Combinatorial interactions between distinct transcription factors generate specificity in the controlled expression of target genes. In this report, we demonstrated that the HOXB7 homeodomain-containing protein, which plays a key role in development and differentiation, physically interacted in vitro with IkappaB-alpha, an inhibitor of NF-kappaB activity. This interaction was mediated by the IkappaB-alpha ankyrin repeats and C-terminal domain as well as by the HOXB7 N-terminal domain. In transient transfection experiments, IkappaB-alpha markedly increased HOXB7-dependent transcription from a reporter plasmid containing a homeodomain consensus-binding sequence. This report therefore showed a novel function for IkappaB-alpha, namely a positive regulation of transcriptional activation by homeodomain-containing proteins.
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