B-cell control region at the 5' end of a major histocompatibility complex class II gene: sequences and factors.

AUTOR(ES)

Dorn, A

RESUMO

Transcription of major histocompatibility complex class II genes is elaborately regulated. Mouse class II genes are transcribed primarily in B cells, peripheral macrophages and interdigitating cells, and thymic cortical and medullary cells. In this study, we began to identify the DNA sequences and protein factors that control expression of a class II gene in B cells, addressing in particular how closely they resemble those that regulate immunoglobulin gene expression. We describe a region upstream of the E alpha gene that is crucial for its transcription in the B cells of transgenic mice but is less important in cultured B-cell lines. The sequence of this region reveals several familiar motifs, including a second X-Y pair reminiscent of that residing in the promoter-proximal region of all class II genes, a B motif strikingly homologous to that associated with the immunoglobulin kappa gene enhancer, several Ephrussi motifs, and a Pu box-like sequence very similar to that implicated in simian virus 40 and lymphotrophic papovavirus expression in B cells. Careful study of the proteins that bind specifically to these different motifs prompts us to suggest that major histocompatibility complex class II and immunoglobulin genes rely on quite different factors to achieve B-cell-specific expression.

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