DREAM is a Ca2+-regulated transcriptional repressor

Angel M. Carrión, Wolfgang A. Link, Fran Ledo, Britt Mellström and Jose R. Naranjo ()
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Angel M. Carrión: Instituto de Neurobiología S. Ramnóy Cajal, CSIC
Wolfgang A. Link: Instituto de Neurobiología S. Ramnóy Cajal, CSIC
Fran Ledo: Instituto de Neurobiología S. Ramnóy Cajal, CSIC
Britt Mellström: Instituto de Neurobiología S. Ramnóy Cajal, CSIC
Jose R. Naranjo: Instituto de Neurobiología S. Ramnóy Cajal, CSIC

Nature, 1999, vol. 398, issue 6722, 80-84

Abstract: Abstract Fluxes in amounts of intracellular calcium ions are important determinants of gene expression1,2,3. So far, Ca2+-regulated kinases and phosphatases have been implicated in changing the phosphorylation status of key transcription factors and thereby modulating their function4,5. In addition, direct effectors of Ca2+-induced gene expression have been suggested to exist in the nucleus2, although no such effectors have been identified yet. Expression of the human prodynorphin gene, which is involved inmemory acquisition and pain6,7, is regulated through its downstream regulatory element (DRE) sequence, which acts as a location-dependent gene silencer8. Here we isolate a new transcriptional repressor, DRE-antagonist modulator (DREAM), which specifically binds to the DRE. DREAM contains four Ca2+-binding domains of the EF-hand type. Upon stimulation by Ca2+, DREAM's ability to bind to the DRE and its repressor function are prevented. Mutation of the EF-hands abolishes the response of DREAM to Ca2+. In addition to the prodynorphin promoter, DREAM represses transcription from the early response gene c-fos. Thus, DREAM represents the first known Ca2+-binding protein to function as a DNA-binding transcriptional regulator.

Date: 1999
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