Delineation of a previously unrecognized cis-acting element required for HLA class II gene expression.

AUTOR(ES)

Sugawara, M

RESUMO

The cis-acting DNA sequences that control expression of the HLA-DPA and HLA-DQB promoters have been investigated in detail. A set of recombinant plasmids containing 5' promoter deletions as well as site-directed mutants of the DPA and DQB genes were fused to a reporter gene and transfected into human B and interferon gamma (IFN-gamma)-inducible cells. A previously unrecognized cis element, which is essential both for transcription induced by IFN-gamma in several cell types and for constitutive class II expression in B cells, in addition to the well known X and Y boxes, has been defined. This sequence, which spans nucleotides -107 to -98 and -146 to -137 of the DPA and DQB promoters, respectively, has been called the J element. Some evidence for function of a fourth element, the S element, is also presented.

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