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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2010

NLR family member NLRC5 is a transcriptional regulator of MHC class I genes.

Torsten B Meissner, Amy Li, Amlan Biswas, Kyoung-Hee Lee, Yuen-Joyce Liu, Erkan Bayir, Dimitrios Iliopoulos, Peter J van den Elsen, Koichi S Kobayashi

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 283 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Torsten B MeissnerDepartment of Cancer Immunology and AIDS, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Amy Li
Amlan Biswas
Kyoung-Hee Lee
Yuen-Joyce Liu
Erkan Bayir
Dimitrios Iliopoulos
Peter J van den Elsen
Koichi S Kobayashi
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute · USHarvard University · USLeiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

Nod2-mediated regulation of intestinal homeostasisR01DK074738 · NIDDK · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI KOBAYASHI, KOICHI S · 2007 to 2011
$1.4M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK074738
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

MHC class I plays a critical role in the immune defense against viruses and tumors by presenting antigens to CD8 T cells. An NLR protein, class II transactivator (CIITA), is a key regulator of MHC class II gene expression that associates and cooperates with transcription factors in the MHC class II promoter. Although CIITA also transactivates MHC class I gene promoters, loss of CIITA in humans and mice results in the severe reduction of only MHC class II expression, suggesting that additional mechanisms regulate the expression of MHC class I. Here, we identify another member of the NLR protein family, NLRC5, as a transcriptional regulator of MHC class I genes. Similar to CIITA, NLRC5 is an IFN-gamma-inducible nuclear protein, and the expression of NLRC5 resulted in enhanced MHC class I expression in lymphoid as well as epithelial cell lines. Using chromatin immunoprecipitation and reporter gene assays, we show that NLRC5 associates with and activates the promoters of MHC class I genes. Furthermore, we show that the IFN-gamma-induced up-regulation of MHC class I requires NLRC5, because knockdown of NLRC5 specifically impaired the expression of MHC class I. In addition to MHC class I genes, NLRC5 also induced the expression of beta2-microglobulin, transporter associated with antigen processing, and large multifunctional protease, which are essential for MHC class I antigen presentation. Our results suggest that NLRC5 is a transcriptional regulator, orchestrating the concerted expression of critical components in the MHC class I pathway.

Indexed as

Gene Expression RegulationGenes, MHC Class ITranscription, GeneticActive Transport, Cell NucleusAmino Acid SequenceCell LineCell NucleusHumansIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataPhylogenyPromoter Regions, GeneticProtein BindingRNA, Small InterferingIntracellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNLRC5 protein, humanRNA, Small Interfering

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PMID20639463
PMCPMC2922274
OpenAlexW2053847949

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