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IFN Regulatory Factor Family Members Differentially Regulate the Expression of Type III IFN (IFN-λ) Genes

Österlund, Pamela I, Pietilä, Taija E, Veckman, Ville, Kotenko, Sergei V, Julkunen, Ilkka·2007·The Journal of Immunology

Abstract

Virus replication induces the expression of antiviral type I (IFN-αβ) and type III (IFN-λ1–3 or IL-28A/B and IL-29) IFN genes via TLR-dependent and -independent pathways. Although type III IFNs differ genetically from type I IFNs, their similar biological antiviral functions suggest that their expression is regulated in a similar fashion. Structural and functional characterization of the IFN-λ1 and IFN-λ3 gene promoters revealed them to be similar to IFN-β and IFN-α genes, respectively. Both of these promoters had functional IFN-stimulated response element and NF-κB binding sites. The binding of IFN regulatory factors (IRF) to type III IFN promoter IFN-stimulated response element sites was the most important event regulating the expression of these genes. Ectopic expression of the components of TLR7 (MyD88 plus IRF1/IRF7), TLR3 (Toll/IL-1R domain-containing adapter-inducing factor), or retinoic acid-inducible gene I (RIG-I) signal transduction pathways induced the activation of IFN-λ1 promoter, whereas the IFN-λ3 promoter was efficiently activated only by overexpression of MyD88 and IRF7. The ectopic expression of Pin1, a recently identified suppressor for IRF3-dependent antiviral response, decreased the IFN promoter activation induced by any of these three signal transduction pathways, including the MyD88-dependent one. To conclude, the data suggest that the IFN-λ1 gene is regulated by virus-activated IRF3 and IRF7, thus resembling that of the IFN-β gene, whereas IFN-λ2/3 gene expression is mainly controlled by IRF7, thus resembling those of IFN-α genes.

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Authors
Österlund, P. I., Pietilä, T. E., Veckman, V., Kotenko, S. V., & Julkunen, I.
Venue
The Journal of Immunology
Published
2007-09
Volume
179
Issue
6
Pages
3434-3442
ISSN
  • 0022-1767 (ISSN-L)
  • 1550-6606
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W2159803503
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301
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4.72
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journal article
Language
en
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Österlund, P. I., Pietilä, T. E., Veckman, V., Kotenko, S. V., & Julkunen, I. (2007). IFN Regulatory Factor Family Members Differentially Regulate the Expression of Type III IFN (IFN-λ) Genes. The Journal of Immunology. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.179.6.3434

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