title: IFN-gamma induces a p91/Stat1 alpha-related transcription factor with distinct activation and binding properties.
abstract: The 5' flanking region of the mig gene, a member of the chemokine family of small m.w. chemoattractant and growth regulatory factors, contains an IFN-gamma-responsive enhancer, gamma RE-1, consisting of an extended imperfect palindrome. In this report we show that a novel factor, gamma RF-1, which binds to the gamma RE-1 element, is rapidly activated in a variety of primary cell types and tumor cell lines treated with IFN-gamma. Our data indicate that gamma RF-1 is present in a latent form in unstimulated cells and its DNA-binding activity is dependent upon tyrosine phosphorylation. UV cross-linking studies revealed that gamma RF-1 consists of at least two proteins of approximately 95 and 130 kDa, which interact with the gamma RE-1 element. A comparison of gamma RF-1 and GAF, an IFN-gamma-activated transcription factor containing the p91/Stat1 alpha protein (Stat, signal transducer and activator of transcription), showed that these two factors exhibited differences in electrophoretic mobility, responsiveness to IFN-alpha, and kinetics of activation. Using anti-Stat Ab, however, we found that one or more subunits of gamma RF-1 are antigenically related to p91/Stat1 alpha. Our results indicate, therefore, that gamma RF-1 and GAF are distinct IFN-gamma-responsive transcription factors and probably contain closely related members of the Stat protein family.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA, USA.
authors.forename: N B
authors.initials: NB
authors.lastname: Guyer
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Severns
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Feghali
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050794:STAT1 Transcription Factor; C494079:STAT1 protein, human; D015534:Trans-Activators; D007371:Interferon-gamma