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IRF8

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IRF8
Identifiers
AliasesIRF8,H-ICSBP, ICSBP, ICSBP1, IMD32A, IMD32B, IRF-8, interferon regulatory factor 8
External IDsOMIM:601565;MGI:96395;HomoloGene:1629;GeneCards:IRF8;OMA:IRF8 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002163
NM_001363907
NM_001363908

NM_001301811
NM_008320

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002154
NP_001350836
NP_001350837

NP_001288740
NP_032346

Location (UCSC)Chr 16: 85.9 – 85.92 MbChr 8: 121.46 – 121.48 Mb
PubMedsearch[3][4]
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Interferon regulatory factor 8(IRF8) also known asinterferon consensus sequence-binding protein(ICSBP), is aproteinthat in humans is encoded by theIRF8gene.[5][6][7]IRF8 is atranscription factorthat plays critical roles in the regulation of lineage commitment and inmyeloidcellmaturation including the decision for a common myeloid progenitor (CMP) todifferentiateinto amonocyteprecursor cell.

Function

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Interferon Consensus Sequence-binding protein(ICSBP) is atranscription factorof theinterferonregulatory factor (IRF) family. Proteins of this family are composed of a conservedDNA-binding domainin theN-terminalregion and a divergentC-terminalregion that serves as the regulatory domain. The IRF family proteins bind to the IFN-stimulatedresponse element(ISRE) and regulate expression of genes stimulated by type I IFNs, namelyIFN-αandIFN-β.IRF family proteins also control expression of IFN-α and IFN-β-regulated genes that are induced by viral infection.[5]

Knockout studies

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IFN-producing cells (mIPCs) were absent in all lymphoid organs from ICSBPknockout(KO) mice, as revealed by lack of CD11clowB220+Ly6C+CD11bcells. In parallel, CD11c+cells isolated from ICSBP KO spleens were unable to produce type I IFNs in response to viral stimulation. ICSBP KO mice also displayed a marked reduction of the DC subset expressing the CD8 Alpha marker (CD8 Alpha+DCs) in spleen, lymph nodes, and thymus. Moreover, ICSBP-deficient CD8 Alpha+DCs exhibited a markedly impaired phenotype when compared with WT DCs. They expressed very low levels of costimulatory molecules (intercellular adhesion moleculeICAM1,CD40,CD80,CD86) and of the T cell area-homing chemokine receptorCCR7.[8]

Clinical significance

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In myeloid cells, IRF8 regulates the expression ofBaxandFasto regulateapoptosis.[9]Inchronic myelogenous leukemia(CML), IRF8 regulates acidceramidaseto mediate CML apoptosis.[10]

IRF8 is highly expressed in myeloid cells and was originally identified in as a critical lineage-specific transcription factor for myeloid cell differentiation,[11]recent studies, however, have shown that IRF8 is also constitutively expressed in non-hematopoieticcancer cells, albeit at a lower level. Furthermore, IRF8 can also be up-regulated by IFN-γ in non-hemotopoietic cells. IRF8 mediates the expression of Fas, Bax,FLIP,Jak1andSTAT1to mediate apoptosis in non-hemotopoietic cancer cells.[12][13][14]

Analysis of human cancer genomics database revealed that IRF8 is not significantly focally amplified across the entire dataset of 3131 tumors, but is significantly focally deleted across the entire dataset of 3131 tumors, suggesting that IRF8 is potentially atumor suppressorin humans.[15]Molecular analysis indicated that the IRF8 gene promoter is hypermethylated in humancolon carcinomacells,[14][16]suggesting that these cells might use DNA methylation to silence IRF8 expression to advance the disease.

Interactions

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IRF8 has been shown tointeractwithIRF1[17][18]andCOPS2.[19]

See also

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References

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  4. ^"Mouse PubMed Reference:".National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ab"Entrez Gene: IRF8 interferon regulatory factor 8".
  6. ^Weisz A, Marx P, Sharf R, Appella E, Driggers PH, Ozato K, Levi BZ (December 1992)."Human interferon consensus sequence binding protein is a negative regulator of enhancer elements common to interferon-inducible genes".J. Biol. Chem.267(35): 25589–96.doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(19)74081-2.PMID1460054.[permanent dead link]
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  8. ^Tamura T, Ozato K (January 2002)."ICSBP/IRF-8: its regulatory roles in the development of myeloid cells".J. Interferon Cytokine Res.22(1): 145–52.doi:10.1089/107999002753452755.PMID11846985.
  9. ^Yang J, Hu X, Zimmerman M, Torres CM, Yang D, Smith SB, Liu K (November 2011)."Cutting edge: IRF8 regulates Bax transcription in vivo in primary myeloid cells".J. Immunol.187(9): 4426–30.doi:10.4049/jimmunol.1101034.PMC3197864.PMID21949018.
  10. ^Hu X, Yang D, Zimmerman M, Liu F, Yang J, Kannan S, Burchert A, Szulc Z, Bielawska A, Ozato K, Bhalla K, Liu K (April 2011)."IRF8 regulates acid ceramidase expression to mediate apoptosis and suppresses myelogeneous leukemia".Cancer Res.71(8): 2882–91.doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-2493.PMC3078194.PMID21487040.
  11. ^Holtschke T, Löhler J, Kanno Y, Fehr T, Giese N, Rosenbauer F, Lou J, Knobeloch KP, Gabriele L, Waring JF, Bachmann MF, Zinkernagel RM, Morse HC, Ozato K, Horak I (October 1996)."Immunodeficiency and chronic myelogenous leukemia-like syndrome in mice with a targeted mutation of the ICSBP gene".Cell.87(2): 307–17.doi:10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81348-3.PMID8861914.S2CID18065448.
  12. ^Yang D, Wang S, Brooks C, Dong Z, Schoenlein PV, Kumar V, Ouyang X, Xiong H, Lahat G, Hayes-Jordan A, Lazar A, Pollock R, Lev D, Liu K (February 2009)."IFN regulatory factor 8 sensitizes soft tissue sarcoma cells to death receptor-initiated apoptosis via repression of FLICE-like protein expression".Cancer Res.69(3): 1080–8.doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-08-2520.PMC2633427.PMID19155307.
  13. ^Yang D, Thangaraju M, Browning DD, Dong Z, Korchin B, Lev DC, Ganapathy V, Liu K (October 2007)."IFN regulatory factor 8 mediates apoptosis in nonhemopoietic tumor cells via regulation of Fas expression".J. Immunol.179(7): 4775–82.doi:10.4049/jimmunol.179.7.4775.PMID17878376.
  14. ^abYang D, Thangaraju M, Greeneltch K, Browning DD, Schoenlein PV, Tamura T, Ozato K, Ganapathy V, Abrams SI, Liu K (April 2007). "Repression of IFN regulatory factor 8 by DNA methylation is a molecular determinant of apoptotic resistance and metastatic phenotype in metastatic tumor cells".Cancer Res.67(7): 3301–9.doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-4068.PMID17409439.
  15. ^"Tumorscape".The Broad Institute. Archived fromthe originalon 2012-04-14.Retrieved2012-07-05.
  16. ^McGough JM, Yang D, Huang S, Georgi D, Hewitt SM, Röcken C, Tänzer M, Ebert MP, Liu K (December 2008)."DNA methylation represses IFN-gamma-induced and signal transducer and activator of transcription 1-mediated IFN regulatory factor 8 activation in colon carcinoma cells".Mol. Cancer Res.6(12): 1841–51.doi:10.1158/1541-7786.MCR-08-0280.PMC2605678.PMID19074829.
  17. ^Schaper F, Kirchhoff S, Posern G, Köster M, Oumard A, Sharf R, Levi BZ, Hauser H (October 1998)."Functional domains of interferon regulatory factor I (IRF-1)".Biochem. J.335(1): 147–57.doi:10.1042/bj3350147.PMC1219763.PMID9742224.
  18. ^Sharf R, Azriel A, Lejbkowicz F, Winograd SS, Ehrlich R, Levi BZ (June 1995)."Functional domain analysis of interferon consensus sequence binding protein (ICSBP) and its association with interferon regulatory factors".J. Biol. Chem.270(22): 13063–9.doi:10.1074/jbc.270.22.13063.PMID7768900.
  19. ^Cohen H, Azriel A, Cohen T, Meraro D, Hashmueli S, Bech-Otschir D, Kraft R, Dubiel W, Levi BZ (December 2000)."Interaction between interferon consensus sequence-binding protein and COP9/signalosome subunit CSN2 (Trip15). A possible link between interferon regulatory factor signaling and the COP9/signalosome".J. Biol. Chem.275(50): 39081–9.doi:10.1074/jbc.M004900200.PMID10991940.

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