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Evolutionarily conserved sequence elements that positively regulate IFN-gamma expression in T cells.


ABSTRACT: Our understanding of mechanisms by which the expression of IFN-gamma is regulated is limited. Herein, we identify two evolutionarily conserved noncoding sequence elements (IFNgCNS1 and IFNg CNS2) located approximately 5 kb upstream and approximately 18 kb downstream of the initiation codon of the murine Ifng gene. When linked to the murine Ifng gene (-3.4 to +5.6 kb) and transiently transfected into EL-4 cells, these elements clearly enhanced IFN-gamma expression in response to ionomycin and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and weakly enhanced expression in response to T-bet. A DNase I hypersensitive site and extragenic transcripts at IFNgCNS2 correlated positively with the capacity of primary T cell subsets to produce IFN-gamma. Transcriptionally favorable histone modifications in the Ifng promoter, intronic regions, IFNgCNS2, and, although less pronounced, IFNgCNS1 increased as naïve T cells differentiated into IFN-gamma-producing effector CD8+ and T helper (TH) 1 T cells, but not into TH2 T cells. Like IFN-gamma expression, these histone modifications were T-bet-dependent in CD4+ cells, but not CD8+ T cells. These findings define two distal regulatory elements associated with T cell subset-specific IFN-gamma expression.

SUBMITTER: Shnyreva M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC515107 | biostudies-literature | 2004 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Evolutionarily conserved sequence elements that positively regulate IFN-gamma expression in T cells.

Shnyreva Maria M   Weaver William M WM   Blanchette Mathieu M   Taylor Scott L SL   Tompa Martin M   Fitzpatrick David R DR   Wilson Christopher B CB  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20040810 34


Our understanding of mechanisms by which the expression of IFN-gamma is regulated is limited. Herein, we identify two evolutionarily conserved noncoding sequence elements (IFNgCNS1 and IFNg CNS2) located approximately 5 kb upstream and approximately 18 kb downstream of the initiation codon of the murine Ifng gene. When linked to the murine Ifng gene (-3.4 to +5.6 kb) and transiently transfected into EL-4 cells, these elements clearly enhanced IFN-gamma expression in response to ionomycin and pho  ...[more]

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