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Consequently, we exploited in silico, in vitro and in vivo approaches to characterize the core human and mouse promoters in undifferentiated and differentiated P19 cells. Phylogenetic comparison revealed four highly conserved regions that contained a number of cis-elements, only some of which were shown to activate\/repress SMN promoter activity. Interestingly, the effect of two Sp1 cis-elements varied depending on the state of P19 cells and was only observed in combination with a neighbouring Ets cis-element. Electrophoretic mobility-shift assay and in vivo DNA footprinting provided evidence for DNA\u2013protein interactions involving Sp, NF-IL6 and Ets cis-elements, whereas transient transfection experiments revealed complex interactions involving these recognition sites. SMN promoter activity was strongly regulated by an NF-IL6 response element and this regulation was potentiated by a downstream Ets element. In vivo results suggested that the NF-IL6 response must function either via a protein-tethered transactivation mechanism or a transcription factor binding an upstream element. Our results provide strong evidence for complex combinatorial regulation and suggest that the composition or state of the basal transcription complex binding to the SMN promoter is different between undifferentiated and differentiated P19 cells.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1042\/bj20041024","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2005,1,7]],"date-time":"2005-01-07T16:45:26Z","timestamp":1105116326000},"page":"433-443","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1042\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":27,"title":["Characterization of the survival motor neuron (SMN) promoter provides evidence for complex combinatorial regulation in undifferentiated and differentiated P19 cells"],"prefix":"10.1042","volume":"385","author":[{"given":"Rapha\u00ebl","family":"ROUGET","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre de Recherche, H\u00f4pital Sainte-Justine and Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada H3T 1C5"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fran\u00e7ois","family":"VIGNEAULT","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"D\u00e9partement de P\u00e9diatrie, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12 Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada J1H 5N4"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Circ\u00e9","family":"CODIO","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre de Recherche, H\u00f4pital Sainte-Justine and Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada H3T 1C5"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Camille","family":"ROCHETTE","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre de Recherche, H\u00f4pital Sainte-Justine and Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada H3T 1C5"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Isabelle","family":"PARADIS","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"D\u00e9partement de P\u00e9diatrie, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12 Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada J1H 5N4"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"R\u00e9gen","family":"DROUIN","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"D\u00e9partement de P\u00e9diatrie, Universit\u00e9 de Sherbrooke and Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke, 3001, 12 Avenue Nord, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada J1H 5N4"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Louise\u00a0R.","family":"SIMARD","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre de Recherche, H\u00f4pital Sainte-Justine and Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Montr\u00e9al, QC, Canada H3T 1C5"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"288","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2005,1,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"2021112213113281100_B1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"155","DOI":"10.1016\/0092-8674(95)90460-3","article-title":"Identification and characterization of a spinal muscular atrophy-determining gene","volume":"80","author":"Lefebvre","year":"1995","journal-title":"Cell (Cambridge, Mass.)"},{"key":"2021112213113281100_B2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1177","DOI":"10.1093\/hmg\/8.7.1177","article-title":"A single nucleotide difference that alters splicing patterns distinguishes the SMA gene SMN1 from the copy gene SMN2","volume":"8","author":"Monani","year":"1999","journal-title":"Hum. 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