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Functional Role for IBNS in T Cell Cytokine Regulation As Revealed by Targeted Gene Disruption¹

Maki Touma^*,, Valeria Antonini^*,, Manoj Kumar^2,*,, Stephanie L. Osborn^3,*, April M. Bobenchik^4,*, Derin B. Keskin^*,, John E. Connolly, Michael J. Grusby, Ellis L. Reinherz^*, and Linda K. Clayton^5,*,

^* Laboratory of Immunobiology, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, and Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115; Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas, TX 75204; and Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115

Triggering of the TCR by cognate peptide/MHC ligands induces expression of IBNS, a member of the IB family of NF-B inhibitors whose expression is associated with apoptosis of immature thymocytes. To understand the role of IBNS in TCR triggering, we created a targeted disruption of the IBNS gene. Surprisingly, mice lacking IBNS show normal thymic progression but both thymocytes and T cells manifest reduced TCR-stimulated proliferation. Moreover, IBNS knockout thymocytes and T cells produce significantly less IL-2 and IFN- than wild-type cells. Transfection analysis demonstrates that IBNS and c-Rel individually increase IL-2 promoter activity. The effect of IBNS on the IL-2 promoter, unlike c-Rel, is dependent on the NF-B rather than the CD28RE site; mutation of the NF-B site extinguishes the induction of transcription by IBNS in transfectants and prevents association of IBNS with IL-2 promoter DNA. Microarray analyses confirm the reduction in IL-2 production and some IFN--linked transcripts in IBNS knockout T cells. Collectively, our findings demonstrate that IBNS regulates production of IL-2 and other cytokines induced via "strong" TCR ligation.

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¹ This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants AI19807 (to E.L.R.) and AI51779 (to L.K.C.).

² Current address: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Genomic Center, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115.

³ Current address: Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Division of Immunology and Cancer Research Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

⁴ Current address: Center for Vascular Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030.

⁵ Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Linda K. Clayton, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115. E-mail address: linda_clayton{at}dfci.harvard.edu

⁶ Abbreviations used in this paper: pMHC, peptide-MHC complex; DP, double positive; DN, double negative; LN, lymph node; WT, wild type; KO, knockout; BM, bone marrow; FC, fold change; rh, recombinant human; SAP, SLAM-associated protein.

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