title: Sublocalization of the human interferon-gamma receptor accessory factor gene and characterization of accessory factor activity by yeast artificial chromosomal fragmentation.
abstract: A chromosomal fragmentation procedure was employed to produce a deletion set of yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) from a parental YAC, GART D142H8, known to map to human chromosome 21q and to encode the human interferon-gamma receptor (Hu-IFN-gamma R) accessory factor gene as well as the phosphoribosylglycinamide formyltransferase (GART) gene. When expressed in Chinese hamster ovary cells, these deleted YACs retain accessory factor activity, as judged by major histocompatibility complex class I antigen inducibility, until the deletions from the acentric end exceed 390 kilobases (kb). Therefore, the accessory factor (AF-1) gene can be localized to a 150-kb region at the left (centric) end of the parental 540-kb GART YAC. Cells containing functional YACs are also able to induce the ISGF3 gamma and gamma-activated factor (GAF) transcription factors, but were not protected against encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) upon treatment with Hu-IFN-gamma. Therefore, the Hu-IFN-gamma R and the AF-1 are sufficient for some, but not all, of the actions of Hu-IFN-gamma. We postulate that an additional accessory factor (AF-2) required for antiviral activity against EMCV is encoded on chromosome 21q.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway 08854-5635.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cook
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Emanuel
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Donnelly
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Soh
authors.forename: T M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Mariano
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pestka
mesh_terms: D000217:Acyltransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D016466:CHO Cells; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D018244:Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast; D002891:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 21; D006224:Cricetinae; D015870:Gene Expression; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I / Q000096:biosynthesis; D006801:Humans; D019877:Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases; D007371:Interferon-gamma / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051026:Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase; D017471:Receptors, Interferon / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection; D000096743:Interferon gamma Receptor
chemical_list: D000217:Acyltransferases; D015395:Histocompatibility Antigens Class I; D019877:Hydroxymethyl and Formyl Transferases; D007371:Interferon-gamma; D051026:Phosphoribosylglycinamide Formyltransferase; D017471:Receptors, Interferon; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000096743:Interferon gamma Receptor