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J. Biol. Chem., Vol. 277, Issue 10, 8566-8571, March 8, 2002

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Interaction and Cooperation of mi Transcription Factor (MITF) and Myc-associated Zinc-finger Protein-related Factor (MAZR) for Transcription of Mouse Mast Cell Protease 6 Gene^*

Eiichi Morii^§, Keisuke Oboki, Tatsuki R. Kataoka, Kazuhiko Igarashi^¶, and Yukihiko Kitamura

From the  Department of Pathology (Room C2), Osaka University Medical School, 2-2 Yamada-oka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan, and the ^¶ Department of Biochemistry, Hiroshima University Medical School, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan

The mi transcription factor (MITF) is a basic-helix-loop-helix leucine zipper (bHLH-Zip) transcription factor that is important for the normal phenotypic expression of mast cells. Most transcription factors function in cooperation with other factors by protein-protein interactions. To search proteins interacting with MITF, we carried out a yeast two-hybrid screen and isolated Myc-associated zinc-finger protein related factor (MAZR) as a partner of MITF. When expressed with MITF in NIH/3T3 cells, MAZR was colocalized with MITF. The association of MAZR with MITF was further confirmed by a co-immunoprecipitation study and in vitro binding assay. The zinc-finger domain of MAZR and the Zip domain of MITF were essential for the interaction. MAZR was expressed in cultured mast cells and MST mastocytoma cells containing mouse mast cell protease (mMCP)-6 transcript abundantly. The overexpression of dominant negative MAZR in MST mastocytoma cells reduced the amount of mMCP-6 mRNA. The simultaneous transfection of MAZR and MITF significantly increased the promoter activity of the mMCP-6 gene, indicating that the MAZR and MITF synergistically transactivated the mMCP-6 gene. MAZR appeared to play important roles in the normal phenotypic expression of mast cells in association with MITF.

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