Interaction of NF-κB and NFAT with the Interferon-γ Promoter*

Interferon-γ (IFN-γ) is a pleiotropic lymphokine whose production is restricted to activated T cells and NK cells. Along with other cytokines, IFN-γ gene expression is inhibited by the immunosuppressant cyclosporin A. We have previously identified an intronic enhancer region (C3) of the IFN-γ gene that binds the NF-κB protein c-Rel and that shows partial DNA sequence homology with the cyclosporin A-sensitive NFAT binding site and the 3′-half of the NF-κB consensus site. Sequence analysis of the IFN-γ promoter revealed the presence of two additional C3-related elements (C3-1P and C3-3P). In addition, an NF-κB site (IFN-γ κB) was identified within the promoter region. Based on this observation, we have analyzed the potential role of NF-κB and NFAT family members in regulating IFN-γ transcription. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay analysis demonstrated that after T cell activation, the p50 and p65 NF-κB subunits bind specifically to the newly identified IFN-γ κB and C3-related sites. In addition, we identified the NFAT proteins as a component of the inducible complexes that bind to the C3-3P site. Site-directed mutagenesis and transfection studies demonstrate that calcineurin-inducible transcriptional factors enhance the transcriptional activity of the IFN-γ promoter through the cyclosporin-sensitive C3-3P site, whereas NF-κB proteins functionally interact with the C3-related sites. In addition, when located downstream to the β-galactosidase gene driven by the IFN-γ promoter, the intronic C3 site worked in concert with both the IFN-γ κB and the C3-3P site to enhance gene transcription. These results demonstrate that the coordinate activities of NFAT and NF-κB proteins are involved in the molecular mechanisms controlling IFN-γ gene transcription.

• Publication year

  1997

• Venue

  Journal of Biological Chemistry

• Publication date

  1997-11-28

• Fields of study

  Biology

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  DOI 10.1074/jbc.272.48.30412
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