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Mol. Cell. Biol., 06 1995, 3197-3205, Vol 15, No. 6
SW Umlauf, B Beverly, O Lantz and RH Schwartz
T-cell receptor (TCR) signalling is required to induce expression of the
interleukin 2 (IL-2) gene in mouse T cells. Additional costimulation
through CD28 augments IL-2 production by 30- to 100-fold. Using IL-2 RNA
accumulation and transcription reporter assays, we have addressed potential
mechanisms of CD28 regulation at various time points of stimulation. The
kinetic regulation of IL-2 mRNA by TCR and CD28 signals is complex: (i) at
the earliest detectable time point, CD28 signalling causes a 20-fold
increase compared with TCR signalling alone; (ii) both groups rapidly
accumulate mRNA for the first 4 h; (iii) IL-2 mRNA then disappears from
cells stimulated through the TCR alone but plateaus or increases slightly
in cells costimulated through CD28; and (iv) after 8 h, the mRNA disappears
in cultures with the anti- CD28 antibody. Transcription reporter assays did
not show a specific effect of CD28 signalling on IL-2 enhancer driven
transcription. This was true for either a 353- or a 1.9-kb enhancer, over a
broad range of kinetics and TCR occupancy, and with several TCR signal
mimics. The early component of CD28 costimulation is nuclear, however,
since the initial enhancement of mRNA is also found in unspliced IL-2 RNA.
Between 2 and 6 h, there is a marked difference in the rates of decay of
IL-2 mRNA in the presence and absence of the CD28 signalling. Rapid decay
of IL-2 mRNA commences after 8 h even in the presence of CD28 signals,
although the decay occurs at a rate slower than that seen after 4 h of
anti-TCR stimulation alone.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Copyright © 1995, American Society for Microbiology
Regulation of interleukin 2 gene expression by CD28 costimulation in mouse T-cell clones: both nuclear and cytoplasmic RNAs are regulated with complex kinetics
Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Immunology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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