In this report, we have demonstrated that IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha increase expression of both the I-A and I-E region gene products on the surface of the myelomonocytic cell line WEHI-3, and that they mediate this increase via an increase in A alpha transcription. Constructs containing 5' deletion mutations of the A alpha promoter attached to the bacterial chloramphenicol acetyl transferase gene were used to delineate the minimum 5' flanking sequences required for promoter activity, and for inducibility by IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha. Approximately 115 bp of 5' sequences are required for minimum induction by IFN-gamma or TNF-alpha when the cytokines are present separately. This includes the three conserved promoter elements, the X, Y, and H boxes. Nested linker-scanner mutations demonstrated that additional regions were also critical for optimal induction by IFN-gamma or TNF-alpha. These include the kappa B-like enhancer and a TNF-alpha-specific sequence that we have tentatively called the T box. The T box sequence was also found in the promoter regions of the human HLA-DQ alpha and rat RT1.B alpha genes. Although the entire T box sequence element was not found in the other mouse class II genes, all class II alpha genes contained the SV40 core enhancer element in the regions included by the T box. Mouse class II beta genes appear to contain neither the T box nor the core enhancer element in this region, suggesting differential regulation of class II alpha and beta genes by TNF-alpha.
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April 01 1990
cis-acting sequences required for class II gene regulation by interferon gamma and tumor necrosis factor alpha in a murine macrophage cell line.
Y R Freund,
Y R Freund
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, California 94301.
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R L Dedrick,
R L Dedrick
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, California 94301.
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P P Jones
P P Jones
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, California 94301.
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Y R Freund
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, California 94301.
R L Dedrick
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, California 94301.
P P Jones
Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Palo Alto Medical Foundation, California 94301.
Online ISSN: 1540-9538
Print ISSN: 0022-1007
J Exp Med (1990) 171 (4): 1283–1299.
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Y R Freund, R L Dedrick, P P Jones; cis-acting sequences required for class II gene regulation by interferon gamma and tumor necrosis factor alpha in a murine macrophage cell line.. J Exp Med 1 April 1990; 171 (4): 1283–1299. doi: https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.171.4.1283
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