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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 154, Issue 6 2724-2732, Copyright © 1995 by American Association of Immunologists
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V Romano-Spica, P Georgiou, H Suzuki, TS Papas and NK Bhat
Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702.
The ETS1 gene encodes a sequence-specific transcription factor binding to purine-rich DNA sequences (-GGAA-) present in the transcriptional regulatory regions of many cellular and viral promoters/enhancers, including many lymphokine genes. The ETS1 gene is expressed at high levels in resting T cells and at very low levels after T cell activation, suggesting it may suppress the expression of genes induced during T cell activation. To find out if ETS1 regulates expression of the IL-2 gene, we have ectopically expressed antisense (AS) ETS1 in Jurkat T cells to block the formation of ETS1 proteins. AS ETS1 transfectants produce higher levels of IL-2 compared with sense ETS1 transfectants. Expression of ETS1 DNA binding domain in Jurkat T cells also decreased the production of IL-2. In AS ETS1 transfectants, IL-2 formation was completely inhibited by cyclosporin A and FK590. The IL-2 promoter linked to a chloramphenicol acetyl transferase reporter gene has high activity in AS ETS1 transfectants, indicating that increased IL-2 production seems to be a result of transcriptional induction. Taken together, these results suggest the possibility that ETS1 may act as a negative regulator of IL-2 gene transcription and provide a rational approach toward engineering the endogenous expression of IL-2 in T cells.
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