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  • 标题:A promoter element that exerts positive and negative control of the interleukin 2-responsive J-chain gene
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  • 作者:R D Lansford ; H J McFadden ; S T Siu
  • 期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
  • 电子版ISSN:1091-6490
  • 出版年度:1992
  • 卷号:89
  • 期号:13
  • 页码:5966-5970
  • DOI:10.1073/pnas.89.13.5966
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • 摘要:In a primary immune response a signal from interleukin 2 (IL-2) induces B lymphocytes to express the gene for the IgM joining component, the J chain. The signaling mechanism was pursued in this study by examining the J-chain gene 5' flanking region for regulatory sequences and interacting nuclear factors. The analyses identified a major control region located between -75 and -45 that encodes two adjacent elements: a T-rich sequence (JA) containing a single positive regulatory motif and an A+G-rich sequence (JB) containing overlapping positive and negative regulatory motifs. Dissection of the two elements indicated that the bifunctional JB sequence is the likely target of the IL-2 signal. The evidence was based on findings that (i) JB activity correlated with J-chain gene transcription--i.e., JB acts as a repressor in J-chain-silent B cells and as an activator in J-chain-expressing cells, and (ii) JB activator function is mediated by a B-cell-specific nuclear protein, NF-JB, that exhibits an IL-2-responsive binding pattern.
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