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Ikaros Enforces the Costimulatory Requirement for IL2 Gene Expression and Is Required for Anergy Induction in CD4+ T Lymphocytes

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Thomas, Rajan M, Chunder, Neelanjana, Chen, Chunxia, Umetsu, Sarah E, Winandy, Susan, Wells, Andrew D·2007·The Journal of Immunology

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T cell activation results in dynamic remodeling of the chromatin at the IL2 promoter and induction of IL2 gene transcription. These processes are each dependent upon CD28 costimulation, but the molecular basis for this requirement is not clear. The IL2 promoter contains consensus-binding elements for Ikaros, a lymphocyte-specific zinc-finger DNA-binding protein that can regulate gene expression by recruiting chromatin-remodeling complexes. We find that native Ikaros in CD4+ T cells exhibits sequence-specific binding to these elements in vitro, and interacts with the endogenous IL2 promoter in vivo, in a manner dependent upon its DNA-binding domain. This binding has important consequences on the regulation of the IL2 gene, because CD4+ T cells with reduced Ikaros DNA-binding activity no longer require signals from the TCR or CD28 for histone acetylation at the endogenous IL2 promoter, and no longer require CD28 costimulation for expression of the IL2 gene. Furthermore, CD4+ T cells with reduced Ikaros activity are resistant to clonal anergy induced by TCR ligation in the absence of either CD28 or IL-2R signals. These results establish Ikaros as a transcriptional repressor of the IL2 gene that functions through modulation of chromatin structure and has an obligate role in the induction of anergy.

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  • Epigenetic factors including IKAROS (via acetylation) and Sirt1 participate in histone modifications that promote T cell anergy.

    “Epigenetic factors such as IKAROS (through acetylation) [25] and Sirt1 are involved in histone modifications that promote T cell anergy [26,27].”

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Authors
Thomas, R. M., Chunder, N., Chen, C., Umetsu, S. E., Winandy, S., & Wells, A. D.
Affiliations
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (US)
  • Northwestern University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Chunder, Neelanjana
  • Chen, Chunxia
Venue
The Journal of Immunology
Published
2007-12-01
Volume
179
Issue
11
Pages
7305-7315
ISSN
  • 0022-1767 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-6606
OpenAlex
W1795880523
Cited by
91
References
78
Citations by year
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1.98
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • The Journal of Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Cancer Institute (R01CA104962, CA104962)
  • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI 059881, R21AI059881)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Immunology › T-cell and B-cell Immunology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Signaling Pathways in Disease
Keywords
Ikaros, CD28 costimulation, anergy, CD4+ T cells, histone acetylation, chromatin remodeling, transcriptional repression, zinc finger DNA-binding protein, T cell activation, T cell receptor signaling
MeSH terms
Animals, Binding Sites, Interleukin-2, Mice, Inbred C57BL, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Clonal Anergy, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Gene Expression Profiling, Cell Line, Tumor, Mice, Ikaros Transcription Factor

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