title: Structure of the murine TRAF1 gene.
abstract: We have cloned, characterized and sequenced the murine TNF Receptor Associated Factor 1 (TRAF1) gene. Restriction mapping and Southern blotting analysis revealed that the TRAF1 gene comprises 10 exons and 9 intervening introns and spreads over 18 kb of genomic DNA. 5'-RACE analysis of the TRAF1 transcript using mRNA from activated spleen B cells revealed several transcription start sites between positions -42 to +4 relative to the 5'end of the murine TRAF1 cDNA sequence. We also isolated and sequenced the 5'-upstream promoter region, which lacks TATA-like and CAAT-like sites but contains GC-rich sequences. Taken together, these results suggest that the TRAF1 gene promoter is a member of the class of Sp-1-dependent promoters. Near the transcription initiation start site we identified three identical decanucleotide repeats (CCAGCCCAGC) which may play a role in the transcriptional regulation of TRAF1 expression. In addition we show that TRAF1 mRNA is not expressed in non-stimulated lymphocytes but can be induced upon activation with different stimuli, including anti-CD3, anti-IgM, anti-CD40 antibodies, LPS, or a combination of phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate and ionomycin.
authors.affiliation: Division of Immunology, Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Dunn
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Geha
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Tsitsikov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001402:B-Lymphocytes; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D005091:Exons; D015870:Gene Expression; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D007438:Introns; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011506:Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013601:T-Lymphocytes; D047990:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 1; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor; D047990:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 1