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  • Title: Differences in DNA sequence specificity among MHC class II X box binding proteins.
    Author: Boothby M, Liou HC, Glimcher LH.
    Journal: J Immunol; 1989 Feb 01; 142(3):1005-14. PubMed ID: 2492326.
    Abstract:
    The class II (Ia) MHC Ag are integral membrane proteins whose expression is limited to specific cell types. A pair of consensus sequences, X and Y, is found upstream from all class II genes and deletion of each of these sequences eliminates expression of transfected genes. Cells that express Ia demonstrate a coordinate response to lymphokines and other stimuli. These conserved sequences might, therefore, play a role in tissue specificity or lymphokine inducibility of Ia gene expression. The X box sequence of the murine class II A alpha gene diverges much more substantially from the X consensus than does the Y box motif of this gene. We demonstrate that this X box motif is nonetheless recognized by sequence-specific DNA-binding proteins, as is the more closely conserved Y box. Gel retardation assays and DNase I footprints were compared for a panel of Ia+ and Ia- cells as well as for cells stimulated with the Ia-inducing lymphokines IL-4 and IFN-gamma. The level, retardation pattern and region of DNA contact were comparable in all instances. Thus the availability of active DNA-binding X and Y box factors cannot alone account for the regulation of A alpha expression. To test whether the same set of proteins binds all class II MHC conserved motifs, oligonucleotide probe binding and cross-competition experiments with X box sequences from A alpha, E alpha, and E beta genes were performed. These studies demonstrated A alpha, E alpha, and E beta DNA-protein complexes with unique mobilities and specificities. In addition, all three X box oligonucleotide probes generated one faint complex with an affinity profile of E beta greater than E alpha much greater than A alpha. These three complexes comigrated and thus may represent a communal binding protein. The data are most consistent with the conclusion that multiple proteins bind class II MHC X boxes. For A alpha, the predominant complexes represent different specificities from the predominant E alpha and E beta X box binding proteins.
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