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Critical Roles for PU.1, GATA1, and GATA2 in the Expression of Human Fc εRI on Mast Cells: PU.1 and GATA1 Transactivate FCER1A, and GATA2 Transactivates This information is current as FCER1A and MS4A2 of September 28, 2021. Eisuke Inage, Kazumi Kasakura, Takuya Yashiro, Ryuyo Suzuki, Yosuke Baba, Nobuhiro Nakano, Mutsuko Hara, Atsushi Tanabe, Keisuke Oboki, Kenji Matsumoto, Hirohisa Saito, François Niyonsaba, Yoshikazu Ohtsuka, Hideoki Downloaded from Ogawa, Ko Okumura, Toshiaki Shimizu and Chiharu Nishiyama J Immunol published online 17 March 2014 http://www.jimmunol.org/content/early/2014/03/17/jimmun ol.1302366 http://www.jimmunol.org/ Supplementary http://www.jimmunol.org/content/suppl/2014/03/17/jimmunol.130236 Material 6.DCSupplemental Why The JI? Submit online. by guest on September 28, 2021 • Rapid Reviews! 30 days* from submission to initial decision • No Triage! 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Published March 17, 2014, doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1302366 The Journal of Immunology Critical Roles for PU.1, GATA1, and GATA2 in the Expression of Human Fc«RI on Mast Cells: PU.1 and GATA1 Transactivate FCER1A, and GATA2 Transactivates FCER1A and MS4A2 Eisuke Inage,*,†,1 Kazumi Kasakura,*,‡,1 Takuya Yashiro,*,‡ Ryuyo Suzuki,† Yosuke Baba,*,† Nobuhiro Nakano,* Mutsuko Hara,* Atsushi Tanabe,* Keisuke Oboki,x,{ Kenji Matsumoto,x Hirohisa Saito,x Franc¸ois Niyonsaba,* Yoshikazu Ohtsuka,† Hideoki Ogawa,* Ko Okumura,* Toshiaki Shimizu,† and Chiharu Nishiyama*,‡ The high-affinity IgE receptor, Fc«RI, which is composed of a-, b-, and g-chains, plays an important role in IgE-mediated allergic Downloaded from responses. In the current study, involvement of the transcription factors, PU.1, GATA1, and GATA2, in the expression of Fc«RI on human mast cells was investigated. Transfection of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) against PU.1, GATA1, and GATA2 into the human mast cell line, LAD2, caused significant downregulation of cell surface expression of Fc«RI. Quantification of the mRNA levels revealed that PU.1, GATA1, and GATA2 siRNAs suppressed the a transcript, whereas the amount of b mRNA was reduced in only GATA2 siRNA transfectants. In contrast, g mRNA levels were not affected by any of the knockdowns. Chromatin immunoprecipitation assay showed that significant amounts of PU.1, GATA1, and GATA2 bind to the promoter region of FCER1A http://www.jimmunol.org/ (encoding Fc«RIa) and that GATA2 binds to the promoter of MS4A2 (encoding Fc«RIb). Luciferase assay and EMSA showed that GATA2 transactivates the MS4A2 promoter via direct binding. These knockdowns of transcription factors also suppressed the IgE-mediated degranulation activity of LAD2. Similarly, all three knockdowns suppressed Fc«RI expression in primary mast cells, especially PU.1 siRNA and GATA2 siRNA, which target Fc«RIa and Fc«RIb, respectively. From these results, we conclude that PU.1 and GATA1 are involved in Fc«RIa transcription through recruitment to its promoter, whereas GATA2 positively regulates Fc«RIb transcription. Suppression of these transcription factors leads to downregulation of Fc«RI expression and IgE- mediated degranulation activity. Our findings will contribute to the development of new therapeutic approaches for Fc«RI- mediated allergic diseases. The Journal of Immunology, 2014, 192: 000–000. by guest on September 28, 2021 he high-affinity IgE receptor, FcεRI, plays a crucial role cells, including rapid degranulation, immediate eicosanoid gen- in various IgE-mediated responses, including allergic dis- eration, and transcription of cytokine genes. FcεRI expression T eases and host defense against parasites. Mast cells and levels on the cell surface affect the magnitude of IgE-mediated basophils are the major effector cells expressing FcεRI, whose responses. In the case of allergic patients carrying high serum IgE cross-linking by IgE and multivalent Ags causes stimulation of value, FcεRI on the cell surface is occupied by an IgE Ab a priori. In addition to its role as a trigger of allergen-induced stimulation of cells, the interaction between IgE and FcεRI is involved in the *Atopy (Allergy) Research Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, enhancement of allergic responses, even in the absence of cross- 113-8421, Japan; †Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Juntendo ‡ linking by allergens, by at least two mechanisms, as follows: 1) University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 113-8421, Japan; Department of Biological ε Science and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo Uni- the binding of monomeric IgE to Fc RI increases the amount of versity of Science, Tokyo, 125-8585, Japan; xNational Research Institute for Child ε { cell surface Fc RI (1); and 2) the binding of monomeric IgE Health and Development, Tokyo, 157-8535, Japan; and Department of Molecular to FcεRI enhances cell viability (2, 3). Uncovering the mechanism Medical Research, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo, 156- 8506, Japan of FcεRI expression will be important for finding ways to control 1 ε E.I. and K.K. contributed equally to this work. Fc RI expression, with a view to suppressing allergic responses. ε Received for publication September 5, 2013. Accepted for publication February 11, Fc RI is composed of three subunits, as follows: a, the IgE- 2014. binding subunit; and b and g, the signal transduction subunits. In This work was supported by the Funding Program for Next Generation World- our previous studies regarding the transcriptional regulation of Leading Researchers from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and FcεRI subunit genes, several transcription factors have been Technology of Japan (to C.N.). T.Y. is a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Research Fellow. identified (4–9). Among them, hematopoietic cell-specific tran- scription factors are known to be involved in mast cell/basophil- Address correspondence and reprint requests to Prof. Chiharu Nishiyama, Depart- ment of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Industrial Science and Tech- specific gene regulation. Briefly, cooperation between PU.1 and nology, Tokyo University of Science, 6-3-1 Niijuku, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, 125- GATA1 in FcεRI-positive cells (5), and the suppressive effect of 8585, Japan. E-mail address: [email protected] FOG-1 on GATA1 in FcεRI-negative cells (7), determines the cell The online version of this article contains supplemental material. type–specific expression of human a and mouse b genes, re- Abbreviations used in this article: BMMC, bone marrow–derived mast cell; ChIP, spectively. In these previous studies, reporter assays and EMSAs chromatin immunoprecipitation; NP, nitrophenyl; siRNA, small interfering RNA. were mainly used to identify and to analyze the role of the tran- Copyright Ó 2014 by The American Association of Immunologists, Inc. 0022-1767/14/$16.00 scription factors regulating the promoter activation. In contrast, www.jimmunol.org/cgi/doi/10.4049/jimmunol.1302366 2 INVOLVEMENT OF PU.1, GATA1, AND GATA2 IN HUMAN FcεRI EXPRESSION the involvement of GATA1 and GATA2 in the expression of FcεRI sciences) and rabbit IgG (02-6102; Invitrogen) were used as control Abs. was denied in some studies using mouse bone marrow–derived The amount of chromosomal DNA, including promoters of FcεRIa, b, mast cells (BMMCs) and/or the rat basophilic leukemia cell line, and g, was determined by the TaqMan system using the primers and TaqMan probes listed in Supplemental Table E1. RBL-2H3 (10, 11). Therefore, in the current study, we analyzed the involvement of PU.1, GATA1, and GATA2 in FcεRI expres- Luciferase assay sion in the human mast cell line LAD2 and primary human mast MS4A2 promoter regions were amplified from human genomic DNA by cells using small interfering RNA (siRNA) and the chromatin using PCR and inserted into the multicloning site of pGL-4 Basic (Promega, immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay to verify our previous findings. Madison, WI) to generate reporter plasmids. The nucleotide sequences of This report demonstrates that PU.1, GATA1, and GATA2 are primer sets are listed in Supplemental Table E2. The expression plasmids ε pCR-GATA1 (4) and pCR-GATA2 (18), which were generated in our pre- positive regulators of the expression and function of Fc RI in vious studies, and their empty vector pCR3.1 (Invitrogen), were used in human mast cells. We newly identified GATA2 as a critical trans- this study. HEK293T cells (human embryonic kidney cell line) were trans- activator of the human Fc«RIb promoter, whose cell type–specific fected with 500 ng reporter plasmid, 500 ng expression plasmid, and 10 ng transcription factors have not been reported to date. Additionally, pRL-null (Promega) with FuGENE HD (Roche Diagnostics, Indianapolis, we showed that FcεRIa expression was induced by GATA2 as IN). Luciferase activity