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Muroi M, Muroi Y, Ito N, Rice N, Suzuki T. Effects of protease inhibitors on LPS-mediated activation of a mouse macrophage cell line (J774). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/096805199500200504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Pretreatment (1 h) of a mouse macrophage-like cell line, J774, with the protease inhibitor, phenylalanine-chloromethyl ketone (PCK) or its structural analogue, tosylphenylalanine chloromethyl ketone (TPCK) was found to cause substantial inhibition of LPS-triggered activation of NF-κB. Pretreatment of cells with other types of protease inhibitors or their various structural analogues had no effect. PCK or TPCK appeared to exert its inhibitory effect by: (i) partially preventing LPS-triggered degradation of IκBα protein; (ii) preventing LPS-triggered nuclear translocation of NF-κB proteins (p50, RelA and Rel); and (iii) inhibiting the DNA-binding activities of NF-κB proteins. Pretreatment of cells with PCK or TPCK also resulted in the total or partial inhibition of LPS activatable (AP-1 or CREB) or constitutively-existing (Oct-1) transcription factors, but not of another constitutively-expressed transcription factor (SP-1). Pretreatment of J774 cells with PCK was found to substantially suppress LPS-induced expression of mRNAs specific for cytokine genes (TNFα, IL-1α and β, and IL-6), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene and IκBα gene, but not NF-κB1 p105 gene or β-actin gene. Furthermore, PCK pretreatment inhibited, in a dose-dependent manner, LPS-triggered production of nitric oxide production and tumoricidal activity.
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- M. Muroi
- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Carcinogenesis, ABL-Basic Research Program, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Carcinogenesis, ABL-Basic Research Program, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Carcinogenesis, ABL-Basic Research Program, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Carcinogenesis, ABL-Basic Research Program, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Carcinogenesis, ABL-Basic Research Program, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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Murphy W, Muroi M, Zhang C, Suzuki T, Russell S. Both basal and enhancer κB elements are required for full induction of the mouse inducible nitric oxide synthase gene. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/096805199600300502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The transcriptional regulatory region of the mouse inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene has two KB elements, one enhancer-linked (KBII) and the other (KBI) proximal to its core promoter. Mutation of κBII substantially reduced the extent to which the iNOS promoter could be induced by LPS and interfered with augmented responsiveness of the promoter to LPS+IFN-γ. Mutation of KBI had a quantitatively less dramatic negative effect on LPS responsiveness and this construct still showed augmented responsiveness to LPS+IFN-γ. When both KB elements were mutated, inducibility by LPS and, in particular, by LPS+IFN-γ was paradoxically restored, compared with the mutated KBII alone, suggesting cooperative interactions among the transcription factors that trans-activate the iNOS gene. In vivo footprint analysis showed that both KB elements were bound by protein complexes when macrophages were stimulated with LPS ± IFN-γ. Furthermore, KBI was bound even in untreated cells, suggesting that KB binding proteins might also have a negative influence on expression of the gene. Both KBI and KBII were bound by NF-KB/Rel proteins found in nuclear extracts prepared from macrophages treated with LPS ± IFN-γ, although the specificity of binding to each element was different. Our results show that, while NF-KB/Rel proteins are required for maximal expression of the iNOS gene, alone they are not alone sufficient. Furthermore, the results reported here show that the augmentative effect of IFN-γ on the LPS-induced expression of the iNOS gene is not mediated through increased activation of NF-KB/Rel.
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- W.J. Murphy
- The Wilkinson Laboratory of the Kansas Cancer Institute, and the Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA, Wilkinson Laboratory of the Kansas Cancer Institute, 1008 Wahl Hall West, 3901 Rainbow Boulevard, Kansas City, KS 66160-7184, USA,
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- ABL-Basic Research Program, NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Frederick, Maryland, USA
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- The Wilkinson Laboratory of the Kansas Cancer Institute, and the Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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- The Wilkinson Laboratory of the Kansas Cancer Institute, and the Departments of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
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Wu Chaoqun, Wanleng Deng, Ohmori Y, Hamilton TA. Differential mechanisms of LPS-induced NFκB activation in macrophages and fibroblasts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/096805199600300102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Lipopolysaccharide is a prototypic stimulus of inflammatory gene expression which can act on a variety of cell types to produce different patterns of response. In the present report, the ability of LPS to stimulate NFKB activity was investigated in a fibroblast cell line (NIH3T3) and compared to LPS-induced response in a macrophage like cell line (RAW264.7). LPS was a potent stimulus of KB binding activity in both cell types though the protein composition of such binding activity varied. LPS caused nuclear translocation of KB binding activity in RAW 264.7 cells which contained NFKB1 (p50), RelA (p65), and high levels of c-Rel. Nuclei from LPS-stimulated NIH3T3 cells contained only NFKB1 and RelA but little c-Rel. Both cell types contain comparable levels of total c-Rel protein. Using two structurally distinct KB sequence motifs, LPS was shown to produce a different pattern of transacting activity in fibroblasts as compared to macrophages; both KB motifs were sensitive to LPS in RAW264.7 cells while only one of the two was functional in LPS-stimulated NIH3T3 cells. Thus LPS appears to utilize the NFKB family of transcription factors differentially depending upon the cell type being stimulated. Such differential activation of transcription factor family members may be an important determinant of the diverse nature of inflammatory response seen in different tissue settings.
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- Wu Chaoqun
- Department of Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Immunology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Pujari R, Kumar N, Ballal S, Eligar SM, Anupama S, Bhat G, Swamy BM, Inamdar SR, Shastry P. Rhizoctonia bataticola lectin (RBL) induces phenotypic and functional characteristics of macrophages in THP-1 cells and human monocytes. Immunol Lett 2015; 163:163-72. [DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2014.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2014] [Revised: 12/06/2014] [Accepted: 12/22/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Mrinal N, Tomar A, Nagaraju J. Role of sequence encoded κB DNA geometry in gene regulation by Dorsal. Nucleic Acids Res 2011; 39:9574-91. [PMID: 21890896 PMCID: PMC3239199 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkr672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Many proteins of the Rel family can act as both transcriptional activators and repressors. However, mechanism that discerns the ‘activator/repressor’ functions of Rel-proteins such as Dorsal (Drosophila homologue of mammalian NFκB) is not understood. Using genomic, biophysical and biochemical approaches, we demonstrate that the underlying principle of this functional specificity lies in the ‘sequence-encoded structure’ of the κB-DNA. We show that Dorsal-binding motifs exist in distinct activator and repressor conformations. Molecular dynamics of DNA-Dorsal complexes revealed that repressor κB-motifs typically have A-tract and flexible conformation that facilitates interaction with co-repressors. Deformable structure of repressor motifs, is due to changes in the hydrogen bonding in A:T pair in the ‘A-tract’ core. The sixth nucleotide in the nonameric κB-motif, ‘A’ (A6) in the repressor motifs and ‘T’ (T6) in the activator motifs, is critical to confer this functional specificity as A6 → T6 mutation transformed flexible repressor conformation into a rigid activator conformation. These results highlight that ‘sequence encoded κB DNA-geometry’ regulates gene expression by exerting allosteric effect on binding of Rel proteins which in turn regulates interaction with co-regulators. Further, we identified and characterized putative repressor motifs in Dl-target genes, which can potentially aid in functional annotation of Dorsal gene regulatory network.
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- Nirotpal Mrinal
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, Nampally, Hyderabad 500001, India.
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Zawawi KH, Kantarci A, Schulze-Späte U, Fujita T, Batista EL, Amar S, Van Dyke TE. Moesin-induced signaling in response to lipopolysaccharide in macrophages. J Periodontal Res 2010; 45:589-601. [PMID: 20546116 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0765.2010.01271.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Many physiological and pathophysiological conditions are attributable in part to cytoskeletal regulation of cellular responses to signals. Moesin (membrane-organizing extension spike protein), an ERM (ezrin, radixin and moesin) family member, is involved in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-mediated events in mononuclear phagocytes; however, its role in signaling is not fully understood. The aim of this study was to investigate the LPS-induced moesin signaling pathways in macrophages. MATERIAL AND METHODS Macrophages were stimulated with 500 ng/mL LPS in macrophage serum-free medium. For blocking experiments, cells were pre-incubated with anti-moesin antibody. Moesin total protein and phosphorylation were studied with western blotting. Moesin mRNA was assessed using quantitative real-time PCR. To explore binding of moesin to LPS, native polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) gel shift assay was performed. Moesin immunoprecipitation with CD14, MD-2 and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) and co-immunoprecipitation of MyD88-interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase (IRAK) and IRAK-tumor necrosis factor receptor-activated factor 6 (TRAF6) were analyzed. Phosphorylation of IRAK and activities of MAPK, nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) and IkappaBalpha were studied. Tumor necrosis factor alpha, interleukin-1beta and interferon beta were measured by ELISA. RESULTS Moesin was identified as part of a protein cluster that facilitates LPS recognition and results in the expression of proinflammatory cytokines. Lipopolysaccharide stimulates moesin expression and phosphorylation by binding directly to the moesin carboxyl-terminus. Moesin is temporally associated with TLR4 and MD-2 after LPS stimulation, while CD14 is continuously bound to moesin. Lipopolysaccharide-induced signaling is transferred downstream to p38, p44/42 MAPK and NF-kappaB activation. Blockage of moesin function interrupts the LPS response through an inhibition of MyD88, IRAK and TRAF6, negatively affecting subsequent activation of the MAP kinases (p38 and ERK), NF-kappaB activation and translocation to the nucleus. CONCLUSION These results suggest an important role for moesin in the innate immune response and TLR4-mediated pattern recognition in periodontal disease.
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- K H Zawawi
- Department of Preventive Dental Science, Division of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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Okuda J, Arikawa Y, Takeuchi Y, Mahmoud MM, Suzaki E, Kataoka K, Suzuki T, Okinaka Y, Nakai T. Intracellular replication of Edwardsiella tarda in murine macrophage is dependent on the type III secretion system and induces an up-regulation of anti-apoptotic NF-κB target genes protecting the macrophage from staurosporine-induced apoptosis. Microb Pathog 2006; 41:226-40. [DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2006.08.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2006] [Revised: 08/04/2006] [Accepted: 08/28/2006] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Shimomura-Shimizu M, Sugiyama KI, Muroi M, Tanamoto KI. Alachlor and carbaryl suppress lipopolysaccharide-induced iNOS expression by differentially inhibiting NF-kappaB activation. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2005; 332:793-9. [PMID: 15907790 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2005.05.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2005] [Accepted: 05/06/2005] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Nitric oxide (NO) produced by macrophages plays an important role in host defense and inflammation. We found that two agrochemicals, alachlor and carbaryl, inhibit lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced NO production by macrophages. In the present study, we investigated this inhibitory mechanism in RAW 264 cells. Both chemicals inhibited LPS-induced iNOS protein and mRNA expression as well as murine iNOS promoter activity. When treating these chemicals with reducing agents, the inhibition by carbaryl was reversed, but not the inhibition by alachlor. These chemicals also inhibited LPS-induced interferon-beta (IFN-beta) expression, an indispensable factor for LPS-induced iNOS expression. The inhibited iNOS expression, however, was not restored by exogenous IFN-beta supplementation. LPS-induced nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB, which is necessary for the expression of IFN-beta and iNOS, was inhibited by these chemicals: however, the LPS-induced degradation of IkappaB-alpha and IkappaB-beta was inhibited only by alachlor. These results indicate that alachlor and carbaryl differentially impair the LPS-induced NF-kappaB activation, leading to the inhibition of NO production.
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- Mifumi Shimomura-Shimizu
- Division of Microbiology, National Institute of Health Sciences, 1-18-1 Kamiyoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 158-8501, Japan
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Talreja J, Kabir MH, B Filla M, Stechschulte DJ, Dileepan KN. Histamine induces Toll-like receptor 2 and 4 expression in endothelial cells and enhances sensitivity to Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial cell wall components. Immunology 2004; 113:224-33. [PMID: 15379983 PMCID: PMC1782560 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2004.01946.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Histamine is a major inflammatory molecule released from the mast cell, and is known to activate endothelial cells. However, its ability to modulate endothelial responses to bacterial products has not been evaluated. In this study we determined the ability of histamine to modulate inflammatory responses of endothelial cells to Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial cell wall components and assessed the role of Toll-like receptors (TLR) 2 and 4 in the co-operation between histamine and bacterial pathogens. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) were incubated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), lipoteichoic acid (LTA), or peptidoglycan (PGN) in the presence or absence of histamine, and the expression and release of interleukin-6 (IL-6), and NF-kappaB translocation were determined. The effect of histamine on the expression of mRNA and proteins for TLR2 and TLR4 was also evaluated. Incubation of HUVEC with LPS, LTA and PGN resulted in marked enhancement of IL-6 mRNA expression and IL-6 secretion. Histamine alone markedly enhanced IL-6 mRNA expression in HUVEC, but it did not stimulate proportional IL-6 release. When HUVEC were incubated with LPS, LTA, or PGN in the presence of histamine marked amplification of both IL-6 production and mRNA expression was noted. HUVEC constitutively expressed TLR2 and TLR4 mRNA and proteins, and these were further enhanced by histamine. The expression of mRNAs encoding MD-2 and MyD88, the accessory molecules associated with TLR signalling, were unchanged by histamine treatment. These results demonstrate that histamine up-regulates the expression of TLR2 and TLR4 and amplifies endothelial cell inflammatory responses to Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacterial components.
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- Jaya Talreja
- Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
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Fujihara M, Muroi M, Tanamoto KI, Suzuki T, Azuma H, Ikeda H. Molecular mechanisms of macrophage activation and deactivation by lipopolysaccharide: roles of the receptor complex. Pharmacol Ther 2004; 100:171-94. [PMID: 14609719 DOI: 10.1016/j.pharmthera.2003.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 426] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2023]
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Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS), the major structural component of the outer wall of Gram-negative bacteria, is a potent activator of macrophages. Activated macrophages produce a variety of inflammatory cytokines. Excessive production of cytokines in response to LPS is regarded as the cause of septic shock. On the other hand, macrophages exposed to suboptimal doses of LPS are rendered tolerant to subsequent exposure to LPS and manifest a profoundly altered response to LPS. Increasing evidence suggests that monocytic cells from patients with sepsis and septic shock survivors have characteristics of LPS tolerance. Thus, an understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying activation and deactivation of macrophages in response to LPS is important for the development of therapeutics for septic shock and the treatment of septic shock survivors. Over the past several years, significant progress has been made in identifying and characterizing several key molecules and signal pathways involved in the regulation of macrophage functions by LPS. In this paper, we summarize the current findings of the functions of the LPS receptor complex, which is composed of CD14, Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), and myeloid differentiation protein-2 (MD-2), and the signal pathways of this LPS receptor complex with regard to both activation and deactivation of macrophages by LPS. In addition, recent therapeutic approaches for septic shock targeting the LPS receptor complex are described.
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- Mitsuhiro Fujihara
- Japanese Red Cross, Hokkaido Red Cross Blood Center, Yamanote 2-2, Nishi-ku, Sapporo 063-0002, Japan.
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Chi L, Li Y, Stehno-Bittel L, Gao J, Morrison DC, Stechschulte DJ, Dileepan KN. Interleukin-6 production by endothelial cells via stimulation of protease-activated receptors is amplified by endotoxin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. J Interferon Cytokine Res 2001; 21:231-40. [PMID: 11359654 DOI: 10.1089/107999001750169871] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Human endothelial cells respond to extracellular proteases, endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide, LPS), and inflammatory cytokines. Endothelial cells express several protease-activated receptors (PAR), including the thrombin-activated receptors PAR-1 and PAR-3 and a thrombin-independent, protease-activated receptor, PAR-2. To examine the potential cooperation between PAR and inflammatory stimuli, we investigated the effects of the PAR-1 agonist peptide Ser-Phe-Leu-Leu-Arg-Asn (SFLLRN) and PAR-2 agonist peptide Ser-Leu-Ile-Gly-Lys-Val (SLIGKV) on endothelial cells. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) were cultured in vitro with SFLLRN or SLIGKV in the presence and absence of LPS or tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), and interleukin-6 (IL-6) levels in the culture supernatants were assayed. Both SFLLRN and SLIGKV induced detectable levels of IL-6 production in a dose-dependent fashion, with the PAR-1 receptor agonist being more potent. In the presence of all stimulatory concentrations of LPS or TNF-alpha tested, both peptides were found to further enhance IL-6 production. The effects of SFLLRN and SLIGKV were specific, as related peptides with identical amino acid compositions, but lacking in consensus sequences, were biologically inactive either alone or in the presence of LPS. Both the direct and the amplifying effects of PAR agonist peptides on IL-6 production were pertussis toxin sensitive and caused an increase in the intracellular levels of calcium, implicating G-proteins and calcium mobilization in these pathways. Furthermore, the amplifying effect of LPS or TNF-alpha on PAR-mediated cytokine production was associated with corresponding increases in nuclear NF-kappaB proteins. The results demonstrate significant potentiation of PAR-induced signaling by LPS and TNF-alpha and indicate the potential cooperation of proteases and inflammatory stimuli in amplifying vascular inflammation.
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- L Chi
- Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160-7317, USA
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Li Y, Chi L, Stechschulte DJ, Dileepan KN. Histamine-induced production of interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 by human coronary artery endothelial cells is enhanced by endotoxin and tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Microvasc Res 2001; 61:253-62. [PMID: 11336536 DOI: 10.1006/mvre.2001.2304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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In this study, we tested the synergy between histamine and LPS, and histamine and TNF-alpha, on endothelial cell production of interleukin-6 (IL-6), interleukin-8 (IL-8), and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1). Human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAEC) were cultured in vitro with histamine (0.1 to 1000 microM) in the presence or absence of LPS or TNF-alpha for 24 h, and the secreted IL-6, IL-8 and MCP-1 were quantified. Unactivated HCAEC produced minimal levels of IL-6, IL-8, or MCP-1. The incubation of HCAEC with histamine resulted in low level induction of IL-6 and IL-8 production, which was dose-dependent and attained a plateau at a concentration of 10 microM. On the other hand, histamine failed to induce MCP-1 production. Stimulation of HCAEC with LPS or TNF-alpha caused dose-dependent increase in cytokine production. In the presence of all stimulatory concentrations of LPS and TNF-alpha tested, histamine was shown to further enhance IL-6 and IL-8 production. The effect of histamine on endothelial cell production of cytokines was completely inhibited by the H-1 receptor antagonist, diphenhydramine, and not by the H-2 antagonist, famotidine. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays of nuclear proteins extracted from HCAEC treated with histamine and LPS, or histamine and TNF-alpha, revealed amplified translocation of NF-kappaB proteins to the nuclei. Since both LPS and TNF-alpha potentiated histamine-induced cytokine production, it is possible that these activators stimulate H-1 receptor expression and/or augment the signal transduction pathways leading to the expression of IL-6 and IL-8. These results indicate the importance of synergy between histamine and other inflammatory stimuli on endothelial cell activation and implicate their cooperative participation in vascular leak and inflammation.
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- Y Li
- Division of Allergy, Department of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas 66160, USA
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Xia D, Wang F, Parmely MJ. Inhibition of nuclear factor-kappab activation in mouse macrophages and the RAW 264.7 cell line by a synthetic adenyl carbocyclic nucleoside. Biochem Pharmacol 2000; 60:717-27. [PMID: 10927031 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-2952(00)00367-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Adenyl carbocyclic nucleosides have potent anti-inflammatory effects on a number of cell types. Notable in this regard is their ability to inhibit the production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) by mouse macrophages that have been activated with bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Because the transcriptional activation of the mouse TNF-alpha gene is highly dependent on kappaB enhancers, the present study determined whether the synthetic carbocyclic nucleoside 9-[(1S,3R)-cis-cyclopentan-3-ol]adenine (cPA) inhibited LPS-induced nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) activation in these cells. Stimulation of either mouse peritoneal macrophages or RAW 264. 7 macrophage-like cells with LPS led to the appearance of four distinct kappaB-binding nucleoprotein complexes detected by gel mobility shift assays. Cells treated with 100 microM cPA showed significantly reduced levels of NF-kappaB activation as evidenced by measurements of nucleoprotein kappaB-binding activity and diminished kappaB-dependent transcriptional activation. However, both the LPS-induced degradation of the cytoplasmic NF-kappaB inhibitor IkappaBalpha and the nuclear translocation of the NF-kappaB p50, p65, and c-Rel peptides were unaffected by treatment of the cells with the nucleoside. These findings suggest that certain adenyl carbocyclic nucleosides inhibit the activation of NF-kappaB/Rel complexes by a novel mechanism that results in an inhibition of their DNA-binding activities, without blocking their dissociation from IkappaBalpha or their nuclear translocation.
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- D Xia
- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160-7420, USA
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Fujihara M, Wakamoto S, Ito T, Muroi M, Suzuki T, Ikeda H, Ikebuchi K. Lipopolysaccharide‐triggered desensitization of TNF‐α mRNA expression involves lack of phosphorylation of IκBα in a murine macrophage‐like cell line, P388D1. J Leukoc Biol 2000. [DOI: 10.1189/jlb.68.2.267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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- Japanese Red Cross, Hokkaido Red Cross Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross, Hokkaido Red Cross Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Division of Microbiology, National Institutes of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan; and
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- Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics and Immunology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City
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- Japanese Red Cross, Hokkaido Red Cross Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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- Japanese Red Cross, Hokkaido Red Cross Blood Center, Sapporo, Japan
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Menetski JP. The structure of the nuclear factor-kappaB protein-DNA complex varies with DNA-binding site sequence. J Biol Chem 2000; 275:7619-25. [PMID: 10713070 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.11.7619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Transcriptional regulation of many immune responsive genes is under the control of the transcription factor NF-kappaB. This factor is found in cells as a dimer which can contain any two members of the Rel family of proteins (p50, p65, p52, c-Rel, and RelB). The different dimers show distinct preferences for DNA-binding site sequences. To understand the relationship between the DNA binding properties of the dimer forms and transcriptional activation, the physical properties of the complexes of p50 and p65 with DNA have been analyzed. Comparison of apparent DNA binding affinity showed differences in selectivity of DNA-binding site sequence. The ionic strength dependence of apparent binding affinity has shown that the number of ionic interactions in the protein-DNA complex depends on the DNA-binding site sequence and the dimer form, which are consistent with changes in the structure of the protein-DNA complex. Using a fluorescent technique to measure DNA structure changes, protein binding does not appear to alter the structure of the DNA-binding site within the limits of detection. These results are consistent with a change in protein structure that may result in activation differences due to alternative interactions with other transcription proteins.
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- J P Menetski
- Department of Molecular Biology, Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Research, Division of Warner-Lambert, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48105, USA.
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Ammon C, Mondal K, Andreesen R, Krause SW. Differential expression of the transcription factor NF-kappaB during human mononuclear phagocyte differentiation to macrophages and dendritic cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2000; 268:99-105. [PMID: 10652220 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1999.2083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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An important role for the Rel/NF-kappaB family of transcription factors in the differentiation process of dendritic cells (DC) and macrophages (MAC) was recently suggested by a number of mouse knockout studies but only little information is available for defined populations of human cells. To investigate the role of individual NF-kappaB proteins [p50, p52, p65 (RelA), RelB] in the differentiation of monocyte-derived cell types we analyzed and compared the expression pattern and DNA binding activity of NF-kappaB members in human monocytes (MO), MO-derived MAC, and MO-derived DC. Constitutive expression of p65 and RelB mRNA was found in MO and no significant regulation was observed during differentiation of MO into MAC or immature DC. Only during lipopolysaccharide-induced terminal differentiation of DC was a marked increase in RelB mRNA detected. In DNA binding assays performed with nuclear extracts from blood MO, p50/p50 homodimers were mainly detected, whereas complexes containing p50/RelB and p50/p65 heterodimers were less abundant. DNA-bound protein complexes containing p50/RelB and p50/p65 increased and additional p65/p65 complexes appeared during differentiation of MO into either MAC or immature DC. A strong increase in complexes containing p50/RelB was observed during terminal differentiation of DC. Therefore, gradual differences in the DNA binding activities of different NF-kappaB homo- and heterodimers correlate with differentiation stages of MO, MAC, and DC and are probably important for the biological role of these cells.
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- C Ammon
- Department of Hematology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, D-93042, Germany
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Chu W, Gao J, Murphy WJ, Hunt JS. A candidate interferon-gamma activated site (GAS element) in the HLA-G promoter does not bind nuclear proteins. Hum Immunol 1999; 60:1113-8. [PMID: 10600009 DOI: 10.1016/s0198-8859(99)00091-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The HLA-G gene is highly expressed at the maternal-fetal interface, where it is believed to participate in the generation and maintenance of maternal tolerance to the fetal semiallograft. This gene has two elements through which interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) could act to enhance its rate of transcription, an Enhancer A/ICS region and a candidate IFN-gamma activated site (GAS). In this study we investigated functionality of this candidate HLA-G GAS. Two HLA-G-expressing cell lines were tested, the human myelomonocytic cell line, U937, and a mouse fibroblast cell line, S14/8, which is stably transfected with the full length HLA-G gene. Nuclear proteins from IFN-gamma-treated U937 and S14/8 cells bound the interferon regulatory factor-1 (IRF-1) gene GAS sequence (TTC CCCGAA) but not the HLA-G gene's candidate GAS sequence (TTTCGAGAA). Excess unlabeled HLA-G-GAS oligonucleotide failed to inhibit binding of the IRF-1-GAS using the same nuclear extracts. These data indicate that a sequence in the HLA-G gene which would normally permit cytokine enhancement of gene expression, the GAS element, is nonfunctional. This is also true of another regulatory sequence, the Enhancer A/ICS element, suggesting that defects in IFN-gamma response elements prevent inappropriate up-regulation of HLA-G gene expression at the maternal-fetal interface.
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- W Chu
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160, USA
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Barrios-Rodiles M, Tiraloche G, Chadee K. Lipopolysaccharide Modulates Cyclooxygenase-2 Transcriptionally and Posttranscriptionally in Human Macrophages Independently from Endogenous IL-1β and TNF-α. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1999. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.163.2.963] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The pathogenesis of septicemia can be triggered by LPS, a potent stimulus for PG synthesis. The enzyme cyclooxygenase (COX) is a rate-limiting step in PG production. COX exists as two isoforms: COX-1, which is constitutively expressed in most cell types, and COX-2, which is inducible by LPS and cytokines in a variety of cells. In this study we determined the role of the proinflammatory cytokines IL-1β and TNF-α released by LPS-stimulated U937 human macrophages in the regulation of COX-2. Macrophages exposed to LPS showed a rapid and sustained expression of COX-2 mRNA and protein for up to 48 h, whereas PGE2 production was notably enhanced only after 12 h. LPS increased COX-2 gene transcription and activation of the transcription factor NF-κB in a transient manner. LPS-treated macrophages produced high levels of TNF-α and moderate amounts of IL-1β protein. However, neutralizing Abs against these cytokines had no effect on COX-2 mRNA and protein expression, nor did they affect the stability of COX-2 mRNA. Interestingly, in the presence of LPS or exogenous IL-1β, COX-2 transcripts were stabilized, and actinomycin D inhibited their degradation. Only when LPS or IL-1β was removed did COX-2 mRNA decay with a t1/2 of ≥5 h. In contrast, dexamethasone promoted a faster decay of the LPS-induced COX-2 transcripts (t1/2 = 2.5 h). These results clearly demonstrate that LPS can regulate COX-2 at both transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels independently from endogenous IL-1β and TNF-α in human macrophages.
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- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
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- Institute of Parasitology, McGill University, Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec, Canada
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Delgado M, Munoz-Elias EJ, Kan Y, Gozes I, Fridkin M, Brenneman DE, Gomariz RP, Ganea D. Vasoactive intestinal peptide and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide inhibit tumor necrosis factor alpha transcriptional activation by regulating nuclear factor-kB and cAMP response element-binding protein/c-Jun. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:31427-36. [PMID: 9813054 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.47.31427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha), an early cytokine produced by activated macrophages, plays an essential role in normal and pathological inflammatory reactions. The excessive production of TNFalpha is prevented by the so-called "macrophage-deactivating factors." This study examines the role of two structurally related neuropeptides, the vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and the pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide (PACAP), as inhibitors of TNFalpha. Both VIP and PACAP inhibit TNFalpha production from lipopolysaccharide-stimulated RAW 246.7 cells in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Although the activated cells express mRNA for all three VIP/PACAP receptors, agonist and antagonist studies indicate that the major receptor involved is VIP1R. VIP/PACAP inhibit TNFalpha gene expression by affecting both NF-kB binding and the composition of the cAMP responsive element binding complex (CREB/c-Jun). Two transduction pathways, a cAMP-dependent and a cAMP-independent pathway, are involved in the inhibition of TNFalpha gene expression and appear to differentially regulate the transcriptional factors involved. Because TNFalpha plays a central role in various inflammatory diseases such as endotoxic shock, multiple sclerosis, cerebral malaria, and various autoimmune conditions, the down-regulatory effect of VIP/PACAP may have a significant therapeutic potential.
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- M Delgado
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA
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Amura CR, Kamei T, Ito N, Soares MJ, Morrison DC. Differential Regulation of Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) Activation Pathways in Mouse Macrophages by LPS-Binding Proteins. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.5.2552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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LPS binding to its receptor(s) on macrophages induces the synthesis of inflammatory mediators involved in septic shock. While the signaling mechanism(s) remains to be fully defined, the human LPS-binding protein (LBP) is known to regulate responses to LPS by facilitating its binding to CD14 on human monocytes. The structurally related bactericidal permeability increasing protein (BPI) differs from LBP by inhibiting LPS-induced human monocyte activation. We have demonstrated that, unlike the human monocyte response to LPS, both LBP and BPI inhibited LPS-stimulated TNF-α production in mouse peritoneal macrophages. In contrast, LPS-dependent nitric oxide release was not affected by LBP. LPS induces the phosphorylation of a number of proteins in a dose and time-dependent manner, however, the pattern of LPS-induced phosporylation was not reduced by either LBP or BPI under conditions that result in selective TNF-α inhibition. Further, activation of the transcription factor NF-κB in response to LPS was also not modified by either LBP or BPI. Finally, no differences were detected in TNF-α or inducible nitric oxide synthase mRNA accumulations induced by LPS in the presence or absence of either protein, whereas a slight decreased mRNA stability was observed in the group with LPS treatment. These results would suggest that many of the early signaling events contribute to LPS-induced macrophage signaling at a point preceding the divergence of pathways that differentially regulate TNF-α and NO production.
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- Claudia R. Amura
- *Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, and Immunology,
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- †Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, and
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- *Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, and Immunology,
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- *Department of Microbiology, Molecular Genetics, and Immunology,
- ‡Kansas Cancer Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS 66160
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Gao J, Morrison DC, Parmely TJ, Russell SW, Murphy WJ. An interferon-gamma-activated site (GAS) is necessary for full expression of the mouse iNOS gene in response to interferon-gamma and lipopolysaccharide. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:1226-30. [PMID: 8995425 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.2.1226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 241] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Mouse macrophages can be stimulated by interferon (IFN)-gamma and bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) to produce nitric oxide (NO) as the result of expression of the inducible NO synthase (iNOS; EC 1.14.13.39) gene. The iNOS gene promoter contains a candidate gamma-interferon-activated site (GAS). In transfection studies reported here, it was demonstrated that a luciferase reporter-gene construct, containing four synthetic copies of the iNOS GAS, was inducible when transfected macrophages were stimulated with either IFN-gamma, LPS, or a combination of the two. Consistent with this finding were other transfection analyses, which showed that responsiveness of the intact iNOS promoter to these same agents was significantly reduced when two conserved nucleotide positions within the GAS were mutated. Oligonucleotide probes, which mimicked the iNOS GAS, formed a complex with proteins that appeared in the nuclei of IFN-gamma or IFN-gamma + LPS-treated macrophages within 30 min of stimulation, as shown by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. LPS alone also caused the the appearance of a nuclear protein capable of binding the iNOS GAS-containing oligonucleotide; however, in contrast to binding induced by IFN-gamma, approximately 2 h of stimulation with LPS were required. The protein bound to the iNOS GAS-containing oligonucleotide reacted specifically with an antibody raised against Stat1a, regardless of the stimulus used. These data collectively support the conclusion that binding of Stat1 alpha to the iNOS promoter's GAS is required for optimal induction of the iNOS gene by IFN-gamma and LPS.
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- J Gao
- Wilkinson Laboratory of the Kansas Cancer Institute, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66160-7184, USA
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Merola M, Blanchard B, Tovey MG. The kappa B enhancer of the human interleukin-6 promoter is necessary and sufficient to confer an IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha response in transfected human cell lines: requirement for members of the C/EBP family for activity. J Interferon Cytokine Res 1996; 16:783-98. [PMID: 8910763 DOI: 10.1089/jir.1996.16.783] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The human interleukin-6 (IL-6) promoter contains two regulatory elements, a kappa B enhancer and a NFIL-6 (C/EBP beta) binding site, which have been reported to be essential for inducibility of the IL-6 gene. We show that the kappa B element alone is sufficient to confer inducibility on the IL-6 gene in cells treated with either IL-1 beta or TNF-alpha. Gel-retardation analysis of nuclear extracts from IL-1 beta or TNF-alpha-treated cells using specific antibodies has shown that at least five retarded complexes bind to the IL-6 kappa B element in addition to NF-kappa B. Furthermore, apart from p50 (NF-kappa B1) and p65 (RelA), no other members of the Rel family are present in these complexes. Comparative analysis with the kappa B enhancer of the immunoglobulin kappa chain gene shows that three of these complexes bind specifically to the IL-6 kappa B enhancer: a complex of p50/NFIL6, a p65 homodimer, and a non-Rel-related constitutive protein. Finally, transfection experiments, in which NF-kappa B subunits, NFIL-6, and NFIL-6 beta (C/EBP delta), were overexpressed in cells transfected with mutated IL-6 enhancer elements linked to a reporter gene show that interaction between members of the two families of factors is required for activation of the IL-6 gene in the absence of the NFIL-6 binding site. We conclude that the kappa B enhancer of the IL-6 promoter is the IL-1 beta and TNF-alpha responsive element and that its activity is dependent on the direct interaction of NF-kappa B with non-Rel transcription factors.
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- M Merola
- Laboratory of Viral Oncology, CNRS, UPR, Villejuif, France
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Kwak EL, Larochelle DA, Beaumont C, Torti SV, Torti FM. Role for NF-kappa B in the regulation of ferritin H by tumor necrosis factor-alpha. J Biol Chem 1995; 270:15285-93. [PMID: 7797515 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.270.25.15285] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Ferritin is a ubiquitously distributed iron-binding protein that plays a key role in cellular iron homeostasis. It is composed of two subunits, termed H (heavy or heart) and L (light or liver). In fibroblasts and other cells, the cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF) specifically induces synthesis of the ferritin H subunit. Using nuclear run-off assays, we demonstrate that this TNF-dependent increase in ferritin H is mediated by a selective increase in ferritin H transcription. Transfection of murine fibroblasts with chimeric genes containing the 5'-flanking region of murine ferritin H fused to the human growth hormone reporter gene reveals that the cis-acting element that mediates this response is located approximately 4.8 kilobases distal to the start site of transcription. Deletion analyses delimit the TNF-responsive region to a 40-nucleotide sequence located between nucleotides -4776 and -4736, which we term FER-2. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays and site-specific mutations indicate that this region contains two independent elements: one contains a sequence that binds a member of the NF-kappa B family of transcription factors, and a second contains a novel sequence that partially conforms to the NF-kappa B consensus sequence and may bind a different member of the NF-kappa B/Rel transcription factor family. Thus, effects of an inflammatory cytokine on ferritin are mediated by a family of transcription factors responsive to oxidative stress.
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- E L Kwak
- Department of Medicine, Stanford University Medical School, California 94305, USA
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Muroi M, Muroi Y, Suzuki T. The binding of immobilized IgG2a to Fc gamma 2a receptor activates NF-kappa B via reactive oxygen intermediates and tumor necrosis factor-alpha 1. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)43850-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Ohmori Y, Tebo J, Nedospasov S, Hamilton T. Kappa B binding activity in a murine macrophage-like cell line. Sequence-specific differences in kappa B binding and transcriptional activation functions. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(17)32495-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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Fujihara M, Ito N, Pace J, Watanabe Y, Russell S, Suzuki T. Role of endogenous interferon-beta in lipopolysaccharide-triggered activation of the inducible nitric-oxide synthase gene in a mouse macrophage cell line, J774. J Biol Chem 1994. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)99942-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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