title: The repeated sequence CATT(A/T) is required for granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor promoter activity.
abstract: The hematopoietic growth factor GM-CSF (granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor) is expressed by activated but not resting T lymphocytes. Previously, we localized GM-CSF-inducible promoter activity to a 90-bp region of GM-CSF 5'-flanking sequences extending from bp -53 to +37. To more precisely identify the GM-CSF DNA sequences required for inducible promoter activity in T lymphocytes, we have performed mutagenesis within a region of GM-CSF 5'-flanking sequences (bp -57 to -24) that contains the repeated sequence CATT(A/T). Mutations that do not alter the repeated CATT(A/T) sequence do not eliminate inducible promoter activity, whereas mutation or deletion of either of the CATT(A/T) repeats eliminates all inducible promoter activity in T-cell lines and in primary human T lymphocytes. Thus, both copies of the direct repeat CATT(A/T) are required for mitogen-inducible expression of GM-CSF in T cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nimer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fraser
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Richards
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gasson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000235:genetics; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D015848:Interleukin-5; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor