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The Journal of Immunology, Vol 154, Issue 6 2846-2854, Copyright © 1995 by American Association of Immunologists

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Class II MHC gene expression in microglia. Regulation by the cytokines IFN-gamma, TNF-alpha, and TGF-beta

RB Panek and EN Benveniste
Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham 35294.

The molecular mechanism(s) by which three cytokines (IFN-gamma, TNF- alpha, TGF-beta) affect class II MHC gene expression in primary rat microglia was examined. IFN-gamma is a potent inducer of the class II gene, and this induction is unaffected by treatment with either TNF- alpha or TGF-beta. Transient transfection of primary rat microglia with an HLA-DRA promoter linked to the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene (DRA-CAT) demonstrated that IFN-gamma acts at the transcriptional level to induce class II MHC gene expression, and that TNF-alpha and TGF-beta have no influence on IFN-gamma-induced promoter activity. Experiments using a series of DRA substitution mutants that individually affect the W, X1, X2, or Y elements, as well as a double mutation in both X1 and X2, indicate that all four of these elements are required for responsiveness of the DRA promoter to IFN-gamma. The effect of IFN-gamma and TNF-alpha on DNA binding proteins by microglia was examined. A constitutive complex with specificity for the X2 box was detected in extracts from unstimulated microglia. IFN-gamma treatment changed this complex to migrate with slower mobility, and TNF- alpha had no effect on either the constitutive or IFN-gamma-induced complexes. These studies provide information on the molecular regulation of the class II MHC gene in microglia, a cell type critically involved in immune regulation within the central nervous system.


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