title: Cis/trans-activation of the interleukin-9 receptor gene in an HTLV-I-transformed human lymphocytic cell.
abstract: The MT-2 cell-line, which had been established through in vitro cell to cell transmission of human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) among human primary lymphocytes, was shown to possess multiple copies of integrated proviruses, including defective proviral genomes. By analysing a genomic clone, we identified the integration site of a single HTLV-I long terminal repeat (LTR) in the interleukin-9 (IL-9) receptor (IL-9R) gene. The integrated HTLV-I-LTR was shown to be functional as a promoter and the integration site was located in an intron upstream of the first coding exon of the IL-9R gene. Upon analysis of total cellular RNA, specific expression of HTLV-I-LTR Il-9R chimeric mRNAs in MT-2 cells was demonstrated. Cloning and characterization of these cDNAs have identified HTLV-I-IL-9R chimeric splicing, using either intact or alternative splice sites within the IL-9R gene. The potential roles of multiple interactions between IL-9, IL-9R and HTLV-I in the monoclonal expansion and transformation of MT-2 cells are explored.
authors.affiliation: Dorrance H Hamilton Laboratories, Department of Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Siomi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hatanaka
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Pomerantz
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D002472:Cell Transformation, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016356:Gene Products, tax / Q000235:genetics; D006367:HeLa Cells; D015368:Human T-lymphotropic virus 1 / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012326:RNA Splicing; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin / Q000235:genetics*; D053651:Receptors, Interleukin-9; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012091:Repetitive Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D016356:Gene Products, tax; C508045:IL9R protein, human; D018123:Receptors, Interleukin; D053651:Receptors, Interleukin-9; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins