Regulation of major histocompatibility class II gene expression in FRTL-5 thyrocytes: opposite effects of interferon and methimazole

Endocrinology
V MontaniL D Kohn

Abstract

Aberrant expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II antigens is associated with autoimmune thyroid disease; aberrant expression duplicating the autoimmune state can be induced by interferon-gamma (IFNgamma). We have studied IFNgamma-induced human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DR alpha gene expression in rat FRTL-5 thyroid cells to identify the elements and factors important for aberrant expression. Using an HLA-DR alpha 5'-flanking region construct from -176 to +45 bp coupled to the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene, we show that there is no basal class II gene expression in FRTL-5 thyroid cells, that IFNgamma can induce expression, and, as is the case for antigen-presenting cells from the immune system, that IFNgamma-induced expression requires several highly conserved elements on the 5'-flanking region, which, from 5' to 3', are the S, X1, X2, and Y boxes. Methimazole (MMI), a drug used to treat patients with Graves' disease and experimental thyroiditis in rats or mice, can suppress the IFNgamma-induced increase in HLA-DR alpha gene expression as a function of time and concentration; MMI simultaneously decreases IFNgamma-induced endogenous antigen presentation by the cell. Using gel shift assays and...Continue Reading

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