Macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF-1) gene expression in human T- lymphocyte clones

Macrophage colony stimulating factor (CSF-1) is one of several cytokines that control the differentiation, survival, and proliferation of monocytes and macrophages. A set of 11 human T-cell clones, chosen for their phenotypic diversity, were tested for their ability to express CSF-1 mRNA. After 5 hours of stimulation with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) + calcium ionophore (Cal), all T-cell clones expressed a major 4-kb transcript, a less abundant 2-kb transcript, and several other minor species. This pattern of expression is typical for CSF-1 mRNAs. Furthermore, of the two alloreactive T-cell clones analyzed, only one showed a definitive message for CSF-1 on specific antigenic stimulation, but with delayed kinetics and less efficiency. Both conditions of stimulation induced the release of CSF-1 protein by T cells in the culture medium. Together, these findings demonstrate for the first time that normal T cells are able to produce CSF-1, previous reports being limited to two cases of tumoral cells of the T-cell lineage.

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Macrophage colony-stimulating factor (CSF-1) gene expression in a panel of human T cell clones

Cytokine ◽

10.1016/1043-4666(89)91256-8 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 107

Keyword(s):

Gene Expression ◽

T Cell ◽

Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

T Cell Clones ◽

Human T Cell ◽

Cell Clones ◽

Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Macrophage Colony ◽

Stimulating Factor

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NF-kappa B as inducible transcriptional activator of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor gene.

Molecular and Cellular Biology ◽

10.1128/mcb.10.3.1281 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 1281-1286 ◽

Cited By ~ 131

Author(s):

R Schreck ◽

P A Baeuerle

Keyword(s):

T Cells ◽

Transcription Factor ◽

T Cell ◽

Interleukin 2 ◽

Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Nf Kappa B ◽

Gm Csf ◽

Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Macrophage Colony ◽

Stimulating Factor

The expression of the gene encoding the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is induced upon activation of T cells with phytohemagglutinin and active phorbolester and upon expression of tax1, a transactivating protein of the human T-cell leukemia virus type I. The same agents induce transcription from the interleukin-2 receptor alpha-chain and interleukin-2 genes, depending on promoter elements that bind the inducible transcription factor NF-kappa B (or an NF-kappa B-like factor). We therefore tested the possibility that the GM-CSF gene is also regulated by a cognate motif for the NF-kappa B transcription factor. A recent functional analysis by Miyatake et al. (S. Miyatake, M. Seiki, M. Yoshida, and K. Arai, Mol. Cell. Biol. 8:5581-5587, 1988) described a short promoter region in the GM-CSF gene that conferred strong inducibility by T-cell-activating signals and tax1, but no NF-kappa B-binding motifs were identified. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we showed binding of purified human NF-kappa B and of the NF-kappa B activated in Jurkat T cells to an oligonucleotide comprising the GM-CSF promoter element responsible for mediating responsiveness to T-cell-activating signals and tax1. As shown by a methylation interference analysis and oligonucleotide competition experiments, purified NF-kappa B binds at positions -82 to -91 (GGGAACTACC) of the GM-CSF promoter sequence with an affinity similar to that with which it binds to the biologically functional kappa B motif in the beta interferon promoter (GGGAAATTCC). Two kappa B-like motifs at positions -98 to -108 of the GM-CSF promoter were also recognized but with much lower affinities. Our data provide strong evidence that the expression of the GM-CSF gene following T-cell activation is controlled by binding of the NF-kappa B transcription factor to a high-affinity binding site in the GM-CSF promoter.

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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor augmentation of T-cell receptor-dependent and T-cell receptor-independent thymocyte proliferation

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood.v83.3.713.bloodjournal833713 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 83 (3) ◽

pp. 713-723

Author(s):

AM Stewart-Akers ◽

JS Cairns ◽

DJ Tweardy ◽

SA McCarthy

Keyword(s):

T Cells ◽

T Cell ◽

T Cell Receptor ◽

Cell Receptor ◽

Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Gm Csf ◽

Thymocyte Proliferation ◽

Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Macrophage Colony ◽

Stimulating Factor

The effects of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM- CSF) are not confined to cells of the myeloid lineage. GM-CSF has been shown to have effects on mature T cells and both mature and immature T- cell lines. We therefore examined the GM-CSF responsiveness of murine thymocytes to investigate whether GM-CSF also affected normal immature T lymphocytes. The studies presented here indicate that GM-CSF augments accessory cell (AC)-dependent T-cell receptor (TCR)-mediated proliferation of unseparated thymocyte populations. To identify the GM- CSF responsive cell type, thymic AC and T cells were examined for GM- CSF responsiveness. We found that GM-CSF augmentation of TCR-induced thymocyte proliferation appears to be mediated via augmentation of AC function, and not via direct effects on mature single-positive (SP) thymocytes. Enriched double-negative (DN) thymocytes were also tested for GM-CSF responsiveness. GM-CSF induced the proliferation of adult and fetal DN thymocytes in an AC-independent and TCR-independent single- cell assay. Thus, in contrast to the SP thymocytes, a DN thymocyte population was directly responsive to GM-CSF. GM-CSF therefore may play a direct role in the expansion of DN thymocytes and an indirect role in the expansion of SP thymocytes.

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The granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor promoter cis-acting element CLE0 mediates induction signals in T cells and is recognized by factors related to AP1 and NFAT

Molecular and Cellular Biology ◽

10.1128/mcb.13.12.7399-7407.1993 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 7399-7407

Author(s):

E S Masuda ◽

H Tokumitsu ◽

A Tsuboi ◽

J Shlomai ◽

P Hung ◽

...

Keyword(s):

T Cells ◽

T Cell ◽

Phorbol Myristate Acetate ◽

Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Myristate Acetate ◽

Cis Acting ◽

Gm Csf ◽

Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Macrophage Colony ◽

Stimulating Factor

Expression of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene in T cells is activated by the combination of phorbol ester (phorbol myristate acetate) and calcium ionophore (A23187), which mimic antigen stimulation through the T-cell receptor. We have previously shown that a fragment containing bp -95 to +27 of the mouse GM-CSF promoter can confer inducibility to reporter genes in the human Jurkat T-cell line. Here we use an in vitro transcription system to demonstrate that a cis-acting element (positions -54 to -40), referred to as CLE0, is a target for the induction signals. We observed induction with templates containing intact CLE0 but not with templates with deleted or mutated CLE0. We also observed that two distinct signals were required for the stimulation through CLE0, since only extracts from cells treated with both phorbol myristate acetate and A23187 supported optimal induction. Stimulation probably was mediated by CLE0-binding proteins because depletion of these proteins specifically reduced GM-CSF transcription. One of the binding factors possessed biochemical and immunological features identical to those of the transcription factor AP1. Another factor resembled the T-cell-specific factor NFAT. The characteristics of these two factors are consistent with their involvement in GM-CSF induction. The presence of CLE0-like elements in the promoters of interleukin-3 (IL-3), IL-4, IL-5, GM-CSF, and NFAT sites in the IL-2 promoter suggests that the factors we detected, or related factors that recognize these sites, may account for the coordinate induction of these genes during T-cell activation.

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Calcineurin potentiates activation of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor gene in T cells: involvement of the conserved lymphokine element 0.

Molecular Biology of the Cell ◽

10.1091/mbc.5.1.119 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 119-128 ◽

Cited By ~ 23

Author(s):

A Tsuboi ◽

E S Masuda ◽

Y Naito ◽

H Tokumitsu ◽

K Arai ◽

...

Keyword(s):

T Cell ◽

Binding Site ◽

Calcium Ionophore ◽

Regulatory Elements ◽

Ionophore A23187 ◽

Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Gm Csf ◽

Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Macrophage Colony ◽

Stimulating Factor

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) and interleukin-2 (IL-2) are produced by stimulation with phorbol-12-myristate acetate (PMA) and calcium ionophore (A23187) in human T cell leukemia Jurkat cells. The expression of GM-CSF and IL-2 is inhibited by immunosuppressive drugs such as cyclosporin A (CsA) and FK506. Earlier studies on the IL-2 gene expression showed that overexpression of calcineurin (CN), a Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase, can stimulate transcription from the IL-2 promoter through the NF-AT-binding site. In this study, we obtained evidence that transfection of the cDNAs for CN A (catalytic) and CN B (regulatory) subunits also augments transcription from the GM-CSF promoter and recovers the transcription inhibited by CsA. The constitutively active type of the CN A subunit, which lacks the auto-inhibitory and calmodulin-binding domains, acts in synergy with PMA to activate transcription from the GM-CSF promoter. We also found that the active CN partially replaces calcium ionophore in synergy with PMA to induce expression of endogenous GM-CSF and IL-2. By multimerizing the regulatory elements of the GM-CSF promoter, we found that one of the target sites for the CN action is the conserved lymphokine element 0 (CLE0), located at positions between -54 and -40. Mobility shift assays showed that the CLE0 sequence has an AP1-binding site and is associated with an NF-AT-like factor, termed NF-CLE0 gamma. NF-CLE0 gamma binding is induced by PMA/A23187 and is inhibited by treatment with CsA. These results suggest that CN is involved in the coordinated induction of the GM-CSF and IL-2 genes and that the CLE0 sequence of the GM-CSF gene is a functional analogue of the NF-AT-binding site in the IL-2 promoter, which mediates signals downstream of T cell activation.

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The granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor promoter cis-acting element CLE0 mediates induction signals in T cells and is recognized by factors related to AP1 and NFAT.

Molecular and Cellular Biology ◽

10.1128/mcb.13.12.7399 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 13 (12) ◽

pp. 7399-7407 ◽

Cited By ~ 82

Author(s):

E S Masuda ◽

H Tokumitsu ◽

A Tsuboi ◽

J Shlomai ◽

P Hung ◽

...

Keyword(s):

T Cells ◽

T Cell ◽

Phorbol Myristate Acetate ◽

Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Myristate Acetate ◽

Cis Acting ◽

Gm Csf ◽

Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Macrophage Colony ◽

Stimulating Factor

Expression of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) gene in T cells is activated by the combination of phorbol ester (phorbol myristate acetate) and calcium ionophore (A23187), which mimic antigen stimulation through the T-cell receptor. We have previously shown that a fragment containing bp -95 to +27 of the mouse GM-CSF promoter can confer inducibility to reporter genes in the human Jurkat T-cell line. Here we use an in vitro transcription system to demonstrate that a cis-acting element (positions -54 to -40), referred to as CLE0, is a target for the induction signals. We observed induction with templates containing intact CLE0 but not with templates with deleted or mutated CLE0. We also observed that two distinct signals were required for the stimulation through CLE0, since only extracts from cells treated with both phorbol myristate acetate and A23187 supported optimal induction. Stimulation probably was mediated by CLE0-binding proteins because depletion of these proteins specifically reduced GM-CSF transcription. One of the binding factors possessed biochemical and immunological features identical to those of the transcription factor AP1. Another factor resembled the T-cell-specific factor NFAT. The characteristics of these two factors are consistent with their involvement in GM-CSF induction. The presence of CLE0-like elements in the promoters of interleukin-3 (IL-3), IL-4, IL-5, GM-CSF, and NFAT sites in the IL-2 promoter suggests that the factors we detected, or related factors that recognize these sites, may account for the coordinate induction of these genes during T-cell activation.

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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor augmentation of T-cell receptor-dependent and T-cell receptor-independent thymocyte proliferation

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood.v83.3.713.713 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 83 (3) ◽

pp. 713-723 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

AM Stewart-Akers ◽

JS Cairns ◽

DJ Tweardy ◽

SA McCarthy

Keyword(s):

T Cells ◽

T Cell ◽

T Cell Receptor ◽

Cell Receptor ◽

Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Gm Csf ◽

Thymocyte Proliferation ◽

Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Macrophage Colony ◽

Stimulating Factor

Abstract The effects of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM- CSF) are not confined to cells of the myeloid lineage. GM-CSF has been shown to have effects on mature T cells and both mature and immature T- cell lines. We therefore examined the GM-CSF responsiveness of murine thymocytes to investigate whether GM-CSF also affected normal immature T lymphocytes. The studies presented here indicate that GM-CSF augments accessory cell (AC)-dependent T-cell receptor (TCR)-mediated proliferation of unseparated thymocyte populations. To identify the GM- CSF responsive cell type, thymic AC and T cells were examined for GM- CSF responsiveness. We found that GM-CSF augmentation of TCR-induced thymocyte proliferation appears to be mediated via augmentation of AC function, and not via direct effects on mature single-positive (SP) thymocytes. Enriched double-negative (DN) thymocytes were also tested for GM-CSF responsiveness. GM-CSF induced the proliferation of adult and fetal DN thymocytes in an AC-independent and TCR-independent single- cell assay. Thus, in contrast to the SP thymocytes, a DN thymocyte population was directly responsive to GM-CSF. GM-CSF therefore may play a direct role in the expansion of DN thymocytes and an indirect role in the expansion of SP thymocytes.

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Direct effect of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) on functional features of human T-lymphocytes

Nauchno-prakticheskii zhurnal «Patogenez» ◽

10.25557/2310-0435.2018.02.37-42 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 37-42

Author(s):

Н.Д. Газатова ◽

В.В. Малащенко ◽

М.Е. Меняйло ◽

В.А. Шмаров ◽

О.Б. Мелащенко ◽

...

Keyword(s):

T Cells ◽

T Cell ◽

T Lymphocytes ◽

Interleukin 2 ◽

Direct Effects ◽

Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Gm Csf ◽

Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Macrophage Colony ◽

Stimulating Factor

Актуальность. Исследовали прямые эффекты гранулоцит-макрофагального колониестимулирующего фактора (GM-CSF) человека на функциональную активность субпопуляций T-лимфоцитов. Методы. CD3 Т-лимфоциты были выделены из крови здоровых доноров методом позитивной магнитной сепарации. T-клетки активировали частицами, конъюгированными с антителами (АТ) к молекулам CD3, СD28 и СD2 человека. Мембранную экспрессию CD3, СD4, СD45RA, СD197, CD25 и CD38 оценивали методом проточной цитофлюорометрии. Содержание интерферона-g (interferon-g, IFN-g), интерлейкина-2 (interleukin-2, IL-2). IL-4 и IL-10 в культуральных супернатантах определяли иммуноферментным методом. Результаты. Установлено, что GM-CSF в диапазоне концентраций 0,01-10,0 нг/мл не оказывал существенного влияния на содержание CD25 клеток, среди активированных Т-лимфоцитов. Вместе с тем, GM-CSF в концентрации 0,1-1,0 нг/мл обладал способностью заметно увеличивать содержание CD38 клеток среди наивных Т-клеток (СD45RA/СD197), а также среди Т-клеток центральной памяти (СD45RA/СD197), не оказывая при этом существенного влияния на экспрессию CD38, выявляемую среди эффекторных (СD45RA/СD197) и терминально дифференцированных (СD45RA/СD197) эффекторных Т-клеток. В относительно низкой концентрации (0,01 нг/мл) GM-CSF заметно снижал Т-клеточную продукцию INF-g, тогда как в высокой концентрации (10,0 нг/мл) усиливал продукцию IL-2 и IL-4, снижая при этом выработку IL-10. Заключение. Полученные данные позволяют предположить, что прямые эффекты GM-CSF на функциональную активность Т-клетки могут в значительной степени определяться как ее субпопуляционной принадлежностью, так и концентрацией цитокина в клеточном микроокружении. Background. We studied direct effects of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) on the function of T-lymphocyte subpopulations. Methods. CD3 T cells were isolated from the blood of healthy donors by positive magnetic separation. Isolated T cells were activated by particles conjugated with antibodies (Abs) to human CD3, CD28, and CD2 molecules. Membrane expression of CD4, СD45RA, СD197, CD25, and CD38 was evaluated by flow cytofluorometry. The contents of interferon-g (IFN-g), interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-4, and IL-10 were determined in culture supernatants by the enzyme immunoassay. Results. GM-CSF at concentrations of 0.01-10.0 ng/ml had no significant impact on the content of CD25 cells among activated T lymphocytes. At the same time, GM-CSF at 0.1-1.0 ng/ml was able to noticeably increase the CD38 cell content among both naive CD45RA/CD197 T cells and central memory CD45RA/CD197 T cells, without significantly influencing the СD38 expression on effector CD45RA/CD197 and terminal-differentiated (CD45RA / CD197 effector T cells. GM-CSF at a relatively low concentration (0.01 ng/ml) significantly decreased T-cell production of INF-g whereas GM-CSF at a high concentration (10.0 ng/ml) detectably enhanced secretion of IL-2 and IL-4 and lowered IL-10 production. Conclusion. The results suggest that direct effects of GM-CSF on the T cell function could be largely determined by both its belonging to a subpopulation and the cytokine concentration in the cell microenvironment.

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NF-kappa B as inducible transcriptional activator of the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor gene

Molecular and Cellular Biology ◽

10.1128/mcb.10.3.1281-1286.1990 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 1281-1286

Author(s):

R Schreck ◽

P A Baeuerle

Keyword(s):

T Cells ◽

Transcription Factor ◽

T Cell ◽

Interleukin 2 ◽

Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Nf Kappa B ◽

Gm Csf ◽

Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor ◽

Macrophage Colony ◽

Stimulating Factor

The expression of the gene encoding the granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is induced upon activation of T cells with phytohemagglutinin and active phorbolester and upon expression of tax1, a transactivating protein of the human T-cell leukemia virus type I. The same agents induce transcription from the interleukin-2 receptor alpha-chain and interleukin-2 genes, depending on promoter elements that bind the inducible transcription factor NF-kappa B (or an NF-kappa B-like factor). We therefore tested the possibility that the GM-CSF gene is also regulated by a cognate motif for the NF-kappa B transcription factor. A recent functional analysis by Miyatake et al. (S. Miyatake, M. Seiki, M. Yoshida, and K. Arai, Mol. Cell. Biol. 8:5581-5587, 1988) described a short promoter region in the GM-CSF gene that conferred strong inducibility by T-cell-activating signals and tax1, but no NF-kappa B-binding motifs were identified. Using electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we showed binding of purified human NF-kappa B and of the NF-kappa B activated in Jurkat T cells to an oligonucleotide comprising the GM-CSF promoter element responsible for mediating responsiveness to T-cell-activating signals and tax1. As shown by a methylation interference analysis and oligonucleotide competition experiments, purified NF-kappa B binds at positions -82 to -91 (GGGAACTACC) of the GM-CSF promoter sequence with an affinity similar to that with which it binds to the biologically functional kappa B motif in the beta interferon promoter (GGGAAATTCC). Two kappa B-like motifs at positions -98 to -108 of the GM-CSF promoter were also recognized but with much lower affinities. Our data provide strong evidence that the expression of the GM-CSF gene following T-cell activation is controlled by binding of the NF-kappa B transcription factor to a high-affinity binding site in the GM-CSF promoter.

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