title: Modulation by growth factors of the expression of interleukin 3 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor receptor common chain beta c.
abstract: Interleukin 3 (IL-3), granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin 5 (IL-5) exert their biological activities through interaction with cell-surface receptors that consist of two subunits, a specific a subunit and a common beta transducing subunit (beta c). We have evaluated the effect of growth factors on the expression of beta c in normal monocytes. Addition of either GM-CSF or M-CSF to monocytes elicited a marked increase of beta c chain expression, a phenomenon seemingly related to a stimulation of the transcriptional activity of this gene mediated through an enhancement of the PU.1 DNA binding activity. Interestingly, during the activation of beta c chain expression by growth factors a switch from the synthesis of the truncated betaIT to the full-length beta c was observed. Similar observations have been made also in the growth factor-dependent erythroleukemic cell line TF-1, showing that GM-CSF deprivation elicited a marked decrease of beta c chain expression.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology and Oncology, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Annalisa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rossini
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Militi
authors.forename: Nadia Maria
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Sposi
authors.forename: Elvira
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pelosi
authors.forename: Ugo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Testa
mesh_terms: D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D016187:Receptors, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor / Q000235:genetics*; D016185:Receptors, Interleukin-3 / Q000235:genetics*; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000378:metabolism; D000099232:Proto-Oncogene Protein Spi-1
chemical_list: D016178:Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016173:Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D021122:Protein Subunits; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D016187:Receptors, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor; D016185:Receptors, Interleukin-3; D015534:Trans-Activators; D000099232:Proto-Oncogene Protein Spi-1