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ArticleFEBS letters2025

Transcriptional regulation of basophil-specific protease genes by C/EBPα, GATA2, TGF-β signaling, and epigenetic mechanisms.

Ryotaro Tojima, Kazuki Nagata, Naoto Ito, Kenta Ishii, Takahiro Arai, Tomoka Ito, Kazumi Kasakura, Chiharu Nishiyama

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Article in FEBS letters, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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8 authors.

Ryotaro TojimaDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazuki NagataDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-0100-4199
Naoto ItoDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6318-114X
Kenta IshiiDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0009-0002-5696-766X
Takahiro AraiDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Tomoka ItoDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.
Kazumi KasakuraDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4412-3737
Chiharu NishiyamaDepartment of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-4082-9097

Funding

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Early-Career Scientists 24K17872 (KN)Japan Society for the Promotion of Science JSPS Fellows 21J12113 (KN)Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Scientific Research (B) 20H02939 (CN)Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Scientific Research (B) 23H02167 (CN)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Basophils and mast cells (MCs) play an important role in immune responses against allergens and parasitic infection. To elucidate the mechanisms that determine the commitment between basophils and mast cell (MCs), transcription factors and epigenetic modifications regulating the gene expression of basophil-specific enzymes, Mcpt8 and Mcpt11, were analyzed using bone marrow-derived (BM) cells containing basophils and MCs. Knockdown (KD) and overexpression experiments revealed that the transcription factor C/EBPα positively regulated the gene expression of Mcpt8 and Prss34 (encoding Mcpt11). Cebpa, Mcpt8, and Prss34 mRNAs levels were upregulated by histone deacetylases and downregulated by DNA methyltransferases. Gata2 KD significantly reduced the mRNA levels of Mcpt8 and Prss34, while TGF-β treatment increased those of Mcpt8 and Prss34. These results show that basophil-specific protease genes were transactivated by C/EBPα, GATA2, and TGF-β signaling and modified with epigenetic regulation.

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BasophilsCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alphaEpigenesis, GeneticGATA2 Transcription FactorTransforming Growth Factor betaAnimalsCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding ProteinsHistone DeacetylasesLysophospholipase DMast CellsMicePhosphoric Diester HydrolasesSignal TransductionCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-alphaCCAAT-Enhancer-Binding ProteinsCEBPA protein, mouseGata2 protein, mouseGATA2 Transcription FactorHistone DeacetylasesLysophospholipase DPhosphoric Diester HydrolasesTransforming Growth Factor betabasophilC/EBPαDNA methylationGATA2HDACmast cellMcpt11Mcpt8TGF‐β

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PMID39660487
PMCPMC11891402

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