CpG methylation patterns in the IFN promoter in naive T cells: Variations during Th1 and Th2 differentiation and between atopics and non-atopics
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چکیده: Interferon-γ (IFNγ) gene expression is tightly regulated in early life, and exaggerated negative control of IFNγ production in CD4+ T cells has been associated with risk for subsequent development of atopy. Recent studies have demonstrated hypermethylation of CpG sites in the IFNγ promoter in neonates, a mechanism which in mice leads to strong suppression of IFNγ gene transcription. In the present study, the methylation status of six CpG sites in the proximal promoter of the human IFNγ gene was determined by bisulphite sequencing. Cell populations studied were Th1 or Th2 polarized cell lines derived from neonatal and adult CD4+/CD45RA+ T cells, CD4+ and CD8+ naive T cells from cord blood of children followed to outcome age 2 for assessment of atopy status, and CD4+ and CD8+ naive T cells from 6 yr old and adult atopics and controls. We demonstrate that in vitro differentiation of CD4+ T cells down the Th1 pathway (but not the Th2 pathway) is accompanied by progressive demethylation of CpG sites in the IFNγ promoter, which is most marked in neonatal cells. Atopy development by age 2 was not associated with variations in methylation patterns in cord blood T cells. However, IFNγ promoter methylation was reduced in CD8+ T cells from atopic children in the age range in which hyperproduction of IFNγ as recently been identified as a common feature of the atopic phenotype. The findings demonstrate the potency of IFNγ promoter methylation as a mechanism for control of human IFNγ gene expression, particularly during early life. Differential regulation of IFNγ promoter methylation in T cells may be an important contributory factor in atopy development in childhood, and this possibility warrants further detailed investigation.
کلیدواژه(گان): IFNγ • methylation • helper T cell • CpG • atopy
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CpG methylation patterns in the IFN promoter in naive T cells: Variations during Th1 and Th2 differentiation and between atopics and non-atopics
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contributor author | Gregory P. White | en |
contributor author | Elysia M. Hollams | en |
contributor author | Stephanie T. Yerkovich | en |
contributor author | Anthony Bosco | en |
contributor author | Barbara J. Holt | en |
contributor author | محمدرضا باسامی | en |
contributor author | Merci Kusel | en |
contributor author | Peter D. Sly | en |
contributor author | Patrick G. Holt | en |
contributor author | Mohammad Reza Bassami | fa |
date accessioned | 2020-06-06T13:51:05Z | |
date available | 2020-06-06T13:51:05Z | |
date issued | 2006 | |
identifier uri | http://libsearch.um.ac.ir:80/fum/handle/fum/3371829 | |
description abstract | Interferon-γ (IFNγ) gene expression is tightly regulated in early life, and exaggerated negative control of IFNγ production in CD4+ T cells has been associated with risk for subsequent development of atopy. Recent studies have demonstrated hypermethylation of CpG sites in the IFNγ promoter in neonates, a mechanism which in mice leads to strong suppression of IFNγ gene transcription. In the present study, the methylation status of six CpG sites in the proximal promoter of the human IFNγ gene was determined by bisulphite sequencing. Cell populations studied were Th1 or Th2 polarized cell lines derived from neonatal and adult CD4+/CD45RA+ T cells, CD4+ and CD8+ naive T cells from cord blood of children followed to outcome age 2 for assessment of atopy status, and CD4+ and CD8+ naive T cells from 6 yr old and adult atopics and controls. We demonstrate that in vitro differentiation of CD4+ T cells down the Th1 pathway (but not the Th2 pathway) is accompanied by progressive demethylation of CpG sites in the IFNγ promoter, which is most marked in neonatal cells. Atopy development by age 2 was not associated with variations in methylation patterns in cord blood T cells. However, IFNγ promoter methylation was reduced in CD8+ T cells from atopic children in the age range in which hyperproduction of IFNγ as recently been identified as a common feature of the atopic phenotype. The findings demonstrate the potency of IFNγ promoter methylation as a mechanism for control of human IFNγ gene expression, particularly during early life. Differential regulation of IFNγ promoter methylation in T cells may be an important contributory factor in atopy development in childhood, and this possibility warrants further detailed investigation. | en |
language | English | |
title | CpG methylation patterns in the IFN promoter in naive T cells: Variations during Th1 and Th2 differentiation and between atopics and non-atopics | en |
type | Journal Paper | |
contenttype | External Fulltext | |
subject keywords | IFNγ • methylation • helper T cell • CpG • atopy | en |
journal title | Pediatric allergy and immunology | en |
journal title | Pediatric allergy and immunology | fa |
journal volume | 0 | |
journal issue | 0 | |
identifier link | https://profdoc.um.ac.ir/paper-abstract-1009428.html | |
identifier articleid | 1009428 |