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Distal regions of the human IFNG locus direct cell type-specific expression.

ABSTRACT: Genes, such as IFNG, which are expressed in multiple cell lineages of the immune system, may employ a common set of regulatory elements to direct transcription in multiple cell types or individual regulatory elements to direct expression in individual cell lineages. By employing a bacterial artificial chromosome transgenic system, we demonstrate that IFNG employs unique regulatory elements to achieve lineage-specific transcriptional control. Specifically, a one 1-kb element 30 kb upstream of IFNG activates transcription in T cells and NKT cells but not in NK cells. This distal regulatory element is a Runx3 binding site in Th1 cells and is needed for RNA polymerase II recruitment to IFNG, but it is not absolutely required for histone acetylation of the IFNG locus. These results support a model whereby IFNG uses cis-regulatory elements with cell type-restricted function.

SUBMITTER: Collins PL

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2923829 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Distal regions of the human IFNG locus direct cell type-specific expression.

Collins Patrick L PL Chang Shaojing S Henderson Melodie M Soutto Mohammed M Davis Georgia M GM McLoed Allyson G AG Townsend Michael J MJ Glimcher Laurie H LH Mortlock Douglas P DP Aune Thomas M TM

Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 20100623 3

Genes, such as IFNG, which are expressed in multiple cell lineages of the immune system, may employ a common set of regulatory elements to direct transcription in multiple cell types or individual regulatory elements to direct expression in individual cell lineages. By employing a bacterial artificial chromosome transgenic system, we demonstrate that IFNG employs unique regulatory elements to achieve lineage-specific transcriptional control. Specifically, a one 1-kb element 30 kb upstream of IFN ...[more]

PMID: 20574006

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Distal regions of the human IFNG locus direct cell type-specific expression.

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Distal regions of the human IFNG locus direct cell type-specific expression.

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