Transcriptional regulation of the IL-5 gene in peripheral T cells of asthmatic patients.
Mechanisms that underlie the regulation of IL-5 gene expression in human peripheral T cells remain incompletely defined because of the low efficiency of transfection of plasmid constructs into non-transformed T cells. To elucidate the cellular and molecular mechanisms of IL-5 production, concanavalin A (ConA)-stimulated blastocytes derived from peripheral blood lymphocytes of asthmatic patients were employed in this study. Transcriptional activity of the synthetic human IL-5 promoter in ConA-stimulated blastocytes correlated with the production of IL-5. Deletion analysis of the reporter gene showed that the cis-regulatory element located at - 119 to - 80 is critical for inducible IL-5 promoter activity. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay revealed that an oligonucleotide probe corresponding to the element (- 119 to - 90) gave two specific bands. The slower migrating band was absolutely dependent on stimulation and was composed of a co-operative complex of the transcription factors, nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT) and activating protein-1 (AP-1). The faster migrating band was also inducible and was identified as AP-1-less NFAT. Mutation of either the NFAT or AP-1 element abrogated the slower migrating band and at the same time abolished transcriptional activity of the human IL-5 promoter/enhancer gene. Cyclosporin A equivalently suppressed DNA-binding activity of the composite NFAT/AP-1 site, promoter activity and protein production of IL-5. In conclusion, these data suggests that the composite NFAT/AP-1 binding element (- 115 to - 100) plays a crucial role in IL-5 synthesis by peripheral T cells of asthmatic patients.[1]References
- Transcriptional regulation of the IL-5 gene in peripheral T cells of asthmatic patients. Ogawa, K., Kaminuma, O., Okudaira, H., Kikkawa, H., Ikezawa, K., Sakurai, N., Mori, A. Clin. Exp. Immunol. (2002) [Pubmed]
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