title: Regulation of interleukin 3 gene induction in normal human T cells.
abstract: The regulation of IL-3 gene induction in human peripheral blood T cells was studied. IL-3 gene expression was inducible by crosslinking of the T cell receptor/CD3 complex using anti-CD3 MAb G19-4. Anti-CD3-induced IL-3 gene expression was found to be limited to the CD28+ T cell subset and could be augmented by costimulating T lymphocytes with antibodies directed against CD28. IL-3 expression could also be induced by costimulation of T cells with both phorbol ester and ionomycin, which are thought to mimic the intracellular effects of T cell receptor-antigen interaction. However, unlike other lymphokines such as IL-2 or granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, IL-3 gene expression is not induced by stimulation of cells with phorbol myristate acetate and anti-CD28. We conclude that IL-3 gene regulation is under stringent control since IL-3 gene expression occurs only in the CD28+ subset of T cells, and since IL-3 induction obligately requires increased intracellular calcium.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Guba
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Stella
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Turka
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: June
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: S G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Emerson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte / Q000276:immunology; D018106:CD28 Antigens; D017252:CD3 Complex; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006207:Half-Life; D006801:Humans; D007377:Interleukin-3 / Q000235:genetics*; D015759:Ionomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000945:Antigens, Differentiation, T-Lymphocyte; D018106:CD28 Antigens; D017252:CD3 Complex; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D007377:Interleukin-3; D010835:Phytohemagglutinins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011948:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell; D015759:Ionomycin; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002118:Calcium