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  • Title: Transcriptional synergy mediated by SAF-1 and AP-1: critical role of N-terminal polyalanine and two zinc finger domains of SAF-1.
    Author: Kumar D, Ray A, Ray BK.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 2009 Jan 16; 284(3):1853-62. PubMed ID: 19028685.
    Abstract:
    Previously we determined that inflammation responsive transcription factors AP-1 and SAF-1 synergistically regulate transcriptional induction of the MMP-1 gene. The present study investigated the underlying molecular mechanism of cooperativity between these two different groups of transcription factors. We present evidence that knockdown of SAF-1 by small interfering RNAs inhibits AP-1-mediated increase of human MMP-1 expression. The two key members of the AP-1 family of proteins, c-Fos and c-Jun, and SAF-1 form a ternary protein complex, which has markedly higher DNA binding activity than either a SAF-1 homodimer or a c-Fos/c-Jun heterodimer. The increased DNA binding activity of the ternary complex is translated into a striking enhancement of their transcriptional activity by which synergistic transcriptional induction of MMP-1 expression is achieved. The SAF-1.c-Fos.c-Jun ternary complex efficiently promotes transcription from both SAF-1 and AP-1 sites of human MMP-1 promoter. The physical interaction between SAF-1 and AP-1 was demonstrated both in vitro by Far-Western and antibody pulldown assays with recombinant proteins and in vivo by chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), re-ChIP, and co-immunoprecipitation analyses. Two distinct but adjacent domains in SAF-1 are involved in protein-protein contact with c-Fos and c-Jun; one domain resides within two N-terminal polyalanine tracts, and the other is present within the first two zinc finger motifs. Together these findings delineate the mechanism of synergy and the essential role of SAF-1 and AP-1 in up-regulating human MMP-1 expression under various inflammatory conditions.
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