The PcG protein HPC2 inhibits RBP-J-mediated transcription by interacting with LIM protein KyoT2

FEBS Lett. 2005 Feb 14;579(5):1220-6. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2005.01.022. Epub 2005 Jan 26.

Abstract

The DNA-binding protein recombination signal-binding protein-Jk (RBP-J) plays a key role in transcriptional regulation by targeting the intracellular domain of Notch (NIC) and the Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigen 2 (EBNA2) to specific promoters. In the absence of the Notch signaling, RBP-J acts as a transcriptional suppressor through recruiting co-suppressors such as histone deacetylase (HDAC). KyoT2 is a LIM domain protein that suppresses the RBP-J-mediated transcriptional activation. In the current study, we show that the polycomb group (PcG) protein HPC2, which functions as a transcriptional suppressor, is a candidate of KyoT2-binding proteins. To confirm the physical and functional interaction between KyoT2 and HPC2, we carried out yeast two-hybrid, GST-pull down, co-immunoprecipitation, as well as mammalian two-hybrid assays. Our results showed HPC2 and KyoT2 interacted both in vitro and in vivo, probably through the C-terminal fragment of HPC2 and LIM domains of KyoT2. In addition, we also found that overexpression of HPC2, not only inhibited transactivation of a RBP-J-dependent promoter by NIC, but also transactivation by RBP-J-VP16, a constitutively active form of RBP-J. Taken together, our results suggested that KyoT2 might inhibit the RBP-J-mediated transactivation through NIC by recruiting co-suppressors such as HPC2.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Line
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics
  • DNA-Binding Proteins / metabolism
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein
  • Immunoprecipitation
  • Ligases
  • Membrane Proteins / genetics
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Multiprotein Complexes / chemistry
  • Multiprotein Complexes / metabolism
  • Muscle Proteins / genetics
  • Muscle Proteins / metabolism*
  • Nuclear Proteins / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Nuclear Proteins / genetics
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism
  • Polycomb-Group Proteins
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic / genetics
  • Protein Binding
  • Receptors, Notch
  • Repressor Proteins / genetics
  • Repressor Proteins / metabolism*
  • Transcription, Genetic*
  • Transcriptional Activation / genetics
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases

Substances

  • DNA-Binding Proteins
  • Immunoglobulin J Recombination Signal Sequence-Binding Protein
  • Membrane Proteins
  • Multiprotein Complexes
  • Muscle Proteins
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Polycomb-Group Proteins
  • RBPJ protein, human
  • Receptors, Notch
  • Repressor Proteins
  • Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
  • Ligases
  • CBX4 protein, human