Publication Date:
1988-11-18
Description:
The induction of immunoglobulin kappa light chain expression in 70Z/3 pre-B cells treated with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) requires the activation of the B cell-specific factor NF-kappa B, which binds to the kappa enhancer motif, GGGACTTTCC. This sequence alone can function as a tissue-specific enhancer for LPS-induced gene expression. A potent inhibitor of B lymphopoiesis [transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta)] was used to explore the mechanisms in the activation of kappa transcription by LPS and by interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma). TGF-beta inhibited LPS-induced kappa transcription but not the activation and in vitro binding of NF-kappa B. This indicates that NF-kappa B activation, while necessary, is not sufficient for LPS-induced kappa transcription. TGF-beta had no effect on IFN-gamma-induced kappa transcription, and NF-kappa B was not activated by IFN-gamma. These results reveal that LPS and IFN-gamma activate transcription through different mechanisms.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Briskin, M -- Kuwabara, M D -- Sigman, D S -- Wall, R -- CA 12800/CA/NCI NIH HHS/ -- GM 21199/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- GM 40185/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1988 Nov 18;242(4881):1036-7.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, University of California 90024.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3143155" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
B-Lymphocytes/*physiology
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Cell Line
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Enhancer Elements, Genetic
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Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
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*Genes, Immunoglobulin
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Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains/*genetics
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Immunoglobulin mu-Chains/genetics
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In Vitro Techniques
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Interferon-gamma/*pharmacology
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Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
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Transcription Factors/*physiology
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Transcription, Genetic/*drug effects
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Transforming Growth Factors/pharmacology
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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