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Hanson Center for Cancer Research, Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science, Adelaide, Australia
The human IL-3 gene is expressed by activated T cells, mast cells, and eosinophils. We previously identified an enhancer 14 kb upstream of the IL-3 gene, but this element only functioned in a subset of T cells and not in mast cells. To identify additional mechanisms governing IL-3 gene expression, we mapped DNase I hypersensitive (DH) sites and evolutionarily conserved DNA sequences in the IL-3 locus. The most conserved sequence lies 4.5 kb upstream of the IL-3 gene and it encompassed an inducible cyclosporin A-sensitive DH site. A 245-bp fragment spanning this DH site functioned as a cyclosporin A-sensitive enhancer, and was induced by calcium and kinase signaling pathways in both T cells and mast cells via an array of three NFAT sites. The enhancer also encompassed AML1, AP-1, and Sp1 binding sites that potentially mediate function in both T and myeloid lineage cells, but these sites were not required for in vitro enhancer function in T cells. In stably transfected T cells, the -4.5-kb enhancer cooperated with the -14-kb enhancer to activate the IL-3 promoter. Hence, the IL-3 gene is regulated by two enhancers that have distinct but overlapping tissue specificities. We also identified a prominent constitutive DH site at -4.1 kb in T cells, mast cells, and CD34+ myeloid cells. This element lacked in vitro enhancer function, but may have a developmental role because it appears to be the first DH site to exist upstream of the IL-3 gene during hemopoietic development before IL-3 expression.
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