CsA-sensitive purine-box transcriptional regulator in bronchial epithelial cells contains NF45, NF90, and Ku. American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology Aoki, Y., Zhao, G., Qiu, D., Shi, L., Kao, P. N. 1998; 275 (6): L1164–L1172

Abstract

Human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells express interleukin (IL)-2 [Y. Aoki, D. Qiu, A. Uyei, and P. N. Kao. Am. J. Physiol. 272 ( Lung Cell. Mol. Physiol. 16): L276-L286, 1997]. 16HBE-transformed cells contain constitutive and inducible nuclear DNA-binding activity for the purine-box/nuclear factor (NF) of activated T cell (NFAT) target DNA sequence in the human IL-2 enhancer. Transcriptional activation through the purine-box DNA sequence requires stimulation with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate + ionomycin, and this activation is inhibited by cyclosporin A. Immunohistochemical staining of 16HBE cells demonstrates nuclear expression of the purine-box DNA-binding proteins NF45 and NF90 and no expression of NFATp or NFATc. NF90 and NF45 associate with the DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit and the DNA-targeting subunits Ku80 and Ku70 (N. S. Ting, P. N. Kao, D. W. Chan, L. G. Lintott, and S. P. Lees-Miller. J. Biol. Chem. 273: 2136-2145, 1998). Antibodies to Ku potently inhibit the purine-box DNA-binding complex. The purine-box transcriptional regulator in 16HBE cells likely comprises NF45, NF90, Ku80, Ku70, and the DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit.

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