title: Modulation of interferon gene transcription by positive and negative cellular factors.
abstract: In vivo competition experiments were designed to identify the role of trans-acting cellular factors in the virus-inducible activation of the interferon-beta promoter. Co-transfection of a constant amount of IFN-beta/CAT test gene and increasing amounts of competitive DNA containing different IFN regulatory domains into human epithelioid 293 cells identified a low abundance, positive cellular factor(s) that interacts with the IFN regulatory region. Competition of the factor decreases virus-induced and constitutive level expression of the IFN-beta promoter, and also partially inhibits expression from the SV40 promoter. Negative regulatory effects produced by factors interacting with the IFN upstream region (-135 to -202) and with the SV40 enhancer were also observed.
authors.affiliation: Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Sir Mortimer B. Davis - Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xanthoudakis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hiscott
mesh_terms: D002460:Cell Line; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes; D006801:Humans; D007370:Interferon Type I / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D007370:Interferon Type I