title: NF45/ILF2 tissue expression, promoter analysis, and interleukin-2 transactivating function.
abstract: NF45/ILF2 associates with NF90/ILF3 in the nucleus and regulates IL-2 gene transcription at the antigen receptor response element (ARRE)/NF-AT DNA target sequence (P.N. Kao, L. Chen, G. Brock, J. Ng, A.J. Smith, B. Corthesy, J. Biol. Chem. 269 (1994) 20691-20699). NF45 is widely expressed in normal tissues, especially testis, brain, and kidney, with a predominantly nuclear distribution. NF45 mRNA expression is increased in lymphoma and leukemia cell lines. The human and murine NF45 proteins differ only by substitution of valine by isoleucine at amino acid 142. Fluorescence in situ hybridization localized the human NF45 gene to chromosome 1q21.3, and mouse NF45 gene to chromosome 3F1. Promoter analysis of 2.5 kB of the murine NF45 gene reveals that significant activation is conferred by factors, possible including NF-Y, that bind to the CCAAT-box sequence. The function of human NF45 in regulating IL-2 gene expression was characterized in Jurkat T-cells stably transfected with plasmids directing expression of NF45 cDNA in sense or antisense orientations. NF45 sense expression increased IL-2 luciferase reporter gene activity 120-fold, and IL-2 protein expression 2-fold compared to control cells. NF45 is a highly conserved, regulated transcriptional activator, and one target gene is IL-2.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305-5236, USA.
authors.forename: Guohua
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: Lingfang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Daoming
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Qiu
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Peter N
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Kao
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007376:Interleukin-2 / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D051903:Nuclear Factor 45 Protein; D050779:Nuclear Factor 90 Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C494013:ILF2 protein, human; C494014:Ilf2 protein, mouse; C494015:Ilf3 protein, mouse; D007376:Interleukin-2; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D051903:Nuclear Factor 45 Protein; D050779:Nuclear Factor 90 Proteins; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors