title: The activity of interleukin-4 receptor alpha-chain promoter is regulated by a GT box element.
abstract: Interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) is the cell surface complex through which interleukin-4 (IL-4) signals exert its critical biological effects. The alpha-chain of IL-4R is responsible for the high affinity binding of IL-4. In this report, is characterized, the 5' untranslated flanking region of murine IL-4Ralpha gene in the Th2 clone D10.G4.1. We have analyzed a DNA fragment spanning from -995 to +84 relative to the transcription start point. Mutagenesis analysis shows that, neither the previously described Stat6 (-395) nor the NFAT (-266) and NFkappaB (+25) sequences localized here, are involved in the IL-4Ralpha promoter activity. Reporter assays demonstrate that maximum transcriptional activity is achieved by the -89 to +84 sequence and this activity is independent of a TATA-like box located at -25. We have identified a GT box located at -45 as the critical element for the IL-4Ralpha promoter activity. Experiments in SL2 cells, which lack endogenous Sp proteins, show that IL-4Ralpha minimal promoter is transactivated by proteins of Sp family.
authors.affiliation: Unidad de Regulación Génica, Centro Nacional de Microbiología, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Carretera Majadahonda-Pozuelo Km 2, 28220 Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: Beatriz
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dorado
authors.forename: Francisco M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Martín-Saavedra
authors.forename: María J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Jerez
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ballester
mesh_terms: D024506:5' Flanking Region / Q000235:genetics; D020121:5' Untranslated Regions / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000235:genetics*; D051379:Mice; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D019948:Receptors, Interleukin-4 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid / Q000235:genetics*; D020218:Response Elements / Q000235:genetics; D050800:STAT6 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor / Q000378:metabolism; D024363:Transcription Initiation Site
chemical_list: D020121:5' Untranslated Regions; D016328:NF-kappa B; D050778:NFATC Transcription Factors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019948:Receptors, Interleukin-4; D050800:STAT6 Transcription Factor; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor