| First Author | Xu D | Year | 2002 |
| Journal | EMBO J | Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 15 | Pages | 4081-93 |
| PubMed ID | 12145208 | Mgi Jnum | J:78408 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:2384367 | Doi | 10.1093/emboj/cdf413 |
| Citation | Xu D, et al. (2002) Ets1 is required for p53 transcriptional activity in UV-induced apoptosis in embryonic stem cells. EMBO J 21(15):4081-93 |
| abstractText | Embryonic stem (ES) cells contain a p53-dependent apoptosis mechanism to avoid the continued proliferation and differentiation of damaged cells. We show that mouse ES cells lacking Ets1 are deficient in their ability to undergo UV-induced apoptosis, similar to p53 null ES cells. In Ets1(-/-) ES cells, UV induction of the p53 regulated genes mdm2, perp, cyclin G and bax was decreased both at mRNA and protein levels. While p53 protein levels were unaltered in Ets1(-/-) cells, its ability to transactivate genes such as mdm2 and cyclin G was reduced. Furthermore, electrophoretic mobility shift assays and immunoprecipitations demonstrated that the presence of Ets1 was necessary for a CBP/p53 complex to be formed. Chromatin immunoprecipitations demonstrated that Ets1 was required for the formation of a stable p53-DNA complex under physiological conditions and activation of histone acetyltransferase activity. These data demonstrate that Ets1 is an essential component of a UV-responsive p53 transcriptional activation complex in ES cells and suggests that Ets1 may contribute to the specificity of p53-dependent gene transactivation in distinct cellular compartments. |
