Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) gene expression in human T cells is regulated by phosphotyrosyl phosphatase activity. Involvement of NF-kappaB, Ets, and palindromic interferon-gamma-responsive element-binding sites.
Intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) plays an important role in adhesion phenomena involved in the immune response. The strength of adhesion has been shown to be modulated by changes in ICAM-1 gene expression. In T cells, signaling pathways are intimately regulated by an equilibrium between protein-tyrosine kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTP). The use of bis-peroxovanadium (bpV) compounds, a class of potent PTP inhibitors, enabled us to investigate the involvement of phosphotyrosyl phosphatases in the regulation of ICAM-1 gene expression in human T cells. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that inhibition of PTP results in an increase of ICAM-1 surface expression on both human T lymphoid and primary mononuclear cells. The crucial role played by the NF-kappaB-, Ets-, and pIgammaRE-binding sites in bpV[pic]-mediated activation of ICAM-1 was demonstrated using various 5' deletion and site-specific mutants of the ICAM-1 gene promoter driving the luciferase reporter gene. Co-transfection experiments with trans-dominant mutants and electrophoretic mobility shift assays confirmed the importance of constitutive and inducible transcription factors that bind to specific responsive elements in bpV-dependent up-regulation of ICAM-1 surface expression. Altogether, these observations suggest that expression of ICAM-1 in human T cells is regulated by phosphotyrosyl phosphatase activity through NF-kappaB-, Ets-, and STAT-1-dependent signaling pathways.
Roy
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Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, and Département de Biologie Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec G1V 4G2, Canada.
Audette
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Tremblay
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D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D017931:DNA Primers; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000235:genetics*; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D017931:DNA Primers; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D016328:NF-kappa B; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D014157:Transcription Factors; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D017027:Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases