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. 2004 Oct;5(10):1036-44.
doi: 10.1038/ni1117. Epub 2004 Sep 7.

GA binding protein regulates interleukin 7 receptor alpha-chain gene expression in T cells

Hai-Hui Xue  1 , Julie Bollenbacher, Valentina Rovella, Radhika Tripuraneni, Yu-Bin Du, Cheng-Yu Liu, Ann Williams, J Philip McCoy, Warren J Leonard
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GA binding protein regulates interleukin 7 receptor alpha-chain gene expression in T cells

Hai-Hui Xue et al. Nat Immunol. 2004 Oct.

Abstract

The interleukin 7 receptor alpha-chain (IL-7Ralpha) is essential for T cell development in both humans and mice and for B cell development in mice. Whereas the transcription factor PU.1 regulates IL-7Ralpha expression in mouse pro-B cells via a GGAA motif, we demonstrate here that GA binding protein (GABP) bound to this site and was essential in the regulation of IL-7Ralpha expression in T cells, where PU.1 is not expressed. Moreover, IL-7Ralpha expression was diminished substantially in thymocytes but was normal on B220(+) fetal liver cells from mouse embryos with diminished expression of GABPalpha. Thus, GABP is essential for the regulation of IL-7Ralpha expression in T cells, and the differential regulation of IL-7Ralpha in distinct lymphoid lineages is achieved at least in part by differential recruitment of factors to the same GGAA motif.

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