PMID- 12324461 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20030204 LR - 20231213 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 277 IP - 49 DP - 2002 Dec 6 TI - Molecular basis for the loss of CD28 expression in senescent T cells. PG - 46940-9 AB - CD28(null) T cells are the most consistent biological indicator of the aging immune system in humans and are predictors of immunoincompetence in the elderly. The loss of CD28 is the result of an inoperative transcriptional initiator (INR), which consists of two nonoverlapping alpha and beta motifs that have distinct protein binding profiles but function as a unit. In CD28(null) T cells, there is a coordinate loss of alpha-/beta-bound complexes, hence the alphabeta-INR is inactive. In the present work therefore, studies were conducted to identify the components of such complexes that may account for the trans-activation of the alphabeta-INR. By affinity chromatography and tandem mass spectrometry, two proteins, namely, nucleolin and the A isoform of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein-D0 (hnRNP-D0A), were identified to be among the key components of the site alpha complex. In DNA binding assays, specific antibodies indicated their antigenic presence in alpha-bound complexes. Transcription assays showed that they are both required in the trans-activation of alphabeta-INR-driven DNA templates. Because CD28 is T cell-restricted, and nucleolin and hnRNP-D0A are ubiquitous proteins, these results support the notion that cell-specific functions can be regulated by commonly expressed proteins. The present data also provide evidence for INR-regulated transcription that is independent of the known components of the basal transcription complex. FAU - Vallejo, Abbe N AU - Vallejo AN AD - Department of Medicine and Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA. vallejo.abbe@mayo.edu FAU - Bryl, Ewa AU - Bryl E FAU - Klarskov, Klaus AU - Klarskov K FAU - Naylor, Stephen AU - Naylor S FAU - Weyand, Cornelia M AU - Weyand CM FAU - Goronzy, Jorg J AU - Goronzy JJ LA - eng GR - R03 AR045830-03/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R03-AR45830/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-AG15043/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01-AR41974/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. DEP - 20020924 PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (CD28 Antigens) RN - 0 (HNRNPD protein, human) RN - 0 (Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein D0) RN - 0 (Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein D) RN - 0 (Phosphoproteins) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (RNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 9007-49-2 (DNA) SB - IM MH - Base Sequence MH - Binding Sites MH - Blotting, Western MH - CD28 Antigens/*biosynthesis/*chemistry MH - Cell Nucleus/metabolism MH - Cellular Senescence MH - Chromatography MH - DNA/metabolism MH - Exons MH - Heterogeneous Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein D0 MH - Heterogeneous-Nuclear Ribonucleoprotein D/chemistry MH - Humans MH - Jurkat Cells MH - Mass Spectrometry MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Phosphoproteins/chemistry MH - Protein Binding MH - Protein Isoforms MH - RNA-Binding Proteins/chemistry MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid MH - Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization MH - T-Lymphocytes/immunology/*metabolism MH - Transcription, Genetic MH - Transcriptional Activation MH - Nucleolin EDAT- 2002/09/27 06:00 MHDA- 2003/02/05 04:00 CRDT- 2002/09/27 06:00 PHST- 2002/09/27 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/02/05 04:00 [medline] PHST- 2002/09/27 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(19)71413-6 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.M207352200 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 2002 Dec 6;277(49):46940-9. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M207352200. Epub 2002 Sep 24.