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Th2 Cell-Selective Enhancement of Human IL13 Transcription by IL13-1112C>T, a Polymorphism Associated with Allergic Inflammation¹

Lisa Cameron^2,*,, Robin B. Webster^3,*,, Jannine M. Strempel^3,*,, Patricia Kiesler^3,*,, Michael Kabesch^4,*,, Harikrishnan Ramachandran, Lizhi Yu, Debra A. Stern, Penelope E. Graves, I. Carla Lohman, Anne L. Wright^,, Marilyn Halonen^,, Walter T. Klimecki^, and Donata Vercelli^5,*,,¶

^* Functional Genomics Laboratory, Arizona Respiratory Center, and Departments of Pediatrics, Pharmacology, and ^¶ Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85724

IL-13 is a central mediator of allergic inflammation. The single nucleotide polymorphism IL13-1112C>T (rs1800925) is associated with allergic phenotypes in ethnically distinct populations, but the underlying mechanism(s) remain unknown. Using in vivo, in vitro, and in silico analysis, we show that the IL13-1112T allele enhanced IL13 promoter activity in primary human and murine CD4⁺ Th2 lymphocytes. Increased expression of IL13-1112T in Th2 cells was associated with the creation of a Yin-Yang 1 binding site that overlapped a STAT motif involved in negative regulation of IL13 expression and attenuated STAT6-mediated transcriptional repression. Because IL-13 secretion was increased in IL13-1112TT homozygotes, we propose that increased expression of IL13-1112T in vivo may underlie its association with susceptibility to allergic inflammation. Interestingly, IL13-1112T had opposite transcriptional effects in nonpolarized CD4⁺ T cells, paralleled by distinct patterns of DNA-protein interactions at the IL13 promoter. Our findings suggest the nuclear milieu dictates the functional outcome of genetic variation.

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¹ This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants HL66391 (to D.V.) and AI42268 (to A.L.W.), a fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (to L.C.), and an Interest Section Award from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (to L.C.).

² Current address: Pulmonary Research Group, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

³ R.B.W., J.M.S., and P.K. contributed equally to this work.

⁴ Current address: University Children’s Hospital, Ludwig Maximilian’s University, Munich, Germany.

⁵ Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Donata Vercelli, Arizona Respiratory Center, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Room 2349, 1501 North Campbell Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85724. E-mail address: donata{at}arc.arizona.edu

⁶ Abbreviations used in this paper: SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism; ChIP, chromatin immunoprecipitation; LD, linkage disequilibrium; RLA, relative luciferase activity; YY1, Yin Yang 1; DT, divergence threshold; rh, recombinant human.

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