The Human L(3)MBT Polycomb Group Protein Is a Transcriptional Repressor and Interacts Physically and Functionally with TEL (ETV6)*

H-L(3)MBT, the human homolog of theDrosophila lethal(3)malignant brain tumor protein, is a member of the polycomb group (PcG) of proteins, which function as transcriptional regulators in large protein complexes. Homozygous mutations in the l(3)mbt gene cause brain tumors inDrosophila, identifying l(3)mbt as a tumor suppressor gene. The h-l(3)mbt gene maps to chromosome 20q12, within a common deleted region associated with myeloid hematopoietic malignancies. H-L(3)MBT contains three repeats of 100 residues called MBT repeats, whose function is unknown, and a C-terminal α-helical structure, the SPM (SCM,PH, MBT domain, which is structurally similar to the SAM (sterile alphamotif) protein-protein interaction domain, found in several ETS transcription factors, including TEL (translocationEts leukemia). We report that H-L(3)MBT is a transcriptional repressor and that its activity is largely dependent on the presence of a region containing the three MBT repeats. H-L(3)MBT acts as a histone deacetylase-independent transcriptional repressor, based on its lack of sensitivity to trichostatin A. We found that H-L(3)MBT binds in vivo to TEL, and we have mapped the region of interaction to their respective SPM/SAM domains. We show that the ability of TEL to repress TEL-responsive promoters is enhanced by the presence of H-L(3)MBT, an effect dependent on the H-L(3)MBT and the TEL interacting domains. These experiments suggest that histone deacetylase-independent transcriptional repression by TEL depends on the recruitment of PcG proteins. We speculate that the interaction of TEL with H-L(3)MBT can direct a PcG complex to genes repressed by TEL, stabilizing their repressed state.

• Publication year

  2003

• Venue

  Journal of Biological Chemistry

• Publication date

  2003-04-25

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1074/JBC.M300592200PMID 12588862
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