Using an aplysia two-hybrid system to examine the interactions between transcription factors involved in long-term facilitation in the nervous system of aplysia

Learn Mem. 2003 Jan-Feb;10(1):40-3. doi: 10.1101/lm.55303.

Abstract

Interactions between ApCREB1a, ApCREB2, and ApC/EBP have been studied using conventional methods such as the yeast two-hybrid system. However, it is unclear whether these memory-related transcription factors actually interact in the native environment in neurons. To clarify this question, we have developed an Aplysia two-hybrid system and found, consistent with previous studies that ApCREB2 interacts with ApCREB1a and ApC/EBP, and that ApC/EBP forms homodimers. We have also found that ApCREB1a and ApC/EBP do not interact. Therefore, our study shows that formerly described interactions between the proteins actually occur in the Aplysia neurons and that interactions between these transcription factors are specific.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aplysia*
  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein
  • Luciferases / metabolism
  • Microinjections
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / genetics*
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins / metabolism
  • Nervous System / enzymology
  • Nervous System / metabolism*
  • Repressor Proteins / genetics*
  • Repressor Proteins / metabolism
  • Transcription Factors / genetics*
  • beta-Galactosidase / metabolism*

Substances

  • ApCREB2 protein, Aplysia californica
  • Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein
  • Nerve Tissue Proteins
  • Repressor Proteins
  • Transcription Factors
  • Luciferases
  • beta-Galactosidase