0 5 E2F-1 E2F-1 NNP 6 9 and and CC 10 11 a a DT 12 23 cyclin-like cyclin-like JJ 24 27 DNA dna NN 28 34 repair repair NN 35 41 enzyme enzyme NN 41 42 , , , 43 53 uracil-DNA uracil-dna NN 54 65 glycosylase glycosylase NN 65 66 , , , 67 74 provide provide VBP 75 83 evidence evidence NN 84 87 for for IN 88 90 an an DT 91 105 autoregulatory autoregulatory JJ 106 115 mechanism mechanism NN 116 119 for for IN 120 133 transcription transcription NN 133 134 . . . 136 139 The the DT 140 144 cell cell NN 145 160 cycle-dependent cycle-dependent JJ 161 174 transcription transcription NN 175 181 factor factor NN 181 182 , , , 183 188 E2F-1 E2F-1 NNP 188 189 , , , 190 199 regulates regulate VBZ 200 203 the the DT 204 215 cyclin-like cyclin-like JJ 216 223 species specie NNS 224 226 of of IN 227 230 the the DT 231 234 DNA DNA NNP 235 241 repair repair NN 242 248 enzyme enzyme NN 249 259 uracil-DNA uracil-dna NN 260 271 glycosylase glycosylase NN 272 273 ( ( ( 273 276 UDG UDG NNP 276 277 ) ) ) 278 282 gene gene NN 283 285 in in IN 286 291 human human JJ 292 304 osteosarcoma osteosarcoma NN 305 306 ( ( ( 306 312 Saos-2 saos-2 NN 312 313 ) ) ) 314 319 cells cell NNS 319 320 . . . 321 323 We we PRP 324 335 demonstrate demonstrate VBP 335 336 , , , 337 344 through through IN 345 348 the the DT 349 357 deletion deletion NN 358 360 of of IN 361 364 the the DT 365 370 human human JJ 371 374 UDG UDG NNP 375 383 promoter promoter NN 384 393 sequences sequence NNS 393 394 , , , 395 399 that that IN 400 410 expression expression NN 411 413 of of IN 414 419 E2F-1 E2F-1 NNP 420 429 activates activate VBZ 430 433 the the DT 434 437 UDG UDG NNP 438 446 promoter promoter NN 447 454 through through IN 455 462 several several JJ 463 466 E2F e2f NN 467 472 sites site NNS 472 473 . . . 474 477 The the DT 478 483 major major JJ 484 492 putative putative JJ 493 503 downstream downstream JJ 504 508 site site NN 509 512 for for IN 513 516 E2F E2F NNP 516 517 , , , 518 525 located located JJ 526 528 in in IN 529 532 the the DT 533 538 first first JJ 539 543 exon exon NN 543 544 , , , 545 551 serves serve VBZ 552 554 as as IN 555 556 a a DT 557 563 target target NN 564 567 for for IN 568 577 E2F-1/DP1 e2f-1/dp1 NN 578 585 complex complex NN 586 593 binding binding NN 594 596 in in FW 597 602 vitro vitro FW 602 603 . . . 604 606 We we PRP 607 611 also also RB 612 619 provide provide VBP 620 628 evidence evidence NN 629 632 for for IN 633 636 the the DT 637 647 functional functional JJ 648 660 relationship relationship NN 661 668 between between IN 669 672 the the DT 673 684 cyclin-like cyclin-like JJ 685 688 UDG UDG NNP 689 693 gene gene NN 694 701 product product NN 702 705 and and CC 706 710 E2F. E2F. NNP 711 715 High high JJ 716 722 levels level NNS 723 725 of of IN 726 729 UDG udg NN 730 740 expression expression NN 741 743 in in IN 744 745 a a DT 746 755 transient transient JJ 756 768 transfection transfection NN 769 774 assay assay NN 775 781 result result VBP 782 784 in in IN 785 788 the the DT 789 804 down-regulation down-regulation NN 805 807 of of IN 808 823 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 824 832 activity activity NN 833 840 through through IN 841 849 elements element NNS 850 858 specific specific JJ 859 862 for for IN 863 875 E2F-mediated e2f-mediated JJ 876 889 transcription transcription NN 889 890 . . . 891 905 Overexpression Overexpression NNP 906 908 of of IN 909 912 UDG UDG NNP 913 915 in in IN 916 920 Saos Saos NNP 921 922 2 2 CD 923 928 cells cell NNS 929 932 was be VBD 933 941 observed observe VBN 942 944 to to TO 945 950 delay delay VB 951 957 growth growth NN 958 962 late late RB 963 965 in in IN 966 968 G1 g1 NN 969 974 phase phase NN 975 978 and and CC 979 990 transiently transiently RB 991 997 arrest arrest VB 998 1003 these these DT 1004 1009 cells cell NNS 1010 1014 from from IN 1015 1026 progressing progress VBG 1027 1031 into into IN 1032 1035 the the DT 1036 1037 S S NNP 1038 1043 phase phase NN 1043 1044 . . . 1045 1049 This this DT 1050 1062 hypothetical hypothetical JJ 1063 1068 model model NN 1069 1079 integrates integrate VBZ 1080 1083 one one CD 1084 1093 mechanism mechanism NN 1094 1096 of of IN 1097 1100 DNA DNA NNP 1101 1107 repair repair NN 1108 1112 with with IN 1113 1116 the the DT 1117 1121 cell cell NN 1122 1127 cycle cycle NN 1128 1135 control control NN 1136 1138 of of IN 1139 1143 gene gene NN 1144 1157 transcription transcription NN 1157 1158 , , , 1159 1165 likely likely RB 1166 1173 through through IN 1174 1177 E2F E2F NNP 1177 1178 . . . 1179 1183 This this DT 1184 1194 implicates implicate VBZ 1195 1198 E2F e2f NN 1199 1201 as as IN 1202 1203 a a DT 1204 1219 multifunctional multifunctional JJ 1220 1226 target target NN 1227 1230 for for IN 1231 1239 proteins protein NNS 1240 1243 and and CC 1244 1251 enzymes enzyme NNS 1251 1252 , , , 1253 1261 possibly possibly RB 1261 1262 , , , 1263 1273 responsive responsive JJ 1274 1276 to to TO 1277 1280 DNA dna NN 1281 1287 damage damage NN 1288 1295 through through IN 1296 1299 the the DT 1300 1308 negative negative JJ 1309 1315 effect effect NN 1316 1318 of of IN 1319 1322 UDG UDG NNP 1323 1325 on on IN 1326 1338 E2F-mediated e2f-mediated JJ 1339 1354 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 1355 1363 activity activity NN 1363 1364 . . .