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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-4-29
pubmed:abstractText
Human vascular endothelial cells can be induced by IFN-gamma to express class II MHC proteins. Previously, dextran sulfate was shown to selectively inhibit expression of class II MHC by preventing transcription of the gene encoding CIITA, a transactivator protein required for IFN-gamma-inducible expression of class II genes. In this study we characterized the effects of dextran sulfate on the intracellular events occurring prior to CIITA activation. Immunoprecipitation and Western blot analyses indicated that IFN-gamma-induced phosphorylation of Stat1 and Jak2 was blocked by dextran sulfate. In addition, electron micrographs showing the large accumulation of dextran sulfate particles in the cytoplasms of endothelial cells demonstrated that Stat and Jak proteins may directly interact with dextran sulfate. Binding of radiolabeled IFN-gamma to cells indicated that dextran sulfate may also modulate IFN-gamma interactions with the cell surface. Thus, dextran sulfate is capable of interfering with the IFN-gamma-induced expression of class II MHC genes at multiple sites.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dextran Sulfate, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Histocompatibility Antigens Class I, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Interferon-gamma, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/JAK2 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Janus Kinase 2, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/STAT1 Transcription Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/STAT1 protein, human, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/STAT2 Transcription Factor, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0008-8749
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
192
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
140-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Dextran sulfate inhibits IFN-gamma-induced Jak-Stat pathway in human vascular endothelial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky 40292, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't