| Literature DB >> 9264408 |
Y Tanaka1, T Watanabe, N Chiba, M Niki, Y Kuroiwa, T Nishihira, S Satomi, Y Ito, M Satake.
Abstract
The Pebpb2/Cbfb gene encodes the non-DNA binding beta subunit of the heterodimeric transcription factor, PEBP2/CBF, and has been implicated in a subtype of human acute myeloid leukemia, as well as being indispensable for the development of definitive hematopoiesis in the murine fetal liver. By examining a subcellular localization of the PEBP2beta/CBFbeta protein in tissue culture cells, we could reveal an additional aspect of the protein other than to be a subunit of a transcription factor. Immunoblot and immunocytochemical staining showed that PEBP2beta/CBFbeta was mostly present in the cytoplasm. This PEBP2beta/CBFbeta was free from its DNA-binding partner, the alpha subunit of PEBP2/CBF, as judged by the electrophoretic mobility shift assays. Furthermore, a significant amount of PEBP2beta/CBFbeta was retained in the cytoskeleton preparation after detergent extraction of the cells and was found by double immunofluorescence to colocalize with the F-actin on stress fibers and the vinculin in membrane processes. Thus, the present study extends PEBP2beta/CBFbeta to be a cytoskeleton-affinitive as well as nuclear protein. The implications of these results are discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1997 PMID： 9264408 DOI： 10.1038/sj.onc.1201235
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Oncogene ISSN： 0950-9232 Impact factor: 9.867