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Mol Cell Biol. 1992 July; 12(7): 3262-3272

An activation-dependent, T-lymphocyte-specific transcriptional activator in the mouse mammary tumor virus env gene.

Department of Biochemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.

ABSTRACT

Transcription of the complete mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) proviral genome in mouse cells is controlled by a strong promoter in its long terminal repeat. In the mouse T lymphoma EL4, there is a second, activation-dependent transcriptional initiation site within the envelope (env) gene, from which a short mRNA is generated, encoding the open reading frame of the long terminal repeat. We now report the isolation of a segment of the MMTV env gene (called META, for MMTV env transcriptional activator) which has the expected transcription-activating properties seen in EL4.E1 cells. Namely, it induces activation-dependent, T-lymphocyte-specific transcription of a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene. It is active in mouse or human T-helper lymphocyte lines when they are stimulated to transcribe lymphokine genes but is inactive in unstimulated T-helper cells, fibroblasts, a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte line, and a mastocytoma cell line. Its activity is inhibited by cyclosporin A, a specific inhibitor of lymphokine transcription. Several forms of the META have been isolated from EL4.E1 cells, a mouse T-helper cell hybridoma, and from BALB/c spleen cells. Linked to the heterologous thymidine kinase promoter, a 400-bp portion of it is an inducible, orientation-independent, and cyclosporin A-sensitive transcriptional activator in T-helper cells.

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