| First Author | Mesplède T | Year | 2005 |
| Journal | Mol Cell Biol | Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 19 | Pages | 8717-31 |
| PubMed ID | 16166650 | Mgi Jnum | J:101357 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:3603879 | Doi | 10.1128/MCB.25.19.8717-8731.2005 |
| Citation | Mesplede T, et al. (2005) The POU transcription factor Oct-1 represses virus-induced interferon A gene expression. Mol Cell Biol 25(19):8717-31 |
| abstractText | Alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) and IFN-beta are able to interfere with viral infection. They exert a vast array of biologic functions, including growth arrest, cell differentiation, and immune system regulation. This regulation extends from innate immunity to cellular and humoral adaptive immune responses. A strict control of expression is needed to prevent detrimental effects of unregulated IFN. Multiple IFN-A subtypes are coordinately induced in human and mouse cells infected by virus and exhibit differences in expression of their individual mRNAs. We demonstrated that the weakly expressed IFN-A11 gene is negatively regulated after viral infection, due to a distal negative regulatory element, binding homeoprotein pituitary homeobox 1 (Pitx1). Here we show that the POU protein Oct-1 binds in vitro and in vivo to the IFN-A11 promoter and represses IFN-A expression upon interferon regulatory factor overexpression. Furthermore, we show that Oct-1-deficient MEFs exhibit increased in vivo IFN-A gene expression and increased antiviral activity. Finally, the IFN-A expression pattern is modified in Oct-1-deficient MEFs. The broad representation of effective and potent octamer-like sequences within IFN-A promoters suggests an important role for Oct-1 in IFN-A regulation. |
