title: Interferon-gamma-inducible regulation of the human invariant chain gene.
abstract: Interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) regulates a variety of immunoregulatory functions through the induction of a specific set of IFN-gamma response genes. This includes the invariant chain associated with the major histocompatibility complex class II molecules. To investigate the mechanism involved in the invariant chain (In) response to IFN-gamma we constructed chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) hybrid genes in which the CAT gene is under the control of the In promoter. The glioblastoma cell line, U-373 MG, transfected with a CAT construct having the In promoter sequence -790 to +1 bp showed over 3-fold increased CAT activity when treated with IFN-gamma indicating that this region confers IFN-gamma responsiveness to the CAT gene. The IFN-gamma response element in the promoter was further sublocalized to the region -120 to -61 base pairs (bp). This region contains homology to the interferon-stimulated response elements identified in other IFN responsive genes. By gel shift analyses, an IFN-gamma-induced sequence-specific DNA-binding factor was identified. This induced complex binds to an oligonucleotide corresponding to -107 to -79 bp of the In promoter. Mutations of this binding site at -94 and -92 bp drastically decreased binding of the constitutive and IFN-gamma-induced complexes. This IFN-gamma induced factor also binds to an oligonucleotide corresponding to -91 to -62 bp of the interferon-beta (IFN-beta) gene promoter, a region necessary for the induction of the IFN-beta gene by virus and double-stranded RNA. This binding specificity is characteristic of a family of DNA binding factors that bind both the interferon-stimulated response elements and the IFN-beta gene promoter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Barr
authors.forename: G F
authors.initials: GF
authors.lastname: Saunders
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013379:Substrate Specificity; D016385:TATA Box; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D007371:Interferon-gamma