PMID- 10330188 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19990617 LR - 20210526 IS - 0270-7306 (Print) IS - 0270-7306 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 6 DP - 1999 Jun TI - FOG-2, a heart- and brain-enriched cofactor for GATA transcription factors. PG - 4495-502 AB - Members of the GATA family of zinc finger transcription factors have been shown to play important roles in the control of gene expression in a variety of cell types. GATA-1, -2, and -3 are expressed primarily in hematopoietic cell lineages and are required for proliferation and differentiation of multiple hematopoietic cell types, whereas GATA-4, -5, and -6 are expressed in the heart, where they activate cardiac muscle structural genes. Friend of GATA-1 (FOG) is a multitype zinc finger protein that interacts with GATA-1 and serves as a cofactor for GATA-1-mediated transcription. FOG is coexpressed with GATA-1 in developing erythroid and megakaryocyte cell lineages and cooperates with GATA-1 to control erythropoiesis. We describe a novel FOG-related factor, FOG-2, that is expressed predominantly in the developing and adult heart, brain, and testis. FOG-2 interacts with GATA factors, and interaction of GATA-4 and FOG-2 results in either synergistic activation or repression of GATA-dependent cardiac promoters, depending on the specific promoter and the cell type in which they are tested. The properties of FOG-2 suggest its involvement in the control of cardiac and neural gene expression by GATA transcription factors. FAU - Lu, J R AU - Lu JR AD - Departments of Molecular Biology and Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75235-9148, USA. FAU - McKinsey, T A AU - McKinsey TA FAU - Xu, H AU - Xu H FAU - Wang, D Z AU - Wang DZ FAU - Richardson, J A AU - Richardson JA FAU - Olson, E N AU - Olson EN LA - eng SI - GENBANK/AF125166 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 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (GATA4 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (ZFPM2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Zfpm2 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Brain/*metabolism MH - COS Cells MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/analysis/*metabolism/*physiology MH - Databases, Factual MH - Embryo, Mammalian/anatomy & histology MH - Expressed Sequence Tags MH - GATA4 Transcription Factor MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - In Situ Hybridization MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Models, Genetic MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Myocardium/*metabolism MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Rats MH - Sequence Analysis, DNA MH - Sequence Homology, Amino Acid MH - Testis/metabolism MH - Tissue Distribution MH - Transcription Factors/metabolism MH - Transcription, Genetic MH - Transfection MH - Zinc Fingers/genetics PMC - PMC104407 EDAT- 1999/05/18 00:00 MHDA- 1999/05/18 00:01 CRDT- 1999/05/18 00:00 PHST- 1999/05/18 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/05/18 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/05/18 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1128/MCB.19.6.4495 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biol. 1999 Jun;19(6):4495-502. doi: 10.1128/MCB.19.6.4495.