0 8 Abnormal abnormal JJ 9 19 regulation regulation NN 20 22 of of IN 23 26 the the DT 27 31 IL-2 il-2 NN 32 40 promoter promoter NN 41 43 in in IN 44 47 lpr lpr NN 48 56 CD4-CD8- cd4-cd8- JJ 57 58 T t NN 59 70 lymphocytes lymphocyte NNS 71 78 results result VBZ 79 81 in in IN 82 94 constitutive constitutive JJ 95 105 expression expression NN 106 108 of of IN 109 110 a a DT 111 116 novel novel JJ 117 124 nuclear nuclear JJ 125 131 factor factor NN 132 134 of of IN 135 144 activated activate VBN 145 146 T t NN 147 160 cells-binding cells-binding JJ 161 167 factor factor NN 167 168 . . . 170 173 The the DT 174 179 inert inert JJ 180 187 quality quality NN 188 190 of of IN 191 202 MRL-Ipr/Ipr MRL-Ipr/Ipr NNP 203 204 ( ( ( 204 207 Ipr Ipr NNP 207 208 ) ) ) 209 219 peripheral peripheral JJ 220 228 CD4-CD8- cd4-cd8- CD4-CD8- 229 230 ( ( ( 230 236 CD4-8- cd4-8- JJ 236 237 ) ) ) 238 239 T t NN 240 245 cells cell NNS 246 255 manifests manifest VBZ 256 265 primarily primarily RB 266 268 as as IN 269 271 an an DT 272 281 inability inability NN 282 284 to to TO 285 296 proliferate proliferate VB 297 299 or or CC 300 307 produce produce VB 308 312 IL-2 il-2 NN 313 315 in in IN 316 324 response response NN 325 327 to to TO 328 331 TCR TCR NNP 332 334 or or CC 335 344 mitogenic mitogenic JJ 345 356 stimulation stimulation NN 356 357 . . . 358 361 Yet yet RB 362 367 these these DT 368 372 same same JJ 373 378 cells cell NNS 379 381 do do VBP 382 390 initiate initiate VB 391 396 early early JJ 397 409 TCR-mediated tcr-mediated JJ 410 419 signaling signaling NN 420 426 events event NNS 426 427 , , , 428 432 such such JJ 433 435 as as IN 436 446 generation generation NN 447 449 of of IN 450 458 inositol inositol NN 459 469 phosphates phosphate NNS 470 473 and and CC 474 483 increased increase VBN 484 497 intracellular intracellular JJ 498 505 calcium calcium NN 505 506 . . . 507 511 They they PRP 512 516 also also RB 517 524 display display VBP 525 539 constitutively constitutively RB 540 544 high high JJ 545 551 levels level NNS 552 554 of of IN 555 561 p59fyn p59fyn NN 562 565 and and CC 566 569 CD3 cd3 NN 570 574 zeta zeta NN 575 583 tyrosine tyrosine NN 584 599 phosphorylation phosphorylation NN 599 600 . . . 601 604 The the DT 605 615 generation generation NN 616 618 of of IN 619 625 second second JJ 626 636 messengers messenger NNS 637 639 in in IN 640 641 T t NN 642 647 cells cell NNS 648 656 normally normally RB 657 662 leads lead VBZ 663 665 to to TO 666 676 downstream downstream JJ 677 686 signaling signaling NN 687 691 that that WDT 692 699 results result VBZ 700 702 in in IN 703 718 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 719 729 activation activation NN 730 732 of of IN 733 736 the the DT 737 741 IL-2 il-2 NN 742 746 gene gene NN 746 747 . . . 748 750 We we PRP 750 751 , , , 752 761 therefore therefore RB 761 762 , , , 763 771 compared compare VBD 772 775 the the DT 776 786 activation activation NN 787 792 state state NN 793 795 of of IN 796 799 the the DT 800 804 IL-2 il-2 NN 805 809 gene gene NN 810 818 promoter promoter NN 819 825 region region NN 826 828 in in IN 829 836 freshly freshly RB 837 845 isolated isolate VBN 846 849 and and CC 850 860 stimulated stimulate VBN 861 864 Ipr Ipr NNP 865 871 CD4-8- cd4-8- NN 872 873 T t NN 874 879 cells cell NNS 880 884 with with IN 885 889 that that DT 890 892 of of IN 893 899 normal normal JJ 900 901 T t NN 902 913 lymphocytes lymphocyte NNS 913 914 . . . 915 921 Levels level NNS 922 924 of of IN 925 928 the the DT 929 936 octamer octamer NN 936 937 , , , 938 946 NF-kappa NF-kappa NNP 947 948 B B NNP 949 950 ( ( ( 950 957 p50-p65 p50-p65 NN 958 969 heterodimer heterodimer NN 969 970 ) ) ) 970 971 , , , 972 975 and and CC 976 980 AP-1 ap-1 NN 981 996 transcriptional transcriptional JJ 997 1004 factors factor NNS 1005 1008 are be VBP 1009 1023 constitutively constitutively RB 1024 1032 elevated elevate VBN 1033 1035 in in IN 1036 1043 freshly freshly RB 1044 1052 isolated isolate VBN 1053 1056 Ipr Ipr NNP 1057 1063 CD4-8- cd4-8- NN 1064 1065 T t NN 1066 1071 cells cell NNS 1071 1072 , , , 1073 1083 consistent consistent JJ 1084 1088 with with IN 1089 1092 the the DT 1093 1102 activated activate VBN 1103 1112 phenotype phenotype NN 1113 1115 of of IN 1116 1121 these these DT 1122 1127 cells cell NNS 1127 1128 . . . 1129 1133 Upon upon IN 1134 1145 stimulation stimulation NN 1146 1150 with with IN 1151 1159 mitogens mitogen NNS 1159 1160 , , , 1161 1170 formation formation NN 1171 1173 of of IN 1174 1177 the the DT 1178 1193 transactivating transactivate VBG 1194 1201 complex complex NN 1201 1202 , , , 1203 1210 nuclear nuclear JJ 1211 1217 factor factor NN 1218 1220 of of IN 1221 1230 activated activate VBN 1231 1232 T t NN 1233 1238 cells cell NNS 1239 1240 ( ( ( 1240 1245 NF-AT NF-AT NNP 1245 1246 ) ) ) 1246 1247 , , , 1248 1254 occurs occur VBZ 1255 1259 with with IN 1260 1266 normal normal JJ 1267 1275 kinetics kinetic NNS 1276 1278 in in IN 1279 1282 Ipr Ipr NNP 1283 1289 CD4-8- CD4-8- NNP 1290 1291 T t NN 1292 1297 cells cell NNS 1297 1298 . . . 1299 1302 Yet yet RB 1302 1303 , , , 1304 1307 the the DT 1308 1314 levels level NNS 1315 1317 of of IN 1318 1321 the the DT 1322 1332 activating activate VBG 1333 1338 NF-AT nf-at NN 1339 1346 complex complex NN 1347 1352 never never RB 1353 1358 reach reach VBP 1359 1364 those those DT 1365 1373 observed observe VBN 1374 1376 in in IN 1377 1386 similarly similarly RB 1387 1397 stimulated stimulate VBN 1398 1404 normal normal JJ 1405 1406 T t NN 1407 1412 cells cell NNS 1412 1413 . . . 1414 1425 Furthermore furthermore RB 1425 1426 , , , 1427 1434 nuclear nuclear JJ 1435 1443 extracts extract NNS 1444 1448 from from IN 1449 1452 Ipr Ipr NNP 1453 1459 CD4-8- CD4-8- NNP 1460 1461 T t NN 1462 1467 cells cell NNS 1468 1475 display display VBP 1476 1480 high high JJ 1481 1487 levels level NNS 1488 1490 of of IN 1491 1492 a a DT 1493 1498 novel novel JJ 1499 1507 specific specific JJ 1508 1515 binding binding NN 1516 1524 activity activity NN 1525 1527 at at IN 1528 1531 the the DT 1532 1537 NF-AT NF-AT NNP 1538 1542 site site NN 1542 1543 , , , 1544 1549 which which WDT 1550 1552 is be VBZ 1553 1560 present present JJ 1561 1563 at at IN 1564 1568 much much RB 1569 1574 lower low JJR 1575 1581 levels level NNS 1582 1584 in in IN 1585 1592 freshly freshly RB 1593 1601 isolated isolate VBN 1602 1608 normal normal JJ 1609 1610 T t NN 1611 1622 lymphocytes lymphocyte NNS 1622 1623 . . . 1624 1628 Upon upon IN 1629 1638 mitogenic mitogenic JJ 1639 1650 stimulation stimulation NN 1650 1651 , , , 1652 1655 the the DT 1656 1663 binding binding NN 1664 1672 activity activity NN 1673 1675 of of IN 1676 1679 the the DT 1680 1685 novel novel JJ 1686 1699 NF-AT-binding nf-at-binding JJ 1700 1706 factor factor NN 1707 1709 is be VBZ 1710 1717 rapidly rapidly RB 1718 1732 down-regulated down-regulate VBN 1733 1735 in in IN 1736 1742 normal normal JJ 1743 1744 T t NN 1745 1750 cells cell NNS 1750 1751 , , , 1752 1755 but but CC 1756 1764 persists persist VBZ 1765 1767 at at IN 1768 1772 high high JJ 1773 1779 levels level NNS 1780 1782 in in IN 1783 1786 Ipr Ipr NNP 1787 1793 CD4-8- CD4-8- NNP 1794 1795 T t NN 1796 1801 cells cell NNS 1801 1802 . . . 1803 1808 These these DT 1809 1812 two two CD 1813 1826 abnormalities abnormality NNS 1827 1829 at at IN 1830 1833 the the DT 1834 1839 NF-AT NF-AT NNP 1840 1844 site site NN 1845 1852 provide provide VBP 1853 1854 a a DT 1855 1864 potential potential JJ 1865 1874 mechanism mechanism NN 1875 1877 to to TO 1878 1885 account account VB 1886 1889 for for IN 1890 1893 the the DT 1894 1900 defect defect NN 1901 1903 in in IN 1904 1908 IL-2 il-2 NN 1909 1919 production production NN 1920 1924 from from IN 1925 1928 Ipr Ipr NNP 1929 1935 CD4-8- CD4-8- NNP 1936 1937 T t NN 1938 1943 cells cell NNS 1943 1944 . . .