title: A promoter element of the human serine esterase granzyme B gene controls specific transcription in activated T cells.
abstract: The human granzyme B gene encodes a serine protease expressed specifically in cytoplasmic granules of cytotoxic T lymphocytes, released upon effector-target cell interaction. Previous studies have shown that granzyme B mRNA was induced in T lymphocytes after antigenic or mitogenic stimulation. To study the regulation of human granzyme B gene expression during lymphocyte activation we analyzed its 5' flanking region using chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) reporter gene constructs. We show that a 208-bp fragment (-148 to +60) containing an NF-AT (nuclear factor of activated T cells)-binding site promotes CAT expression in phytohemagglutinin-activated T lymphocytes, in immobilized monoclonal anti-CD3 antibody-activated Jurkat T cell line while it is inactive in unstimulated PEER and Jurkat T cells lines or B Epstein-Barr virus-transformed cell lines.
authors.affiliation: INSERM U93, Centre Hayem, Hopital St Louis, Paris, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Haddad
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wargnier
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Bourge
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sasportes
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D053804:Granzymes; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases / Q000235:genetics*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; C509213:GZMB protein, human; D053804:Granzymes; C509214:Gzmb protein, mouse; D012697:Serine Endopeptidases