title: Functional analysis of the human interleukin 2 receptor gamma chain gene promoter.
abstract: The third component of the interleukin (IL) 2 receptor, gamma chain, is essential not only for IL-2- but also for IL-4-, IL-7-, IL-9-, and IL-15-induced proliferation of lymphocytes. To elucidate the mechanisms by which the gamma chain is expressed, we have analyzed the promoter region of the gamma chain gene. The 633-base pair fragment upstream of the initiation codon showed the promoter activity in human hematopoietic cell lines, Jurkat and THP-1, when linked to the luciferase gene. With a series of 5'-deletion mutants, the basal promoter activity was found in a fragment from nucleotide 80 to 58 upstream from the RNA start site, including an Ets binding sequence. Treatment of cells with either 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate or phytohemagglutinin but not forskolin induced transcription from the gamma chain gene promoter. A viral trans-acting transcriptional activator, Tax, of human T-cell leukemia virus type I elevated expression of the gamma chain gene. In contrast, IL-2 decreased transcription from the IL-2 receptor gamma chain promoter. These results suggest that expression of the gamma chain is regulated at the transcription level by extracellular stimuli and may be implicated in immune response.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohbo
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takasawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ishii
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sugamura
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D017931:DNA Primers; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D008156:Luciferases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000096:biosynthesis; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013601:T-Lymphocytes; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000096:biosynthesis
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D008156:Luciferases; D001616:beta-Galactosidase; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate