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Cloning and expression of human HBP1, a high mobility group protein that enhances myeloperoxidase (MPO) promoter activity

Leukemia volume 15, pages 601–612 (2001)Cite this article

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Factors which regulate transcription in immature myeloid cells are of great current interest for the light they may shed upon myeloid differentiation. In the course of screening for transcription factors which interact with the human myeloperoxidase (MPO) promoter we, for the first time, identified and cloned the cDNA and genomic DNA for human HBP1 (HMG-Box containing protein 1), a member of the high mobility group of non-histone chromosomal proteins. HBP1 cDNA was initially cloned from rat brain in 1994, but its presence in human cells or in myeloid tissue had not been described previously. The sequence of human HBP1 cDNA shows 84% overall homology with the rat HBP1 cDNA sequence. We have subsequently cloned the gene, which is present as a single copy, 25 kbp in length. Northern blotting reveals a single 2.6 kb mRNA transcript which is expressed at higher levels in human myeloid and B lymphoid cell lines than in T cell lines tested and is present in several non-myeloid human cell lines. Comparison of the mRNA and genomic sequences reveals the gene to contain 10 exons and 9 introns. The sequence of human HBP1 mRNA contains a single open reading frame, which codes for a protein 514 amino acids in length. The amino acid sequence specified by the coding region shows 95% homology with the rat HBP1 protein. The human protein sequence exhibits a putative DNA-binding domain similar to that seen in rat HBP1 and shows homology with the activation and repressor domains previously demonstrated in the rat protein. We have expressed human HBP1 protein both in vitro and in prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. The expressed fusion protein binds to a sequence in a functionally important region within the basal human MPO promoter. In transient co-transfection experiments HBP1 enhances MPO promoter activity. Human HBP1 appears to be a novel transcription factor which is likely to play an important role in regulating transcription in developing myeloid cells.

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This work was supported by a VA Merit Award to GEA.

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    KM Lin, W-G Zhao, J Bhatnagar, W-D Zhao, J-P Lu, S Simko, A Schueneman & GE Austin

  2. Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

    KM Lin, J Bhatnagar, W-D Zhao, J-P Lu & GE Austin

  3. Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, USA

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Lin, K., Zhao, WG., Bhatnagar, J. et al. Cloning and expression of human HBP1, a high mobility group protein that enhances myeloperoxidase (MPO) promoter activity. Leukemia 15, 601–612 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.leu.2402071

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