PMID- 10207073 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990518 LR - 20210526 IS - 0270-7306 (Print) IS - 0270-7306 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 5 DP - 1999 May TI - CREB-Binding protein acetylates hematopoietic transcription factor GATA-1 at functionally important sites. PG - 3496-505 AB - The transcription factor GATA-1 is a key regulator of erythroid-cell differentiation and survival. We have previously shown that the transcriptional cofactor CREB-binding protein (CBP) binds to the zinc finger domain of GATA-1, markedly stimulates the transcriptional activity of GATA-1, and is required for erythroid differentiation. Here we report that CBP, but not p/CAF, acetylates GATA-1 at two highly conserved lysine-rich motifs present at the C-terminal tails of both zinc fingers. Using [3H]acetate labelling experiments and anti-acetyl lysine immunoprecipitations, we show that GATA-1 is acetylated in vivo at the same sites acetylated by CBP in vitro. In addition, we show that CBP stimulates GATA-1 acetylation in vivo in an E1A-sensitive manner, thus establishing a correlation between acetylation and transcriptional activity of GATA-1. Acetylation in vitro did not alter the ability of GATA-1 to bind DNA, and mutations in either motif did not affect DNA binding of GATA-1 expressed in mammalian cells. Since certain functions of GATA-1 are revealed only in an erythroid environment, GATA-1 constructs were examined for their ability to trigger terminal differentiation when introduced into a GATA-1-deficient erythroid cell line. We found that mutations in either acetylation motif partially impaired the ability of GATA-1 to induce differentiation while mutations in both motifs abrogated it completely. Taken together, these data indicate that CBP is an important cofactor for GATA-1 and suggest a novel mechanism in which acetylation by CBP regulates GATA-1 activity in erythroid cells. FAU - Hung, H L AU - Hung HL AD - Division of Hematology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. FAU - Lau, J AU - Lau J FAU - Kim, A Y AU - Kim AY FAU - Weiss, M J AU - Weiss MJ FAU - Blobel, G A AU - Blobel GA LA - eng GR - P30 CA016520/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 DK019525/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States GR - CA-16520/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - DK-19525/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Mol Cell Biol JT - Molecular and cellular biology JID - 8109087 RN - 0 (Adenovirus E1A Proteins) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors) RN - 0 (Nuclear Proteins) RN - 0 (Trans-Activators) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - EC 2.3.1.48 (CREB-Binding Protein) RN - K3Z4F929H6 (Lysine) SB - IM MH - Acetylation MH - Adenovirus E1A Proteins/metabolism MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Binding Sites MH - CREB-Binding Protein MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Line MH - Conserved Sequence/genetics MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/*metabolism MH - Erythroid-Specific DNA-Binding Factors MH - Lysine/genetics/metabolism MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Mutation/genetics MH - Nuclear Proteins/*metabolism MH - Trans-Activators/*metabolism MH - Transcription Factors/*metabolism MH - Transcription, Genetic MH - Transfection MH - Zinc Fingers/genetics PMC - PMC84142 EDAT- 1999/04/17 00:00 MHDA- 1999/04/17 00:01 CRDT- 1999/04/17 00:00 PHST- 1999/04/17 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/04/17 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/04/17 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1128/MCB.19.5.3496 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biol. 1999 May;19(5):3496-505. doi: 10.1128/MCB.19.5.3496.