0 1 A a DT 2 12 regulatory regulatory JJ 13 20 element element NN 21 23 in in IN 24 27 the the DT 28 33 human human JJ 34 45 interleukin interleukin NN 46 47 2 2 CD 48 52 gene gene NN 53 61 promoter promoter NN 62 64 is be VBZ 65 66 a a DT 67 74 binding bind VBG 75 79 site site NN 80 83 for for IN 84 87 the the DT 88 92 zinc zinc NN 93 99 finger finger NN 100 108 proteins protein NNS 109 112 Sp1 sp1 NN 113 116 and and CC 117 122 EGR-1 egr-1 NN 122 123 . . . 125 135 Activation Activation NNP 136 138 of of IN 139 142 the the DT 143 154 interleukin interleukin NN 155 156 2 2 CD 157 158 ( ( ( 158 162 IL-2 il-2 NN 162 163 ) ) ) 164 168 gene gene NN 169 174 after after IN 175 182 antigen antigen NN 183 194 recognition recognition NN 195 197 is be VBZ 198 199 a a DT 200 208 critical critical JJ 209 214 event event NN 215 218 for for IN 219 220 T t NN 221 225 cell cell NN 226 239 proliferation proliferation NN 240 243 and and CC 244 252 effector effector NN 253 261 function function NN 261 262 . . . 263 268 Prior prior JJ 269 276 studies study NNS 277 281 have have VBP 282 292 identified identify VBN 293 300 several several JJ 301 314 transcription transcription NN 315 322 factors factor NNS 323 327 that that WDT 328 338 contribute contribute VBP 339 341 to to TO 342 345 the the DT 346 354 activity activity NN 355 357 of of IN 358 361 the the DT 362 366 IL-2 il-2 NN 367 375 promoter promoter NN 376 378 in in IN 379 389 stimulated stimulate VBN 390 391 T t NN 392 403 lymphocytes lymphocyte NNS 403 404 . . . 405 409 Here here RB 410 412 we we PRP 413 421 describe describe VBP 422 423 a a DT 424 429 novel novel JJ 430 440 regulatory regulatory JJ 441 448 element element NN 449 455 within within IN 456 459 the the DT 460 464 IL-2 il-2 NN 465 473 promoter promoter NN 474 481 located located JJ 482 493 immediately immediately RB 494 502 upstream upstream RB 503 505 of of IN 506 509 the the DT 510 517 nuclear nuclear JJ 518 524 factor factor NN 525 527 of of IN 528 537 activated activate VBN 538 539 T t NN 540 544 cell cell NN 545 546 ( ( ( 546 550 NFAT NFAT NNP 550 551 ) ) ) 552 558 domain domain NN 558 559 . . . 560 564 This this DT 565 571 region region NN 572 573 ( ( ( 573 579 termed term VBN 580 583 the the DT 584 588 zinc zinc NN 589 595 finger finger NN 596 603 protein protein NN 604 611 binding binding NN 612 618 region region NN 619 620 ( ( ( 620 623 ZIP ZIP NNP 623 624 ) ) ) 624 625 ) ) ) 626 632 serves serve VBZ 633 635 as as IN 636 643 binding bind VBG 644 648 site site NN 649 652 for for IN 653 656 two two CD 657 668 differently differently RB 669 678 regulated regulate VBN 679 683 zinc zinc NN 684 690 finger finger NN 691 699 proteins protein NNS 699 700 : : : 701 704 the the DT 705 719 constitutively constitutively RB 720 729 expressed express VBN 730 743 transcription transcription NN 744 750 factor factor NN 751 754 Sp1 sp1 NN 755 758 and and CC 759 762 the the DT 763 772 inducible inducible JJ 773 778 early early JJ 779 785 growth growth NN 786 794 response response NN 795 802 protein protein NN 803 808 EGR-1 egr-1 NN 808 809 . . . 810 812 In in IN 813 825 unstimulated unstimulated JJ 826 831 cells cell NNS 832 837 which which WDT 838 840 do do VBP 841 844 not not RB 845 852 secrete secrete VB 853 857 IL-2 il-2 NN 857 858 , , , 859 863 only only RB 864 867 Sp1 sp1 NN 868 873 binds bind VBZ 874 876 to to TO 877 881 this this DT 882 888 region region NN 888 889 , , , 890 895 while while IN 896 898 in in IN 899 909 stimulated stimulate VBN 910 914 IL-2 il-2 NN 915 924 secreting secrete VBG 925 930 cells cell NNS 931 934 the the DT 935 944 inducible inducible JJ 945 950 EGR-1 egr-1 NN 951 958 protein protein NN 959 969 recognizes recognize VBZ 970 974 this this DT 975 982 element element NN 982 983 . . . 984 986 In in IN 987 993 Jurkat Jurkat NNP 994 995 T t NN 996 1001 cells cell NNS 1001 1002 , , , 1003 1006 the the DT 1007 1010 ZIP ZIP NNP 1011 1015 site site NN 1016 1022 serves serve VBZ 1023 1025 as as IN 1026 1028 an an DT 1029 1038 activator activator NN 1039 1042 for for IN 1043 1047 IL-2 il-2 NN 1048 1052 gene gene NN 1053 1063 expression expression NN 1063 1064 , , , 1065 1068 and and CC 1069 1070 a a DT 1071 1082 combination combination NN 1083 1085 of of IN 1086 1089 ZIP ZIP NNP 1090 1093 and and CC 1094 1098 NFAT NFAT NNP 1099 1106 binding binding NN 1107 1112 sites site NNS 1113 1115 is be VBZ 1116 1124 required require VBN 1125 1128 for for IN 1129 1136 maximal maximal JJ 1137 1141 IL-2 il-2 NN 1142 1150 promoter promoter NN 1151 1159 activity activity NN 1159 1160 . . . 1161 1166 These these DT 1167 1174 results result NNS 1175 1182 suggest suggest VBP 1183 1184 a a DT 1185 1193 critical critical JJ 1194 1198 role role NN 1199 1201 of of IN 1202 1205 the the DT 1206 1209 ZIP ZIP NNP 1210 1214 site site NN 1215 1218 for for IN 1219 1223 IL-2 il-2 NN 1224 1232 promoter promoter NN 1233 1241 activity activity NN 1241 1242 . . .