title: Evidence for a role of CD28RE as a response element for distinct mitogenic T cell activation signals.
abstract: T lymphocytes can be induced to produce interleukin (IL)-2 and proliferate upon T cell receptor (TcR) occupancy together with a CD28-induced co-stimulatory signal. The T cell surface molecule CD28 is believed to function as a regulator in T cell activation at both the level of lymphokine mRNA stabilization and gene transcription. Activation of IL-2 gene transcription via CD28 has been shown to be mediated through a kappa B-like sequence, called CD28RE. DNA binding analysis revealed that the CD28-induced signal is involved in the induction of CD28RE binding activity. Here, we demonstrate that the induction of CD28RE binding activity is not specific for the CD28-induced signal. Our data indicate that distinct mitogenic T cell activation signals converge on the induction of CD28RE binding activity, and suggest a crucial role for this activity in the IL-2 enhancer responsiveness to different modes of T cell activation.
authors.affiliation: Central Laboratory of the Netherlands Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service, Amsterdam.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Civil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Geerts
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Aarden
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Verweij
mesh_terms: D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000502:physiology*; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000502:physiology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D018106:CD28 Antigens; D017252:CD3 Complex / Q000502:physiology; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000235:genetics; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D018106:CD28 Antigens; D017252:CD3 Complex; D007376:Interleukin-2