0 4 Role role NN 5 7 of of IN 8 13 Egr-2 egr-2 NN 14 16 in in IN 17 30 up-regulation up-regulation NN 31 33 of of IN 34 37 Fas Fas NNP 38 44 ligand ligand NN 45 47 in in IN 48 54 normal normal JJ 55 56 T t NN 57 62 cells cell NNS 63 66 and and CC 67 75 aberrant aberrant JJ 76 91 double-negative double-negative JJ 92 95 lpr lpr NN 96 99 and and CC 100 103 gld gld NN 104 105 T t NN 106 111 cells cell NNS 111 112 . . . 114 116 We we PRP 117 127 previously previously RB 128 138 identified identify VBD 139 140 a a DT 141 144 Fas Fas NNP 145 151 ligand ligand NN 152 162 regulatory regulatory JJ 163 170 element element NN 171 172 ( ( ( 172 176 FLRE FLRE NNP 176 177 ) ) ) 178 180 in in IN 181 184 the the DT 185 188 Fas Fas NNP 189 195 ligand ligand NN 196 197 ( ( ( 197 201 fasL fasl NN 201 202 ) ) ) 203 211 promoter promoter NN 212 216 that that WDT 217 222 binds bind VBZ 223 226 Egr Egr NNP 227 233 family family NN 234 242 proteins protein NNS 243 246 and and CC 247 259 demonstrated demonstrate VBD 260 264 that that IN 265 270 Egr-3 Egr-3 NNP 271 272 ( ( ( 272 277 PILOT PILOT NNP 277 278 ) ) ) 279 282 but but CC 283 286 not not RB 287 292 Egr-1 egr-1 NN 293 294 ( ( ( 294 300 NGFI-A NGFI-A NNP 300 301 , , , 302 309 Krox-24 Krox-24 NNP 309 310 , , , 311 316 Tis-8 tis-8 NN 316 317 , , , 318 321 and and CC 322 329 Zif-268 zif-268 NN 329 330 ) ) ) 331 338 induces induce VBZ 339 352 transcription transcription NN 353 355 of of IN 356 360 fasL fasl NN 360 361 . . . 362 365 The the DT 366 374 aberrant aberrant JJ 375 387 CD4(-)CD8(-) cd4(-)cd8(-) JJ 388 389 T t NN 390 395 cells cell NNS 396 400 from from IN 401 408 lpr/lpr lpr/lpr NN 409 412 and and CC 413 420 gld/gld gld/gld NN 421 425 mice mouse NNS 425 426 , , , 427 432 which which WDT 433 437 have have VBP 438 447 mutations mutation NNS 448 450 in in IN 451 454 the the DT 455 460 genes gene NNS 461 469 encoding encode VBG 470 473 Fas Fas NNP 474 477 and and CC 478 482 FasL FasL NNP 482 483 , , , 484 496 respectively respectively RB 496 497 , , , 498 502 have have VBP 503 505 an an DT 506 515 activated activate VBN 516 525 phenotype phenotype NN 526 529 and and CC 530 544 constitutively constitutively RB 545 552 express express VBP 553 557 high high JJ 558 564 levels level NNS 565 567 of of IN 568 572 fasL fasl NN 573 577 mRNA mrna NN 577 578 , , , 579 588 prompting prompt VBG 589 591 us us PRP 592 594 to to TO 595 598 ask ask VB 599 603 what what WP 604 608 role role NN 609 611 if if IN 612 615 any any DT 616 619 the the DT 620 624 FLRE FLRE NNP 625 628 and and CC 629 632 Egr Egr NNP 633 639 family family NN 640 648 proteins protein NNS 649 653 have have VBP 654 656 in in IN 657 661 this this DT 662 670 aberrant aberrant JJ 671 681 expression expression NN 682 684 of of IN 685 689 fasL fasl NN 689 690 . . . 691 703 Unstimulated unstimulated JJ 704 715 MRL-lpr/lpr MRL-lpr/lpr NNP 716 719 and and CC 720 731 C3H-gld/gld c3h-gld/gld JJ 732 744 CD4(-)CD8(-) cd4(-)cd8(-) JJ 745 746 T t NN 747 752 cells cell NNS 753 767 constitutively constitutively RB 768 777 contained contain VBD 778 782 high high JJ 783 789 levels level NNS 790 792 of of IN 793 796 two two CD 797 805 proteins protein NNS 806 810 that that WDT 811 816 bound bind VBD 817 819 to to TO 820 823 the the DT 824 828 FLRE flre NN 828 829 . . . 830 840 Supershift Supershift NNP 841 849 analysis analysis NN 850 858 revealed reveal VBD 859 864 these these DT 865 873 proteins protein NNS 874 876 to to TO 877 879 be be VB 880 885 Egr-1 egr-1 NN 886 889 and and CC 890 895 Egr-2 egr-2 NN 896 897 ( ( ( 897 904 Krox-20 Krox-20 NNP 904 905 ) ) ) 905 906 ; ; : 907 912 Egr-3 Egr-3 NNP 913 916 was be VBD 917 920 not not RB 921 929 detected detect VBN 929 930 . . . 931 941 Activation Activation NNP 942 944 of of IN 945 951 normal normal JJ 952 957 lymph lymph NN 958 962 node node NN 963 968 cells cell NNS 969 977 resulted result VBD 978 980 in in IN 981 990 increased increase VBN 991 1001 expression expression NN 1002 1004 of of IN 1005 1010 Egr-1 Egr-1 NNP 1010 1011 , , , 1012 1014 -2 -2 CD 1014 1015 , , , 1016 1019 and and CC 1020 1022 -3 -3 CD 1022 1023 . . . 1024 1026 As as IN 1027 1031 with with IN 1032 1037 egr-3 egr-3 NN 1037 1038 , , , 1039 1049 expression expression NN 1050 1052 of of IN 1053 1058 egr-2 egr-2 NN 1059 1062 was be VBD 1063 1070 blocked block VBN 1071 1073 by by IN 1074 1085 cyclosporin cyclosporin NN 1086 1087 A a NN 1087 1088 . . . 1089 1097 Although although IN 1098 1111 overexpressed overexpresse VBN 1112 1117 Egr-1 egr-1 NN 1118 1121 was be VBD 1122 1133 ineffective ineffective JJ 1133 1134 , , , 1135 1148 overexpressed overexpresse VBN 1149 1154 Egr-2 egr-2 NN 1155 1158 was be VBD 1159 1161 as as RB 1162 1168 potent potent JJ 1169 1171 as as IN 1172 1177 Egr-3 egr-3 NN 1178 1180 in in IN 1181 1189 inducing induce VBG 1190 1194 fasL fasl NN 1195 1213 promoter-dependent promoter-dependent JJ 1214 1222 reporter reporter NN 1223 1233 constructs construct NNS 1234 1236 in in IN 1237 1238 T t NN 1239 1243 cell cell NN 1244 1254 hybridomas hybridoma NNS 1255 1258 and and CC 1259 1263 HeLa HeLa NNP 1264 1269 cells cell NNS 1269 1270 , , , 1271 1274 and and CC 1275 1279 both both DT 1280 1292 up-regulated up-regulate VBN 1293 1303 endogenous endogenous JJ 1304 1308 fasL fasl NN 1309 1313 mRNA mrna NN 1314 1316 in in IN 1317 1321 HeLa HeLa NNP 1322 1327 cells cell NNS 1327 1328 . . . 1329 1343 FasL-dependent fasl-dependent JJ 1344 1352 reporter reporter NN 1353 1363 constructs construct NNS 1364 1366 in in IN 1367 1378 MRL-lpr/lpr MRL-lpr/lpr NNP 1379 1382 and and CC 1383 1394 C3H-gld/gld c3h-gld/gld JJ 1395 1407 CD4(-)CD8(-) cd4(-)cd8(-) JJ 1408 1409 T t NN 1410 1415 cells cell NNS 1416 1420 were be VBD 1421 1435 constitutively constitutively RB 1436 1442 active active JJ 1442 1443 , , , 1444 1447 and and CC 1448 1452 this this DT 1453 1461 activity activity NN 1462 1465 was be VBD 1466 1473 largely largely RB 1474 1483 prevented prevent VBN 1484 1486 by by IN 1487 1495 mutation mutation NN 1496 1498 of of IN 1499 1502 the the DT 1503 1511 critical critical JJ 1512 1515 Egr Egr NNP 1516 1522 family family NN 1523 1530 binding binding NN 1531 1538 element element NN 1538 1539 . . . 1540 1544 Thus thus RB 1544 1545 , , , 1546 1551 Egr-2 Egr-2 NNP 1551 1552 , , , 1553 1555 in in IN 1556 1564 addition addition NN 1565 1567 to to TO 1568 1573 Egr-3 Egr-3 NNP 1573 1574 , , , 1575 1584 regulates regulate VBZ 1585 1589 FasL FasL NNP 1590 1600 expression expression NN 1601 1603 in in IN 1604 1613 activated activate VBN 1614 1620 normal normal JJ 1621 1622 T t NN 1623 1628 cells cell NNS 1628 1629 , , , 1630 1633 and and CC 1634 1639 Egr-2 egr-2 NN 1640 1642 is be VBZ 1643 1649 likely likely JJ 1650 1652 to to TO 1653 1657 play play VB 1658 1659 a a DT 1660 1666 direct direct JJ 1667 1671 role role NN 1672 1674 in in IN 1675 1683 aberrant aberrant JJ 1684 1688 fasL fasl NN 1689 1702 up-regulation up-regulation NN 1703 1705 in in IN 1706 1713 lpr/lpr lpr/lpr NN 1714 1717 and and CC 1718 1725 gld/gld gld/gld NN 1726 1738 CD4(-)CD8(-) cd4(-)cd8(-) JJ 1739 1740 T t NN 1741 1746 cells cell NNS 1746 1747 . . .