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  • Title: Promoter knock-in mutations reveal a role of Mcl-1 in thymocyte-positive selection and tissue or cell lineage-specific regulation of Mcl-1 expression.
    Author: Yang CY, Lin NH, Lee JM, Huang CY, Min HJ, Yen JJ, Liao NS, Yang-Yen HF.
    Journal: J Immunol; 2009 Mar 01; 182(5):2959-68. PubMed ID: 19234191.
    Abstract:
    We previously demonstrated that IL-3 stimulates transcription of the antiapoptotic gene mcl-1 via two promoter elements designated as the SIE and CRE-2 sites. To further study the functional role of these two DNA elements, mutant mice with targeted mutations of both SIE and CRE-2 sites (SC mutants) were generated. Homozygous SC mutants manifested a markedly reduced level of Mcl-1 in thymus but not in other major organs such as spleen, liver, lung, or heart. Reduced expression of Mcl-1 in SC mutant thymus resulted in attenuated positive selection of double-positive thymocytes into both CD4 and CD8 lineages, a result likely due to reduced survival of SC mutant double-positive thymocytes that were supposed to be positively selected. In contrast, in the peripheral lymphoid organs, only CD8(+) but not CD4(+) T cells were significantly reduced in homozygous SC mutant mice, a result consistent with a more dramatic decrease both of Mcl-1 expression and cell viability in mutant CD8(+) compared with mutant CD4(+) T cells. Impaired T cell development and peripheral CD8(+) lymphopenia in homozygous SC mutant mice were both cell autonomous and could be rescued by enforced expression of human Mcl-1. Together, the promoter-knock-in mouse model generated in this study not only revealed a role of Mcl-1 in thymocyte-positive selection, but also uncovered that Mcl-1 expression is regulated in a tissue or cell lineage-specific manner.
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