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The Journal of Immunology, 2001, 167: 311-319.
Copyright © 2001 by The American Association of Immunologists

The Smad3 Protein Is Involved in TGF-{beta} Inhibition of Class II Transactivator and Class II MHC Expression1

Yuanshu Dong*, Liping Tang*, John J. Letterio{dagger} and Etty N. Benveniste2,*

* Department of Cell Biology, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL 35294; and {dagger} Laboratory of Cell Regulation and Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892

TGF-{beta} is a immunoregulatory cytokine that inhibits class II MHC expression in a variety of cell types. Previous studies have shown that the class II MHC transactivator (CIITA), a master regulator that controls class II MHC expression, is targeted by TGF-{beta} for repression of IFN-{gamma}-induced class II MHC expression in astrocytes. The mechanism(s) underlying the TGF-{beta} inhibitory effect is not understood. In this study, we demonstrate that TGF-{beta} inhibition of CIITA expression occurs at the transcriptional level, and that both constitutive and IFN-{gamma}-induced human CIITA type IV promoter activity is inhibited by TGF-{beta}. TGF-{beta} does not affect the signaling events that mediate IFN-{gamma} activation of CIITA expression; i.e, TGF-{beta} does not inhibit IFN-{gamma}-induced STAT-1{alpha} phosphorylation and/or DNA binding ability, nor is IFN-{gamma} induction of IFN regulatory factor affected. The inhibitory effect of TGF-{beta} on the type IV CIITA promoter is mediated through a promoter region within 80 bp from the transcription start site. Elimination of TGF-{beta} inhibition of class II MHC and CIITA expression in Smad3-deficient astrocytes, as well as restoration of the inhibitory effect by overexpression of the Smad3 protein, demonstrates that Smad3 is essential in mediating TGF-{beta} inhibition of CIITA and class II MHC expression.




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