IRF4

Interferon regulatory factor 4 also known as MUM1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IRF4 gene,[5][6][7] located at 6p25-p23.

IRF4
Available structures
PDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB
Identifiers
AliasesIRF4, LSIRF, MUM1, NF-EM5, SHEP8, interferon regulatory factor 4
External IDsOMIM: 601900 MGI: 1096873 HomoloGene: 1842 GeneCards: IRF4
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 6 (human)[1]
Band6p25.3Start391,752 bp[1]
End411,443 bp[1]
RNA expression pattern


More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

3662

16364

Ensembl

ENSG00000137265

ENSMUSG00000021356

UniProt

Q15306

Q64287

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001195286
NM_002460

NM_013674
NM_001347508

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001182215
NP_002451

NP_001334437
NP_038702

Location (UCSC)Chr 6: 0.39 – 0.41 MbChr 13: 30.75 – 30.77 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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The MUM1 symbol is polysemous; although it is an older synonym for IRF4 (HGNC:6119), it is also the current HGNC official symbol for melanoma associated antigen (mutated) 1 (HGNC:29641; located at 19p13.3).

Clinical significance

In melanocytic cells the IRF4 gene may be regulated by MITF.[8] IRF4 is a transcription factor that has been implicated in acute leukemia.[9] This gene is strongly associated with pigmentation: sensitivity of skin to sun exposure, freckles, blue eyes, and brown hair color.[10] A variant has been implicated in greying of hair.[11]

The World Health Organization (2016) provisionally defined large B-cell lymphoma with IRF4 rearrangement as a rare indolent large B-cell lymphoma of children and adolescents. This indolent lymphoma mimics, and must be distinguished from, pediatric-type follicular lymphoma.[12] The hallmark of large B-cell lymphoma with IRF4 rearrangement is the overexpression of the IRF4 gene by the disease's malignant cells. This overexpression is forced by the acquisition in these cells of a translocation of IRF4 from its site on the short (i.e. p) arm of chromosome 6 at position 25.3[13] to a site near the IGH@ immunoglobulin heavy locus on the long (i.e. q) arm of chromosome 14 at position 32.33[14][15]

Interactions

IRF4 has been shown to interact with:

See also

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000137265 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000021356 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Grossman A, Mittrücker HW, Nicholl J, Suzuki A, Chung S, Antonio L, Suggs S, Sutherland GR, Siderovski DP, Mak TW (Feb 1997). "Cloning of human lymphocyte-specific interferon regulatory factor (hLSIRF/hIRF4) and mapping of the gene to 6p23-p25". Genomics. 37 (2): 229–33. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0547. PMID 8921401.
  6. Xu D, Zhao L, Del Valle L, Miklossy J, Zhang L (Jun 2008). "Interferon regulatory factor 4 is involved in Epstein-Barr virus-mediated transformation of human B lymphocytes". J Virol. 82 (13): 6251–8. doi:10.1128/JVI.00163-08. PMC 2447047. PMID 18417578.
  7. "Entrez Gene: IRF4 interferon regulatory factor 4".
  8. Hoek KS, Schlegel NC, Eichhoff OM, Widmer DS, Praetorius C, Einarsson SO, et al. (2008). "Novel MITF targets identified using a two-step DNA microarray strategy". Pigment Cell Melanoma Res. 21 (6): 665–76. doi:10.1111/j.1755-148X.2008.00505.x. PMID 19067971.
  9. Adamaki M, Lambrou GI, Athanasiadou A, Tzanoudaki M, Vlahopoulos S, Moschovi M (2013). "Implication of IRF4 aberrant gene expression in the acute leukemias of childhood". PLoS ONE. 8 (8): e72326. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0072326. PMC 3744475. PMID 23977280.
  10. Praetorius C, Grill C, Stacey SN, Metcalf AM, Gorkin DU, Robinson KC, et al. (November 2013). "A Polymorphism in IRF4 Affects Human Pigmentation through a Tyrosinase-Dependent MITF/TFAP2A Pathway". Cell. 155 (5): 1022–33. doi:10.1016/j.cell.2013.10.022. PMC 3873608. PMID 24267888.
  11. Adhikari K, Fontanil T, Cal S, Mendoza-Revilla J, Fuentes-Guajardo M, Chacón-Duque JC, et al. (2016). "A genome-wide association scan in admixed Latin Americans identifies loci influencing facial and scalp hair features". Nature Communications. 7: 10815. doi:10.1038/ncomms10815. PMC 4773514. PMID 26926045. Lay summary BBC News.
  12. Lynch RC, Gratzinger D, Advani RH (July 2017). "Clinical Impact of the 2016 Update to the WHO Lymphoma Classification". Current Treatment Options in Oncology. 18 (7): 45. doi:10.1007/s11864-017-0483-z. PMID 28670664.
  13. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/3662
  14. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/3492
  15. Woessmann W, Quintanilla-Martinez L (June 2019). "Rare mature B-cell lymphomas in children and adolescents". Hematological Oncology. 37 Suppl 1: 53–61. doi:10.1002/hon.2585. PMID 31187530.
  16. Gupta S, Jiang M, Anthony A, Pernis AB (December 1999). "Lineage-specific modulation of interleukin 4 signaling by interferon regulatory factor 4". J. Exp. Med. 190 (12): 1837–48. doi:10.1084/jem.190.12.1837. PMC 2195723. PMID 10601358.
  17. Rengarajan J, Mowen KA, McBride KD, Smith ED, Singh H, Glimcher LH (April 2002). "Interferon regulatory factor 4 (IRF4) interacts with NFATc2 to modulate interleukin 4 gene expression". J. Exp. Med. 195 (8): 1003–12. doi:10.1084/jem.20011128. PMC 2193700. PMID 11956291.
  18. Brass AL, Zhu AQ, Singh H (February 1999). "Assembly requirements of PU.1-Pip (IRF-4) activator complexes: inhibiting function in vivo using fused dimers". EMBO J. 18 (4): 977–91. doi:10.1093/emboj/18.4.977. PMC 1171190. PMID 10022840.
  19. Escalante CR, Shen L, Escalante MC, Brass AL, Edwards TA, Singh H, Aggarwal AK (July 2002). "Crystallization and characterization of PU.1/IRF-4/DNA ternary complex". J. Struct. Biol. 139 (1): 55–9. doi:10.1016/S1047-8477(02)00514-2. PMID 12372320.

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