title: Definition of cis-regulatory elements of the mouse interleukin-5 gene promoter. Involvement of nuclear factor of activated T cell-related factors in interleukin-5 expression.
abstract: We have previously reported that the promoter region of the mouse interleukin-5 (IL-5) gene, extending from a nucleotide position about -1,200 to +33 relative to the transcription initiation site, can mediate transcriptional stimulation by phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and dibutyryl cAMP (Bt2cAMP) in mouse thymoma EL-4 cells. Here, we describe identification of four cis-regulatory elements necessary for full activity of the IL-5 promoter, using deletion and mutation analyses. We designated these elements as IL-5A (-948 approximately -933), IL-5P (-117 approximately -92), IL-5C (-74 approximately -56), and IL-5CLE0 (-55 approximately -38). We found that IL-5P bears homology to the binding site for the nuclear factor of activated T cells (NF-AT) and interacted with protein factors in nuclear extracts prepared from EL-4 cells stimulated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate and Bt2cAMP (designated NFIL-5P). NFIL-5P complex was inhibited in the presence of an excess NF-AT and AP1 oligonucleotides and super-shifted by antisera raised against NF-ATp, c-Fos, and c-Jun. It thus seems likely that an NF-AT-related factor is involved in the regulation of IL-5 gene transcription.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Developmental Biology, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Arai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yokota
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D015848:Interleukin-5 / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015848:Interleukin-5; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D003994:Bucladesine; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate