Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10927123 | Cellular Immunology | 2005 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Prointerleukin-16 (Pro-IL-16) is an abundant, PDZ domain-containing protein expressed in the nucleus and cytoplasm of resting human T lymphocytes. We have previously shown that ectopic expression of Pro-IL-16 in Pro-IL-16-negative human Jurkat cells represses transcription of the F-box protein, Skp2, resulting in accumulation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor, p27Kip1, and G0/G1 cell cycle arrest. The current studies demonstrate the kinetics of Pro-IL-16 and p27Kip1 expression in activated normal human T lymphocytes. We correlate nuclear Pro-IL-16 loss with decreased p27Kip1 expression, increased cell cycle progression, and proliferation. Conversely, we show that constitutive expression of Pro-IL-16 by retroviral infection of activated human T lymphocytes induces G0/G1 cell cycle arrest, inhibits proliferation, and is associated with increased levels of p27Kip1. These findings implicate nuclear Pro-IL-16 as a cell cycle regulatory protein for human T lymphocytes.
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Authors
Kevin C. Wilson, Dennis J. Cattel, Zhi Wan, Shilpa Rahangdale, Fucheng Ren, Hardy Kornfeld, Beth A. Sullivan, William W. Cruikshank, David M. Center,