ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED AND CYCLIC AMP-INDUCED GENES IN T-LYMPHOCYTES
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF GLUCOCORTICOID-INDUCED AND CYCLIC AMP-INDUCED GENES IN T-LYMPHOCYTES
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DOI:
10.1128/mcb.9.8.3438
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发表时间:
1989-08-01
影响因子:
5.3
通讯作者:
BOURGEOIS, S
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作者:
HARRIGAN, MT;BAUGHMAN, G;BOURGEOIS, S
Glucocorticoids and cyclic AMP exert dramatic effects on the proliferation and viability of murine T lymphocytes through unknown mechanisms. To identify gene products which might be involved in glucocorticoid-induced responses in lymphoid cells, we constructed a .lambda.cDNA library prepared from murine thymoma WEHI-7TG cells treated for 5h with glucocorticoids and forskolin. The library was screened with a subtracted cDNA probe enriched for sequences induced by the two drugs, and cDNA clones representing 11 different inducible genes were isolated. The pattern of expression in BALB/c mouse tissues was examined for each cDNA clone. We have identified two clones that hybridized to mRNAs detected exclusively in the thymus. Other clones were identified that demonstrated tissue-specific gene expression in heart, brain, brain and thymus, or lymphoid tissue (spleen and thymus). The kinetics of induction by dexamethasone and forskolin were examined for each gene. The majority of the cDNA clones hybridized to mRNAs that were regulated by glucocorticoids and forskolin, two were regulated only by glucocorticoids, and three hybridized to mRNAs that required both drugs for induction. Inhibition of protein synthesis by cycloheximide resulted in the induction of all mRNAs that were inducible by glucocorticoids. Preliminary sequence analysis of four of the 11 cDNAs suggests that two cDNAs represent previously undescribed genes while two others correspond to the mouse VL30 retrovirus-like element and the mouse homolog of chondroitin sulfate proteoglycan core protein.