title: Regulation of Th2 cell development by Polycomb group gene bmi-1 through the stabilization of GATA3.
abstract: The Polycomb group (PcG) gene products regulate the maintenance of the homeobox gene expression in Drosophila and vertebrates and also the cell cycle progression in thymocytes and Th2 cell differentiation in mature T cells. We herein studied the role of PcG gene bmi-1 product in Th1/Th2 cell differentiation and found that Bmi-1 facilitates Th2 cell differentiation in a Ring finger-dependent manner. Biochemical studies indicate that Bmi-1 interacts with GATA3 in T cells, which is dependent on the Ring finger of Bmi-1. The overexpression of Bmi-1 resulted in a decreased ubiquitination and an increased protein stability of GATA3. In bmi-1-deficient Th cells, the levels of Th2 cell differentiation decreased as the degradation and ubiquitination on GATA3 increased. Therefore, Bmi-1 plays a crucial role in the control of Th2 cell differentiation in a Ring finger-dependent manner by regulating GATA3 protein stability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba 260-8670, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hosokawa
authors.forename: Motoko Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Kimura
authors.forename: Ryo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shinnakasu
authors.forename: Akane
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: Takako
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miki
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koseki
authors.forename: Maarten
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Lohuizen
authors.forename: Masakatsu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Toshinori
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakayama
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000276:immunology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D050990:GATA3 Transcription Factor / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015151:Immunoblotting; D047468:Immunoprecipitation; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D063150:Polycomb Repressive Complex 1; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D018417:Th1 Cells / Q000166:cytology; D018418:Th2 Cells / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: C489421:Bmi1 protein, mouse; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D050990:GATA3 Transcription Factor; C494748:Gata3 protein, mouse; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D011518:Proto-Oncogene Proteins; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D063150:Polycomb Repressive Complex 1; C489840:Ring1 protein, mouse