E0034076

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Deregulated c-fos augments the expression of IL-2 gene in T cells stimulated with anti-CD3 antibody.

English (英語)

The Kobe journal of the medical sciences

38(6)

321-335

1992

The expression of IL-2 gene in T cells stimulated with immobilized anti-CD3 antibody is controlled by several transcription factors like as AP-1, IL-2 kappa B and NFAT. We studied an effect of deregulated c-fos, a component of AP-1, in the expression of IL-2 gene in T cells by using splenic T cells from transgenic mice carrying the exogenous c-fos gene under the control of the H2-Kb promoter (H2-c-fos). The IL-2 production of H2-c-fos T cells stimulated with anti-CD3 antibody was enhanced and prolonged. Levels of AP-1 and IL-2 kappa B transcription factors in the nuclear extract from the H2-c-fos T cells were also augmented. These results suggest that c-Fos is one of the major regulatory factors for the expression of IL-2 gene in T cells activated with anti-CD3 antibody.

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