Role of CREB in Transcriptional Regulation of CCAAT/Enhancer-binding Protein β Gene during Adipogenesis
The proximal promoter of the C/EBPβ gene possesses dual cis regulatory elements (TGA1 and TGA2), both of which contain core CREB binding sites. Comparison of the activities of C/EBPβ promoter-reporter genes with 5′-truncations or site-directed mutations in the TGA elements showed that both are required for maximal promoter function. Electrophoretic mobility shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) analyses with antibodies specific to CREB and ATF1 showed that these CREB family members associate with the proximal promoter both in vitro and ex vivo. Immunoblotting and ChIP analysis revealed that other CREB family members, CREM and ATF1, are up-regulated and associate with the proximal C/EBPβ promoter in mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs) ChIP analysis of and revealed that of the of with the C/EBPβ gene promoter of of and with the of CREB and ATF1 the TGA regulatory of CREB C/EBPβ promoter-reporter of and in the of the of CREB promoter-reporter of and to the of C/EBPβ and The of of C/EBPβ and in to to of other CREB family members, ATF1 and The proximal promoter of the C/EBPβ gene possesses dual cis regulatory elements (TGA1 and TGA2), both of which contain core CREB binding sites. Comparison of the activities of C/EBPβ promoter-reporter genes with 5′-truncations or site-directed mutations in the TGA elements showed that both are required for maximal promoter function. Electrophoretic mobility shift and chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) analyses with antibodies specific to CREB and ATF1 showed that these CREB family members associate with the proximal promoter both in vitro and ex vivo. 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