title: Characterization of promoter elements directing Mona/Gads molecular adapter expression in T and myelomonocytic cells: involvement of the AML-1 transcription factor.
abstract: Monocytic adaptor (Mona, also called Gads) is a molecular adaptor implicated in T cell activation and macrophage differentiation. The objective of this study was to identify elements regulating specific expression of Mona/Gads in human T cell and myelomonocytic cell lines. We first confirmed that the -2000 to +150 genomic region relative to the Mona gene transcription start site is sufficient to direct specific reporter gene expression in T cell lines, Jurkat, and MOLT-4 and in the immature myeloid cell lines, KG1a and RC2A. Deletion analysis and electrophoresis mobility shift assay identified several cis regulatory elements: overlapping initiator sequences, one interferon response factor-2 (IRF-2)-binding site at position -154, one GC box recognized by Sp1 and Sp3 at position -52, and two acute myeloid leukemia (AML)-1 binding sites at positions -70 and -13. Site-directed mutagenesis experiments indicated a key role of AML-1 for driving Mona expression in T cells and myeloid cells, and involvement of Sp1/Sp3 and IRF-2 transcription factors to modulate Mona expression in a cell-specific manner.
authors.affiliation: Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire, UMR CNRS 5534, Université Claude Bernard Lyon-1, Bâtiment Gregor Mendel, 16 rue Raphael Dubois, 69622 Villeurbanne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Guyot
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mouchiroud
mesh_terms: D024506:5' Flanking Region / Q000502:physiology; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000502:physiology; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D050836:Interferon Regulatory Factor-2; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor / Q000502:physiology; D051705:Sp3 Transcription Factor; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D050676:Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C409587:GRAP2 protein, human; C494229:IRF2 protein, human; D050836:Interferon Regulatory Factor-2; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; C493728:RUNX1 protein, human; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C497121:SP3 protein, human; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051705:Sp3 Transcription Factor