title: A conserved IL-2 responsive enhancer in the IL-2R alpha gene.
abstract: IL-2 stimulates expression of the alpha subunit of the high affinity IL-2 receptor (IL-2R alpha) in antigen-activated T lymphocytes, by increasing IL-2R alpha gene transcription. This response is mediated by a 52 nt IL-2 responsive enhancer (IL-2rE) that is conserved between mouse and man. The mouse enhancer is 1.3 kb upstream of the transcription start site and co-localizes with an inducible DNasel hypersensitive site, whereas the human homologue maps to -4 kb. The human IL-2rE is functional in rodent cells. Both enhancers contain two potential STAT binding sites and an Ets consensus motif. One of the STAT motifs overlaps with a binding site for GATA factors. Functional analysis of the mouse and human enhancers indicates that IL-2-activated STAT5 and the constitutively active Ets protein Elf-1 play a predominant role in controlling IL-2rE activity.
authors.affiliation: Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), Epalinges, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bucher
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Corthésy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Imbert
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nabholz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017124:Conserved Sequence; D004247:DNA; D004742:Enhancer Elements, Genetic; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000235:genetics*; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015398:Signal Transduction
chemical_list: D007376:Interleukin-2; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2; D004247:DNA