title: Identification of a novel, spliced variant of CREB that is preferentially expressed in the thymus.
abstract: A conserved decamer sequence, AGTGA(T/C)(G/A)TCA, related to the cAMP response element (CRE), is found in the promoter regions of most TCR V beta gene segments. It has been shown to be a critical element for T cell-specific transcriptional regulation of the TCR genes. However, none of the decamer or CRE-binding proteins identified thus far is restricted in its expression to cells of the T cell lineage. Therefore, to find T cell-restricted decamer-binding proteins, we screened thymus cDNA expression libraries using the decamer probe. One of the thymus cDNAs identified, clone pmLY2, a novel spliced variant of CREB, was shown to be preferentially expressed in thymus. Therefore, clone pmLY2 is the first T cell-enriched decamer-binding sequence identified. We hypothesize that this CREB variant may play a role in the developmental regulation of TCR and of other T cell specific genes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 78284, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Lanier
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kraig
mesh_terms: D051698:Activating Transcription Factor 2; D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000276:immunology*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000235:genetics*; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D005810:Multigene Family / Q000276:immunology; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000276:immunology; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta / Q000235:genetics*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: C497105:ATF2 protein, human; D051698:Activating Transcription Factor 2; C497106:Atf2 protein, mouse; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D016693:Receptors, Antigen, T-Cell, alpha-beta; D014157:Transcription Factors; D000242:Cyclic AMP