title: Human interleukin-9: genomic sequence, chromosomal location, and sequences essential for its expression in human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV)-I-transformed human T cells.
abstract: We have isolated the genomic sequence of human interleukin-9 (IL-9) based on its sequence homology with a human IL-9 cDNA isolated from human T-cell leukemia virus (HTLV)-I-transformed T cells by expression cloning. The entire genomic sequence has been determined and the gene consists of five exons and four introns. The human IL-9 gene is mapped to the long arm of human chromosome 5 at band 5q31-32, a region found to be deleted in a number of patients with acquired 5q- abnormalities and hematologic disorders. Several blocks of transcriptional control sequences have been identified at the 5'-flanking region of the human IL-9 gene that may play an important role in the control of IL-9 gene expression. The 5'-regulatory region of the human IL-9 gene also contains sequences identified in the 5'-flanking regions of other cytokine genes mapped to the long arm of human chromosome 5, including IL-3, IL-4, IL-5, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and other T-cell growth factor genes including IL-2 and IL-6. The IL-9 gene is constitutively expressed in the HTLV-I-transformed human T cells and the expression of IL-9 in these cells can be further induced by 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate. Transient transfection analysis using the plasmid containing the 5'-flanking region of IL-9 gene upstream from the firefly luciferase ciferase report gene indicated that the 0.9-kb Smal-Sacl fragment of the IL-9 gene contains sequences required for the constitutive and activated expression of IL-9 gene in HTLV-I-transformed cells. These results will now allow us to study the regulatory mechanism of IL-9 gene expression in normal and leukemic human T cells.
authors.affiliation: Genetics Institute, Cambridge, MA.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kelleher
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bean
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Clark
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Yang-Feng
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002460:Cell Line; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002895:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015698:Genomic Library; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D016906:Interleukin-9; D007378:Interleukins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D006023:Glycoproteins; D016906:Interleukin-9; D007378:Interleukins; D004247:DNA