title: A stimulation-dependent alternate core promoter links lymphotoxin α expression with TGF-β1 and fibroblast growth factor-7 signaling in primary human T cells.
abstract: Lymphotoxin (LT)-α regulates many biologic activities, yet little is known of the regulation of its gene. In this study, the contribution to LTA transcriptional regulation of the region between the transcription and translation start sites (downstream segment) was investigated. The LTA downstream segment was found to be required for, and alone to be sufficient for, maximal transcriptional activity in both T and B lymphocytes. The latter observation suggested that an alternate core promoter might be present in the downstream segment. Characterization of LTA mRNAs isolated from primary and from transformed human T cells under different stimulation conditions identified eight unique transcript variants (TVs), including one (LTA TV8) that initiated within a polypyrimidine tract near the 3' end of the downstream segment. Further investigation determined that the LTA downstream segment alternate core promoter that produces the LTA TV8 transcript most likely consists of a stimulating protein 1 binding site and an initiator element and that factors involved in transcription initiation (stimulating protein 1, TFII-I, and RNA polymerase II) bind to this LTA region in vivo. Interestingly, the LTA downstream segment alternate core promoter was active only after specific cellular stimulation and was the major promoter used when human T cells were stimulated with TGF-β1 and fibroblast growth factor-7. Most importantly, this study provides evidence of a direct link for crosstalk between T cells and epithelial/stromal cells that has implications for LT signaling by T cells in the cooperative regulation of various processes typically associated with TGF-βR and fibroblast growth factor-R2 signaling.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20057, USA.
authors.forename: Brian H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Yokley
authors.forename: Sandra T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Selby
authors.forename: Phillip E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Posch
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D004847:Epithelial Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D051523:Fibroblast Growth Factor 7 / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D019169:Jurkat Cells; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D038941:Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000276:immunology; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000276:immunology; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000276:immunology; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C496453:FGF7 protein, human; C104259:GTF2I protein, human; D008233:Lymphotoxin-alpha; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016329:Sp1 Transcription Factor; D019473:Transcription Factors, TFII; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1; D051523:Fibroblast Growth Factor 7; D038941:Polypyrimidine Tract-Binding Protein; D012319:RNA Polymerase II
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