gene expression. Moreover, CoaSt6 amplified Stat6-mediated but not IFN-gamma-induced gene expression, providing evidence of a selective coregulator of Stat-mediated gene transcription. |