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Published on: November 4, 2016
The major histocompatibility complex class II transactivator is differentially regulated by interferon-gamma and
Tamas Pazmany1, Thomas B Tomasi
1Department of Immunology, Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY 14263, United States.
Abstract:
We evaluated the regulation of the major histocompatibility complex class II (MHC II) transactivator (CIITA) gene expression in two microglial cell lines, EOC2 and EOC20. We demonstrate that interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) activates type III- and IV-CIITA mRNA and high levels of MHC II in EOC20. However, in EOC2 cells only low levels of type IV-CIITA mRNA and MHC II are detectable following IFN-gamma treatment. Transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1) inhibits both type III- and IV-CIITA expression in EOC20 cells while, in EOC2 cells TGF-beta1 enhances IFN-gamma induced pIV-CIITA expression. Trichostatin A (TSA), a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor, abrogates the TGF-beta1 mediated repression of the IFN-gamma induced CIITA in EOC20. Evidence is presented that the TG-interacting factor (TGIF), a co-repressor known to recruit HDACs, plays a role in determining the effects of TGF-beta1 on microglial cells.
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