title: Fig1, an interleukin 4-induced mouse B cell gene isolated by cDNA representational difference analysis.
abstract: Interleukin 4 (IL-4) is a cytokine that regulates growth and differentiation of lymphoid and nonlymphoid cells. To study the molecular basis of IL-4 function, we used a cDNA subtraction approach based on the representational difference analysis method. This subtractive amplification technique allowed us to use small amounts of RNA from lipopolysaccharide +/- IL-4-stimulated normal B cells to obtain IL-4-induced genes from these cells. We report here on one such gene, Fig1 (interleukin-four induced gene 1), the first characterized immediate-early IL-4 inducible gene from B cells. Fig1 expression is strikingly limited to the lymphoid compartment. B cells, but not T cells or mast cells, express Fig1 in response to IL-4 within 2 hr in a cycloheximide resistant manner. IL-2, IL-5, and I1-6 do not induce Fig1 in culture. Fig1 maps between Klk1 and Ldh3 on mouse chromosome 7, near two loci involved with murine lupus, Sle3 and Lbw5. The Fig1 cDNA sequence encodes a predicted 70-kDa flavoprotein with best homology to the monoamine oxidases, particularly in domains responsible for FAD binding.
authors.affiliation: North Shore University Hospital, Department of Medicine, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005260:Female; D005420:Flavoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D015723:Gene Library; D006801:Humans; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007378:Interleukins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D050830:L-Amino Acid Oxidase; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D005420:Flavoproteins; D007378:Interleukins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D015847:Interleukin-4; C105158:IL4I1 protein, human; C484538:Il4i1 protein, mouse; D050830:L-Amino Acid Oxidase