Nucleic Acids Research, 1991, Vol. 19, No. 12 3435-3441
© 1991
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
Oligonucleotide inhibition of IL2R
mRNA transcription by promoter region collinear triplex formation in lymphocytes
1The Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Departments of Baylor College of Medicine 2002 Holcombe, Houston, TX 77030, USA 2The Internal Medicine Baylor College of Medicine 2002 Holcombe, Houston, TX 77030, USA 3The Microbiology and Immunology Baylor College of Medicine 2002 Holcombe, Houston, TX 77030, USA 4The Center for Biotechnology, Baylor College of Medicine 2002 Holcombe, Houston, TX 77030, USA
* To whom correspondence should be addressed at Res. Building 211, Room 226, VA Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Received November 26, 1990. Revised May 17, 1991. Accepted May 17, 1991.
The promoter region of the IL2R
gene 5' flanking sequence contains enhancer elements crucial for binding nuclear factors which upregulate transcription following T lymphocyte activation. A 3' exonuclease resistant ollgonucleotide (3'A-IL28p, terminated by a free amine group at Its 3' end) was designed to bind to the IL2R promoter region from –273 to –246, forming a collinear triplex spanning the xB enhancer (–266 to –256) as well as most of the serum response element (CArG box, –251 to –244). The binding site specificity of this oligonucleotide was demonstrated in electrophoretic mobility shift assays and by inhibition of restriction endonuclease (Hinfl) cleavage within the segment of the target DNA predicted to form a triplex with the oligonucleotide. Intact normal lymphocytes, preincubated for 2h with 3'A-IL28p, accumulated less IL2R mRNA relative to other mRNAs (c-myc, ß-actin, IL2Rß, IL-6) for up to 12h after PHA stimulation, than did lymphocytes treated with a control oligomer of similar composition but different sequence. Nuclear run-on studies demonstrated that the rate of IL2R mRNA synthesis relative to c-myc and ß-actin was also selectively diminished by treatment with 3'A-IL28p. These experiments suggest that transcription of individual genes can be selectively modulated in living cells by sequence specific collinear triplex formation in regulatory enhancer sequences.
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