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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
8
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
Immunoglobulin transcription is impaired in Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg (HRS) cells of classical Hodgkin disease (cHD). We recently demonstrated that defective immunoglobulin promoter transcription correlates with the down-regulation of the B-cell transcription factors Oct2 and BOB.1/OBF.1. These results prompted us to investigate whether immunoglobulin enhancer activity is also impaired in HRS cells and whether as yet unidentified factors could be necessary for immunoglobulin enhancer activity in HRS cells of cHD. Here we analyzed 30 cases of cHD for expression of the Ets family member PU.1 that is known to collaborate with multiple transcription factors and to regulate expression of immunoglobulin genes. We show that PU.1 is not expressed in primary and cultured HRS cells. Reintroduction of PU.1 and Oct2 in cultured HRS cells restored the activity of cotransduced immunoglobulin enhancer constructs. Our study identifies PU.1 deficiency as a recurrent defect in HRS cells that might contribute to their impairment of immunoglobulin transcription.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-4971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
99
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3060-2
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Loss of PU.1 expression is associated with defective immunoglobulin transcription in Hodgkin and Reed-Sternberg cells of classical Hodgkin disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Charité, Robert-Rössle-Klinik, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany. fjundt@mdc-berlin.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't