A PROMOTER ELEMENT OF THE HUMAN SERINE ESTERASE GRANZYME-B GENE CONTROLS SPECIFIC TRANSCRIPTION IN ACTIVATED T-CELLS

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作者
HADDAD, P [1 ]
WARGNIER, A [1 ]
BOURGE, JF [1 ]
SASPORTES, M [1 ]
PAUL, P [1 ]
机构
[1] HOP ST LOUIS,CTR HAYEM,INSERM,U93,1 AVE CLAUDE VELLEFAUX,F-75010 PARIS,FRANCE
关键词
T-CELL ACTIVATION; GENE REGULATION; HUMAN SERINE ESTERASE; GRANZYME-B;
D O I
10.1002/eji.1830230307
中图分类号
R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
学科分类号
100102 ;
摘要
The human granzyme B gene encodes a serine protease expressed specifically in cytoplasmic granules of cytotoxic T lymphocytes. released upon effector-target cell interaction. Previous studies have shown that granzyme B mRNA was induced iii T lymphocytes after antigenic or mitogenic stimulation. To study the regulation of human granzyme B gene expression during lymphocyte activation we analyzed its 5' flanking region using chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) reporter gene constructs. We show that a 208-bp fragment (-148 to +60) containing an NF-AT (nuclear factor of activated T cells)-binding site promotes CAT expression in phytohemagglutinin-activated T lymphocytes, in immobilized monoclonal anti-CD3 antibody-activated Jurkat T cell line while it is inactive in unstimulated PEER and Jurkat T cells lines or B Epstein-Barr virus-transformed cell lines.
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