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- Patrick P McDonald
- Pulmonary Division, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke, Québec JIH 5N4, Canada
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Malcolm KC, Arndt PG, Manos EJ, Jones DA, Worthen GS. Microarray analysis of lipopolysaccharide-treated human neutrophils. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2003; 284:L663-70. [PMID: 12495940 DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00094.2002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Neutrophils respond to infection by degranulation, release of reactive oxygen intermediates, and secretion of chemokines and cytokines; however, activation of neutrophil transcriptional machinery has been little appreciated. Recent findings suggest that gene expression may represent an additional neutrophil function after exposure to lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We performed microarray gene expression analysis of 4,608 mostly nonredundant genes on LPS-stimulated human neutrophils. Analysis of three donors indicated some variability but also a high degree of reproducibility in gene expression. Twenty-eight verifiable, distinct genes were induced by 4 h of LPS treatment, and 13 genes were repressed. Genes other than cytokines and chemokines are regulated; interestingly, genes involved in cell growth regulation and survival, transcriptional regulation, and interferon response are among those induced, whereas genes involved in cytoskeletal regulation are predominantly repressed. In addition, we identified monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 as a novel LPS-regulated chemokine in neutrophils. Included in these lists are five clones with no defined function. These data suggest molecular mechanisms by which neutrophils respond to infection and indicate that the transcriptional potential of neutrophils is greater than previously thought.
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- Kenneth C Malcolm
- Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and Research Center, Denver 80206, USA.
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Kwon JH, Keates S, Simeonidis S, Grall F, Libermann TA, Keates AC. ESE-1, an enterocyte-specific Ets transcription factor, regulates MIP-3alpha gene expression in Caco-2 human colonic epithelial cells. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:875-84. [PMID: 12414801 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m208241200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We have previously shown that colonic epithelial cells are a major site of MIP-3alpha production in human colon and that enterocyte MIP-3alpha protein levels are elevated in inflammatory bowel disease. The aim of this study was to determine the molecular mechanisms regulating MIP-3alpha gene transcription in Caco-2 intestinal epithelial cells. We show that a kappaB element at nucleotides -82 to -93 of the MIP-3alpha promoter binds p50/p65 NF-kappaB heterodimers and is a major regulator of basal and interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta)-mediated gene activation. Scanning mutagenesis of the MIP-3alpha 5'-flanking region also identified two additional binding elements: Site X (nucleotides -63 to -69) and Site Y (nucleotides -143 to -154). Site X (CGCCTTC) bound Sp1 and regulated basal MIP-3alpha gene transcription. Overexpression of Sp1 increased basal luciferase activity, whereas, substitutions in the Sp1 element significantly reduced reporter activity. In contrast, Site Y (AAGCAGGAAGTT) regulated both basal and cytokine-induced gene activation and bound the Ets nuclear factor ESE-1. Substitutions in the Site Y element markedly reduced inducible MIP-3alpha reporter activity. Conversely, overexpression of ESE-1 significantly up-regulated MIP-3alpha luciferase levels. Taken together, our findings demonstrate that co-ordinate activation and binding of ESE-1, Sp1, and NF-kappaB to the MIP-3alpha promoter is required for maximal gene expression by cytokine-stimulated Caco-2 human intestinal epithelial cells.
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- John H Kwon
- Division of Gastroenterology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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Jaramillo M, Olivier M. Hydrogen peroxide induces murine macrophage chemokine gene transcription via extracellular signal-regulated kinase- and cyclic adenosine 5'-monophosphate (cAMP)-dependent pathways: involvement of NF-kappa B, activator protein 1, and cAMP response element binding protein. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:7026-38. [PMID: 12471138 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.12.7026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) has been shown to act as a second messenger that activates chemokine expression. In the present study, we investigated the mechanisms underlying this cellular regulation in the murine macrophage cell line B10R. We report that H(2)O(2) increases mRNA expression of various chemokines, macrophage-inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha/CC chemokine ligand (CCL)3, MIP-1beta/CCL4, MIP-2/CXC chemokine ligand 2, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1/CCL2, by activating the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway and the nuclear translocation of the transcription factors NF-kappaB, AP-1, and CREB. Blockage of the ERK pathway with specific inhibitors against mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 1/2 and ERK1/ERK2 completely abolished both the H(2)O(2)-mediated chemokine up-regulation and the activation of all NF studied. Similarly, selective inhibition of cAMP and NF-kappaB strongly down-regulated the induction of all chemokine transcripts as well as CREB and NF-kappaB activation, respectively. Of interest, we detected a significant decrease of NF-kappaB, AP-1, and CREB DNA binding activities by reciprocal competition for these binding sites when either specific cold oligonucleotides (NF-kappaB, AP-1, and CREB) or Abs against various transcription factor subunits (p50, p65, c-Fos, Jun B, c-Jun, and CREB-1) were added. These findings indicate that cooperation between ERK- and cAMP-dependent pathways seems to be required to achieve the formation of an essential transcriptional factor complex for maximal H(2)O(2)-dependent chemokine modulation. Finally, experiments performed with actinomycin D suggest that H(2)O(2)-mediated MIP-1beta mRNA up-regulation results from transcriptional control, whereas that of MIP-1alpha, MIP-2, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 is due to both gene transcription activation and mRNA posttranscriptional stabilization.
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- Maritza Jaramillo
- Centre de Recherche en Infectiologie, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec, Pavillon du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval, and Département de Biologie Médicale, Faculté de Médecine, Université Laval, Ste-Foy, Québec, Canada
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Rapisarda A, Pastorino S, Massazza S, Varesio L, Bosco MC. Antagonistic effect of picolinic acid and interferon-gamma on macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha/beta production. Cell Immunol 2002; 220:70-80. [PMID: 12718941 DOI: 10.1016/s0008-8749(03)00008-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The L-tryptophan catabolite, picolinic acid (PA), is an activator of macrophage effector functions and an inducer of macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) and -1beta (MIPs). We have investigated the regulation of PA-induced MIPs production in mouse macrophages. We demonstrated a dose- and time-dependent downregulation of MIPs mRNA by the Th1 cytokine, IFN-gamma, that was associated with inhibition of intracellular chemokine production and secretion. This effect was IFN-gamma-specific because MIPs induction was unaffected by the Th2 cytokines, IL-10 and IL-4, or the proinflammatory stimulus, LPS. Moreover, MIPs downregulation by IFN-gamma was dependent on both mRNA destabilization and gene transcription inhibition. These results demonstrate that MIP-1alpha/beta production by macrophages is a tightly regulated process resulting from the interaction between inhibitory stimuli derived from the immune system and stimulatory signals of non-immunologic origin. The antagonistic effect of PA and IFN-gamma on MIPs production may be important for the regulation of the inflammatory responses in vivo.
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Fernández N, Renedo M, García-Rodríguez C, Sánchez Crespo M. Activation of monocytic cells through Fc gamma receptors induces the expression of macrophage-inflammatory protein (MIP)-1 alpha, MIP-1 beta, and RANTES. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 169:3321-8. [PMID: 12218153 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.169.6.3321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Monocytic cells were stimulated with IgG-OVA equivalence immune complexes, mAb reacting with FcgammaRI, FcgammaRIIA, and FcgammaRIII, LPS, TNF-alpha, and the combination of ionomycin and phorbol ester, to address their effects on the expression of the mRNAs encoding for chemokines. Stimulation of monocytes with immune complexes induced a rapid expression of macrophage-inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha, MIP-1beta, and IL-8 mRNAs. In contrast, RANTES mRNA was already detectable in resting cells and only increased after 16 h of stimulation. A similar pattern was observed following homotypic stimulation of FcgammaR with mAb reacting with FcgammaRI and FcgammaRIIA, but not with a mAb reacting with FcgammaRIII, a subtype of receptor not expressed in THP-1 cells, thus indicating that both FcgammaRI and FcgammaRIIA are involved in the response. The pattern of chemokine induction elicited by LPS and the combination of ionomycin and PMA showed some similarities to those produced by FcgammaR cross-linking, although expression of IFN-gamma-inducible protein 10 mRNA was also observed in response to those agonists. The production of MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta, and RANTES proteins encompassing the induction of their mRNAs was confirmed by specific ELISA. Experiments to address the transcription factors involved in the regulation of MIP-1alpha using pharmacological agents and EMSA showed the possible involvement of CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta sites and ruled out the functional significance of both NF-AT and AP-1 sites.
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- Nieves Fernández
- Instituto de Biología y Genética Molecular, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, and Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Clínico Universitario, Valladolid, Spain
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Delgado M, Jonakait GM, Ganea D. Vasoactive intestinal peptide and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide inhibit chemokine production in activated microglia. Glia 2002; 39:148-61. [PMID: 12112366 DOI: 10.1002/glia.10098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Microglia react to even minor disturbances in CNS homeostasis and function as critical regulators of CNS inflammation. Activated microglia secrete inflammatory mediators such as cytokines and chemokines, which contribute to the pathophysiological changes associated with several neuroimmunologic disorders. Microglia-derived inflammatory chemokines recruit various populations of immune cells, which initiate and maintain the inflammatory response against foreign antigens. Entry and retention of activated immune cells in the CNS is a common denominator in a variety of traumatic, ischemic, and degenerative diseases. Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) are two structurally related neuropeptides that function as potent anti-inflammatory factors in the periphery. Here we investigated the effects of VIP and PACAP on chemokine production by activated microglia. VIP and PACAP inhibit the expression of the microglia-derived CXC chemokines MIP-2 and KC, and of the CC chemokines MIP-1alpha, -1beta, MCP-1, and RANTES. The inhibition of chemokine gene expression correlates with an inhibitory effect of VIP/PACAP on NFkB binding. The VIP/PACAP inhibition of both chemokine production and of NFkB binding is mediated through the specific receptor VPAC1 and involves a cAMP-dependent intracellular pathway. Of biological significance is the fact that the inhibition of chemokine production by VIP/PACAP leads to a significant reduction in the chemotactic activity generated by activated microglia for peripheral leukocytes, i.e., neutrophils, macrophages, and lymphocytes. Because reduction in the number and activation of infiltrating leukocytes represents an important factor in the control of inflammation in the CNS, VIP and/or PACAP released by neurons during an inflammatory response could serve as neuronal survival factors by limiting the inflammatory process.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Animals, Newborn
- Binding Sites/drug effects
- Binding Sites/genetics
- Brain/drug effects
- Brain/immunology
- Brain/metabolism
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokines/immunology
- Chemokines/metabolism
- Chemokines, CC/genetics
- Chemokines, CC/immunology
- Chemokines, CC/metabolism
- Chemokines, CXC/genetics
- Chemokines, CXC/immunology
- Chemokines, CXC/metabolism
- Chemotaxis/drug effects
- Chemotaxis/immunology
- Cyclic AMP/metabolism
- Cytokines/immunology
- Cytokines/pharmacology
- Encephalitis/drug therapy
- Encephalitis/immunology
- Encephalitis/metabolism
- Enzyme Inhibitors/pharmacology
- Lipopolysaccharides/immunology
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Macrophage Activation/drug effects
- Macrophage Activation/immunology
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Microglia/drug effects
- Microglia/immunology
- Microglia/metabolism
- NF-kappa B/antagonists & inhibitors
- NF-kappa B/immunology
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- Neuropeptides/immunology
- Neuropeptides/pharmacology
- Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/drug effects
- Promoter Regions, Genetic/immunology
- RNA, Messenger/drug effects
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/drug effects
- Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/immunology
- Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/metabolism
- Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide, Type I
- Signal Transduction/drug effects
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/immunology
- Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/pharmacology
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- Mario Delgado
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey 07102, USA
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Alton G, Schwamborn K, Satoh Y, Westwick JK. Therapeutic modulation of inflammatory gene transcription by kinase inhibitors. Expert Opin Biol Ther 2002; 2:621-32. [PMID: 12171506 DOI: 10.1517/14712598.2.6.621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Altered gene expression contributes to the aetiology of inflammatory disease by modulation of the concentration of disease-related proteins. The expression of inflammatory genes is controlled through the concerted actions of specific transcription factors. Signal transduction networks positively or negatively regulate the activity of these transcription factors. Key components of these networks are protein kinases, which phosphorylate substrates on tyrosine, threonine or serine residues. During the disease process, pro-inflammatory signalling at the cell surface leads to a cascade of kinase activation, which ultimately culminates in modulation of the activity of transcription factors. Thus, pharmacological inhibition of protein kinases is a potential therapeutic strategy to treat inflammation. There are approximately 500 protein kinases in the human genome. Targeted small molecule inhibitors of these kinases should allow for tissue- and disease-specific therapies of unprecedented selectivity. Heralding this new era in molecular medicine is imatinib (Gleevec, Norvartis) a recently marketed tyrosine kinase inhibitor. This review focuses on kinase inhibitors that are currently in development for inflammatory diseases and the transcription factors that are involved.
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- Gordon Alton
- Biochemistry Department, Pfizer Global Research and Development, La Jolla Laboratories, 4215 Sorrento Valley Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
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Wishah K, Malur A, Raychaudhuri B, Melton AL, Kavuru MS, Thomassen MJ. Nitric oxide blocks inflammatory cytokine secretion triggered by CD23 in monocytes from allergic, asthmatic patients and healthy controls. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2002; 89:78-82. [PMID: 12141726 DOI: 10.1016/s1081-1206(10)61915-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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BACKGROUND In allergic asthma, monocytes/macrophages may be activated to produce inflammatory cytokines through triggering of the low-affinity IgE receptor (CD23). Elevated airway levels of nitric oxide (NO) are associated with asthmatic exacerbations. Our previous work suggested that NO may function in an anti-inflammatory capacity by downregulating endotoxin-stimulated cytokine production by alveolar macrophages and matured monocytes. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of NO on CD23-triggered cytokine production by monocytes from asthmatic patients and healthy controls. METHODS Monocytes were obtained from normal volunteers (n = 13) and asthmatic patients with atopy (n = 8). Monocyte cultures were treated with interleukin-4 (IL-4) and granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) for 24 hours to upregulate CD23 expression. Cultures were stimulated by anti-CD23 and treated with DETA NONOate [2,2-(hydroxynitrosohydrazonon)-bis-ethanamine] releases NO in culture with t(1/2) of 20 hours at 37 degrees C for 24 hours. Cell free culture supernatants were collected and assayed by enzyme-linked immunoadsorbent assay for macrophage inflammatory protein-1-alpha (MIP-1) and IL-6. RESULTS NO inhibits MIP-1 secretion triggered by CD23 activation of IL-4- and GM-CSF-matured monocytes (percentage of MIP-1 suppression = 52 +/- 11 of monocytes from asthmatic patients; percentage = 55 +/- 8 healthy controls). The inhibitory effect of NO was not cytokine-specific, as similar results were obtained with IL-6 (50 +/- 9% IL-6 suppression, asthmatic patients; 66 +/- 20%, healthy controls). CONCLUSIONS The results demonstrate for the first time an inhibitory effect of NO on cytokine production stimulated by CD23 receptor activation. We suggest that NO may be upregulated as a potent anti-inflammatory agent in the asthmatic lung.
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- Kholoud Wishah
- Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio 44195-5038, USA
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Sugita S, Kohno T, Yamamoto K, Imaizumi Y, Nakajima H, Ishimaru T, Matsuyama T. Induction of macrophage-inflammatory protein-3alpha gene expression by TNF-dependent NF-kappaB activation. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2002; 168:5621-8. [PMID: 12023359 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.168.11.5621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Macrophage-inflammatory protein-3alpha (MIP-3alpha), also designated as liver and activation-regulated chemokine (LARC), Exodus, or CCL20, is a recently identified CC chemokine that is expected to play a crucial role in the initiation of immune responses. In this study, we describe that MIP-3alpha expression is under the direct control of NF-kappaB, a key transcription factor of immune and inflammatory responses. Overexpression of the p65/RelA subunit of NF-kappaB significantly increased the MIP-3alpha mRNA level. MIP-3alpha transcription was stimulated by TNF, and this stimulation was inhibited by an NF-kappaB inhibitor, I-kappaBalpha superrepressor. Analysis of the human MIP-3alpha promoter demonstrated a functional NF-kappaB site responsible for its expression. We also show that MIP-3alpha expression is induced in LPS-treated mouse livers that were primed with Propionibacterium acnes, which developed massive liver injury with infiltration of inflammatory cells. This induction was fully dependent on the TNF signaling cascade, because it was not observed in the livers of TNFR1-deficient mice. Furthermore, pretreatment with gliotoxin, an inhibitor of NF-kappaB activity, abrogated the P. acnes/LPS-induced MIP-3alpha expression of wild-type mice. These results clearly demonstrate that MIP-3alpha gene expression is dependent on NF-kappaB activity in vitro, and indicate that the TNFR1-mediated TNF signaling cascade that leads to NF-kappaB activation plays an essential role in MIP-3alpha expression in the murine liver injury model.
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- Shinichi Sugita
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, and Nagasaki University Medical Skill Junior College, Nagasaki, Japan
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Kim MO, Si Q, Zhou JN, Pestell RG, Brosnan CF, Locker J, Lee SC. Interferon-beta activates multiple signaling cascades in primary human microglia. J Neurochem 2002; 81:1361-71. [PMID: 12068083 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2002.00949.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Microglia, the resident brain macrophages, are the principal cells involved in the regulation of inflammatory and antimicrobial responses in the CNS. Interferon-beta (IFNbeta) is an antiviral cytokine induced by viral infection or following non-specific inflammatory challenges of the CNS. Because of the well-known anti-inflammatory properties of IFNbeta, it is also used to treat multiple sclerosis, an inflammatory CNS disease. Despite the importance of IFNbeta signaling in CNS cells, little has been studied, particularly in microglia. In this report, we investigated the molecular mechanisms underlying IFNbeta-induced beta-chemokine expression in primary human fetal microglia. Multiple signaling cascades are activated in microglia by IFNbeta, including nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), activator protein-1 (AP-1) and Jak/Stat. IFNbeta induced IkappaBalpha degradation and NF-kappaB (p65:p50) DNA binding. Inhibition of NF-kappaB by either adenoviral transduction of a super repressor IkappaBalpha, or an antioxidant inhibitor of NF-kappaB reduced expression of the beta-chemokines, regulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) and macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1beta. IFNbeta also induced phosphorylation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) mitogen-activated protein kinase, and the MAP kinase kinase 1 (MEK1) inhibitor PD98059 dose-dependently inhibited beta-chemokine mRNA and protein expression. PD98059 did not inhibit NF-kappaB binding, demonstrating that ERK was not responsible for NF-kappaB activation. Two downstream targets of ERK were identified in microglia: AP-1 and Stat1. IFNbeta induced AP-1 nuclear binding activity in microglia and this was suppressed by PD98059. Additionally, IFNbeta induced Stat1 phosphorylation at both tyrosine 701 (Y701) and serine 727 (S727) residues. S727 phosphorylation of Stat1, which is known to be required for maximal transcriptional activation, was inhibited by PD98059. Our results demonstrating multiple signaling cascades initiated by IFNbeta in primary human microglia are novel and have implications for inflammatory and infectious diseases of the CNS.
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- Mee-Ohk Kim
- Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York 10461, USA
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Takano H, Yanagisawa R, Ichinose T, Sadakane K, Yoshino S, Yoshikawa T, Morita M. Diesel exhaust particles enhance lung injury related to bacterial endotoxin through expression of proinflammatory cytokines, chemokines, and intercellular adhesion molecule-1. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002; 165:1329-35. [PMID: 11991888 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.2108122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Epidemiologic studies demonstrate acute and serious adverse effects of particulate air pollution on respiratory health, especially in people who are susceptible to bacterial infection. However, the underlying mechanism remains to be elucidated. To provide experimental evidence for the epidemiologic data, we determined the effects of diesel exhaust particles (DEP), major participants in particulate pollutants, on lung injury related to bacterial endotoxin in mice. Intratracheal instillation of DEPs synergistically enhanced lung injury related to endotoxin from gram-negative bacteria, which was characterized by neutrophil sequestration, interstitial edema, and alveolar hemorrhage. In the presence of endotoxin, DEPs further activated the nuclear translocation of p65 subunit of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) in the lung and increased the lung expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1, interleukin-1beta, macrophage chemoattractant protein-1, keratinocyte chemoattractant (KC), macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha, and Toll-like receptors. DEPs given alone increased the lung expression of Toll-like receptor 4 and the nuclear localization of p50 subunit of NF-kappaB. The combined exposure to DEPs and endotoxin decreased nuclear localization of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein beta. These results provide the first experimental evidence that DEPs enhance neutrophilic lung inflammation related to bacterial endotoxin. The enhancement is mediated by the induction of proinflammatory molecules, likely through the expression of Toll-like receptors and the activation of p65-containing dimer(s) of NF-kappaB, such as p65/p50.
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- Hirohisa Takano
- National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan.
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Pozo D, Guerrero JM, Calvo JR. Vasoactive intestinal peptide and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide inhibit LPS-stimulated MIP-1alpha production and mRNA expression. Cytokine 2002; 18:35-42. [PMID: 12090758 DOI: 10.1006/cyto.2002.1024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) are neuropeptides with immunomodulatory properties, including the regulation of several proinflammatory mediators. Such mediators, for example chemokines, influence trafficking of inflammatory cells and contribute to shaping the immune response. In the present work, we studied the effect of VIP and PACAP on the CC chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1alpha) production in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 macrophage cell line. VIP and PACAP inhibited the production of MIP-1alpha in a dose-dependent manner and over a broad spectrum of LPS concentrations. The use of selective agonists and antagonists of VIP/PACAP receptors showed that type 1 VIP receptor (VPAC1) is the major receptor involved, but the type 2 VIP receptor (VPAC2) may be also implicated. By using selective PKA and PKC inhibitors and cAMP mimicked agents, we demonstrated a cAMP-dependent signalling pathway for the inhibitory effect of VIP/PACAP on MIP-1alpha production, although a minor non-mediated cAMP pathway was also involved. mRNA expression studies showed a down-regulation of MIP-1alpha gene expression by VIP and PACAP. Taken together, the present work strongly supports an anti-inflammatory role of VIP and PACAP by a new mechanism associated with impairment of a key component of the chemokine network.
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- David Pozo
- Department of Medical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Seville School of Medicine, Sevilla, Spain
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Myeloid blood cells comprise an important component of the immune system. Proper control of both lineage- and stage-specific gene expression is required for normal myeloid cell development and function. In recent years, a relatively small number of critical transcriptional regulators have been identified that serve important roles both in myeloid cell development and regulation of lineage-restricted gene expression in mature myeloid cells. This review summarizes our current understanding of the regulation of lineage- and stage-restricted transcription during myeloid cell differentiation, how critical transcriptional regulators control myeloid cell development, and how perturbations in transcription factor function results in the development of leukemia.
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- David G Skalnik
- Department of Pediatrics, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
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Haskó G, Szabó C, Németh ZH, Deitch EA. Dopamine suppresses IL-12 p40 production by lipopolysaccharide-stimulated macrophages via a beta-adrenoceptor-mediated mechanism. J Neuroimmunol 2002; 122:34-9. [PMID: 11777541 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-5728(01)00459-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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In this study, we examined the effect of dopamine on the production of IL-12 p40 by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated J774.1 macrophages and mouse peritoneal macrophages. Treatment of J774.1 cells with dopamine (0.01-100 microM) decreased the release of IL-12 p40, in a concentration-dependent manner. The attenuating effect of dopamine on IL-12 p40 production appeared to be pretranslational, because dopamine decreased mRNA accumulation of IL-12 p40. The inhibitory effect of dopamine on IL-12 p40 production by J774.1 macrophages was not mediated by dopamine receptors, because dopamine receptor antagonists were unable to reverse the dopamine-induced suppression of IL-12 p40 production. Since the beta-adrenoceptor antagonist propranolol completely prevented the inhibitory effect of dopamine on IL-12 p40 production, the suppressive effect of dopamine on IL-12 p40 production by J774.1 cells is mediated by beta-adrenoceptors. In contrast to J774.1 cells, propranolol only partially reversed the inhibitory effect of dopamine on IL-12 production by peritoneal macrophages. Furthermore, dopamine stimulated the production of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 in both J774.1 cells and peritoneal macrophages. While the stimulatory effect of dopamine on IL-10 production by J774.1 cells was beta-adrenoceptor-mediated, dopamine increased IL-10 production by peritoneal macrophages via both beta-adrenoceptor-dependent and independent mechanisms. These results indicate that dopamine has multiple anti-inflammatory effects mediated by both beta-adrenoceptor dependent and independent mechanisms.
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- György Haskó
- Department of Surgery, UMD-New Jersey Medical School, 185 South Orange Avenue, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07103, USA.
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Wagner K, Dendorfer U, Chilla S, Schlöndorff D, Luckow B. Identification of new regulatory sequences far upstream of the mouse monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene. Genomics 2001; 78:113-23. [PMID: 11735217 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2001.6660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We systematically searched for sequences influencing the expression of the mouse monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) gene (Scya2) by mapping DNase I hypersensitive sites (HS) in the chromatin of mesangial cells in a 40-kb interval around the gene. We found nine HS located between -24 kb and +12.7 kb. Three HS coincided with previously known regulatory sequences (HS-2.4, HS-1.0, and HS-0.2). We tested two of the previously unknown HS located far upstream of Scya2 (HS-19.4 and HS-16.3) in transfection experiments using luciferase reporter constructs and mouse mesangial cells as recipients. In transient transfections, both HS had a moderate effect on basal promoter activity as well as promoter activity stimulated by tumor necrosis factor-alpha. In stable transfection experiments, we found much higher activity. A DNA fragment containing HS-19.4 and HS-16.3 caused a considerable increase in the number of stably integrated luciferase copies. We determined the nucleotide sequence of the 5' flanking region to -28.6 kb. Computer-assisted sequence analysis did not yield evidence of an additional gene. These HS are located within the 5' flanking region of a gene cluster consisting of Scya2 (MCP-1), Scya7 (MCP-3), Scya11 (eotaxin), Scya12 (MCP-5), and Scya8 (MCP-2). This report represents the first comprehensive chromatin analysis of the mouse MCP-1 locus leading to the identification of a complex regulatory region located far upstream of Scya2.
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- K Wagner
- Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Medizinische Poliklinik, Schillerstrasse 42, D-80336 München, Germany
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Barreda DR, Belosevic M. Transcriptional regulation of hemopoiesis. DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2001; 25:763-789. [PMID: 11602195 DOI: 10.1016/s0145-305x(01)00035-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The regulation of blood cell formation, or hemopoiesis, is central to the replenishment of mature effector cells of innate and acquired immune responses. These cells fulfil specific roles in the host defense against invading pathogens, and in the maintenance of homeostasis. The development of hemopoietic cells is under stringent control from extracellular and intracellular stimuli that result in the activation of specific downstream signaling cascades. Ultimately, all signal transduction pathways converge at the level of gene expression where positive and negative modulators of transcription interact to delineate the pattern of gene expression and the overall cellular hemopoietic response. Transcription factors, therefore, represent a nodal point of hemopoietic control through the integration of the various signaling pathways and subsequent modulation of the transcriptional machinery. Transcription factors can act both positively and negatively to regulate the expression of a wide range of hemopoiesis-relevant genes including growth factors and their receptors, other transcription factors, as well as various molecules important for the function of developing cells. The expression of these genes is dependent on the complex interactions between transcription factors, co-regulatory molecules, and specific binding sequences on the DNA. Recent advances in various vertebrate and invertebrate systems emphasize the importance of transcription factors for hemopoiesis control and the evolutionary conservation of several of such mechanisms. In this review we outline some of the key issues frequently identified in studies of the transcriptional regulation of hemopoietic gene expression. In teleosts, we expect that the characterization of several of these transcription factors and their regulatory mechanisms will complement recent advances in a number of fish systems where identification of cytokine and other hemopoiesis-relevant factors are currently under investigation.
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- D R Barreda
- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T6G 2E9
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Delgado M, Ganea D. Inhibition of endotoxin-induced macrophage chemokine production by VIP and PACAP in vitro and in vivo. Arch Physiol Biochem 2001; 109:377-82. [PMID: 11935377 DOI: 10.1076/apab.109.4.377.4237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Inflammatory chemokines recruit immune cells which initiate and maintain the inflammatory response. Although such a response is necessary for the elimination of the antigen, the inflammation has to be eventually resolved. Peptides such as vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), released following antigenic stimulation, contribute to the termination of an inflammatory response primarily by inhibiting the production of proinflammatory cytokines. Here we investigated the effects of VIP and PACAP on chemokine production. We report that VIP and PACAP inhibit the expression of the macrophage-derived CXC chemokines MIP-2 and KC (IL-8), and of the CC chemokines MIP-1a, MIP-1b, MCP-1 and RANTES in vivo and in vitro. The decrease of chemokine gene expression correlates with an inhibitory effect of VIP/PACAP on NFkB binding. In an in vivo model of acute peritonitis, the inhibition of chemokine production by VIP/PACAP leads to a significant reduction in the recruitment of PMNs, macrophages and lymphocytes into the peritoneal cavity. These findings support the proposed role of VIP and PACAP as key endogenous anti-inflammatory agents, and describe a novel mechanism, i.e., the inhibition of the production of macrophage-derived chemokines.
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- M Delgado
- Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, USA.
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Cipriani B, Borsellino G, Knowles H, Tramonti D, Cavaliere F, Bernardi G, Battistini L, Brosnan CF. Curcumin inhibits activation of Vgamma9Vdelta2 T cells by phosphoantigens and induces apoptosis involving apoptosis-inducing factor and large scale DNA fragmentation. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:3454-62. [PMID: 11544338 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.6.3454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Curcumin, in addition to its role as a spice, has been used for centuries to treat inflammatory disorders. Although the mechanism of action remains unclear, it has been shown to inhibit the activation of NF-kappaB and AP-1, transcription factors required for induction of many proinflammatory mediators. Due to its low toxicity it is currently under consideration as a broad anti-inflammatory, anti-tumor cell agent. In this study we investigated whether curcumin inhibited the response of gammadelta T cells to protease-resistant phosphorylated derivatives found in the cell wall of many pathogens. The results showed that curcumin levels > or =30 microM profoundly inhibited isopentenyl pyrophosphate-induced release of the chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha and -1beta and RANTES. Curcumin also blocked isopentenyl pyrophosphate-induced activation of NF-kappaB and AP-1. Commencing around 16 h, treatment with curcumin lead to the induction of cell death that could not be reversed by APC, IL-15, or IL-2. This cytotoxicity was associated with increased annexin V reactivity, nuclear expression of active caspase-3, cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase, translocation of apoptosis-inducing factor to the nucleus, and morphological evidence of nuclear disintegration. However, curcumin led to only large scale DNA chromatolysis, as determined by a combination of TUNEL staining and pulse-field and agarose gel electrophoresis, suggesting a predominantly apoptosis-inducing factor-mediated cell death process. We conclude that gammadelta T cells activated by these ubiquitous Ags are highly sensitive to curcumin, and that this effect may contribute to the anti-inflammatory properties of this compound.
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- B Cipriani
- Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
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Delgado M, Ganea D. Inhibition of endotoxin-induced macrophage chemokine production by vasoactive intestinal peptide and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide in vitro and in vivo. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2001; 167:966-75. [PMID: 11441105 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.167.2.966] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Inflammatory chemokines recruit various populations of immune cells that initiate and maintain the inflammatory response against foreign Ags. Although such a response is necessary for the elimination of the Ag, the inflammation has to be eventually resolved in a healthy organism. Neuropeptides such as vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP), released after antigenic stimulation, contribute to the termination of an inflammatory response primarily by inhibiting the production of proinflammatory cytokines. Here we investigated the effects of VIP and PACAP on chemokine production. We report that VIP and PACAP inhibit the expression of the macrophage-derived CXC chemokines macrophage inflammatory protein-2 and KC (IL-8), and of the CC chemokines MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1, and RANTES in vivo and in vitro. The inhibition of chemokine gene expression correlates with an inhibitory effect of VIP/PACAP on NF-kappaB binding and transactivating activity. The VIP/PACAP inhibition of both chemokine production and of NF-kappaB binding and transactivating activity is mediated through the specific VIP receptor VPAC1, and involves both cAMP-dependent and -independent intracellular pathways. In an in vivo model of acute peritonitis, the inhibition of chemokine production by VIP/PACAP leads to a significant reduction in the recruitment of polymorphonuclear cells, macrophages, and lymphocytes into the peritoneal cavity. These findings support the proposed role of VIP and PACAP as key endogenous anti-inflammatory agents and describe a novel mechanism, i.e., the inhibition of the production of macrophage-derived chemokines.
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MESH Headings
- Acute Disease
- Animals
- Cell Line
- Cell Migration Inhibition
- Cells, Cultured
- Chemokines/antagonists & inhibitors
- Chemokines/biosynthesis
- Chemokines/genetics
- Chemokines, CC/antagonists & inhibitors
- Chemokines, CC/biosynthesis
- Chemokines, CXC/antagonists & inhibitors
- Chemokines, CXC/biosynthesis
- Disease Models, Animal
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Injections, Intraperitoneal
- Interleukin-10/physiology
- Intracellular Fluid/immunology
- Lipopolysaccharides/administration & dosage
- Lipopolysaccharides/pharmacology
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/immunology
- Macrophages, Peritoneal/metabolism
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- NF-kappa B/antagonists & inhibitors
- NF-kappa B/genetics
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- Neuropeptides/administration & dosage
- Neuropeptides/pharmacology
- Peritonitis/immunology
- Peritonitis/pathology
- Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide
- Protein Binding/immunology
- RNA, Messenger/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA, Messenger/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/physiology
- Receptors, Vasoactive Intestinal Polypeptide, Type I
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/administration & dosage
- Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide/pharmacology
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- M Delgado
- Department of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, 101 Warren Street, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
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Rezzonico R, Imbert V, Chicheportiche R, Dayer JM. Ligation of CD11b and CD11c beta(2) integrins by antibodies or soluble CD23 induces macrophage inflammatory protein 1alpha (MIP-1alpha) and MIP-1beta production in primary human monocytes through a pathway dependent on nuclear factor-kappaB. Blood 2001; 97:2932-40. [PMID: 11342414 DOI: 10.1182/blood.v97.10.2932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Chemokines and adhesion molecules such as integrins play a major part in the trafficking, extravasation, and recruitment of leukocytes to inflammatory sites. This study investigated the effects of beta(2) integrin engagement on chemokine production by freshly isolated human monocytes. We found that ligation of CD11b or CD11c but not CD11a alpha chains of beta(2) integrins by antibodies or soluble CD23 (sCD23) fusion proteins rapidly induced transcription and secretion of interleukin 8, macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP) 1alpha, and MIP-1beta. Because the promoters of these chemokine genes contain kappaB binding sites, we assessed the possible role of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) in controlling induction of the genes through beta(2) integrin engagement. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays showed that sCD23 or antibodies to CD11b or to CD11c up-regulated DNA-binding activity of NF-kappaB. Activation of NF-kappaB was accompanied by degradation of its cytosolic inhibitor IkappaB-alpha. Blockade of depletion of IkappaB-alpha by proteasome inhibitors (proteasome inhibitor I or acetyl-leucinyl-leucinyl-norleucinal) led to concomitant inhibition of NF-kappaB DNA-binding activity and expression of MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta messenger RNA induced by beta(2) integrin ligation. These results suggest that triggering of CD11b or CD11c beta(2) integrin on primary human monocytes provides activation signals leading to nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB and subsequent secretion of MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta that may have an important role in recruitment of other inflammatory cells during initiation of an inflammatory response.
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- R Rezzonico
- Division of Immunology and Allergy, Clinical Immunology Unit (Hans Wilsdorf Laboratory), Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
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Rudders S, Gaspar J, Madore R, Voland C, Grall F, Patel A, Pellacani A, Perrella MA, Libermann TA, Oettgen P. ESE-1 is a novel transcriptional mediator of inflammation that interacts with NF-kappa B to regulate the inducible nitric-oxide synthase gene. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:3302-9. [PMID: 11036073 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m006507200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Inflammation is a hallmark of several vascular diseases. The nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) transcription factors are dimeric proteins involved in the activation of a large number of genes in response to inflammatory stimuli. We report the involvement of a novel member of the ETS transcription factor, ESE-1, in mediating vascular inflammation. ESE-1 is induced in response to inflammatory cytokines and lipopolysaccharide in vascular smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, and cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage. This induction occurs within hours of stimulation and is mediated by NF-kappaB transactivation of the ESE-1 promoter. We have identified the inducible form of nitric-oxide synthase (NOS2) as a putative target for ESE-1. ESE-1 can bind to the p50 subunit of NF-kappaB, and cotransfection of ESE-1 with the p50 and p65 subunits of NF-kappaB synergistically enhances transactivation of the NOS2 promoter by ESE-1. An ESE-1-binding site within the NOS2 promoter has been identified, the site-directed mutagenesis of which completely abolishes the ability of ESE-1 to transactivate the NOS2 promoter. Finally, in a mouse model of endotoxemia, associated with acute vascular inflammation, ESE-1 is strongly expressed in vascular endothelium and smooth muscle cells. In summary, ESE-1 represents a novel mediator of vascular inflammation.
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- S Rudders
- Cardiology Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
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Ets is a family of transcription factors present in species ranging from sponges to human. All family members contain an approximately 85 amino acid DNA binding domain, designated the Ets domain. Ets proteins bind to specific purine-rich DNA sequences with a core motif of GGAA/T, and transcriptionally regulate a number of viral and cellular genes. Thus, Ets proteins are an important family of transcription factors that control the expression of genes that are critical for several biological processes, including cellular proliferation, differentiation, development, transformation, and apoptosis. Here, we tabulate genes that are regulated by Ets factors and describe past, present and future strategies for the identification and validation of Ets target genes. Through definition of authentic target genes, we will begin to understand the mechanisms by which Ets factors control normal and abnormal cellular processes.
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- V I Sementchenko
- Center for Molecular and Structural Biology, Hollings Cancer Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, SC 29403, USA
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Chung KF, Adcock IM. Induction of nuclear factor-kappa B by exposure to ozone and inhibition by glucocorticoids. Methods Enzymol 2000; 319:551-62. [PMID: 10907543 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(00)19052-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023]
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- K F Chung
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Isomoto H, Mizuta Y, Miyazaki M, Takeshima F, Omagari K, Murase K, Nishiyama T, Inoue K, Murata I, Kohno S. Implication of NF-kappaB in Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis. Am J Gastroenterol 2000; 95:2768-76. [PMID: 11051346 DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2000.02304.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Transcription factor NF-kappaB plays a pivotal role in inflammatory responses by up-regulating mRNA expression of bioactive molecules such as chemokines and adhesion molecules. The present study was designed to elucidate the implication of NF-kappaB in Helicobacter pylori-associated gastritis (HAG). METHODS We examined 41 patients with HAG and 18 H. pylori-negative control subjects. Expression of activated NF-kappaB was studied in situ by immunohistochemistry using alpha-p65 mouse monoclonal antibody (alpha-p65 mAb), which recognizes activated NF-kappaB. To identify the cell types in which NF-kappaB was activated, we performed immunohistochemical analysis using antibodies against vascular endothelial cells, macrophages, and B and T lymphocytes. We also examined the colocalization of activated NF-kappaB with the of intercellular expression adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) on endothelial cells. We measured the levels of NF-kappaB-dependent chemokines including interleukin-8 (IL-8) and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), regulated on activation normal T-cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) and macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) in antral mucosa by ELISA (ELISA). RESULTS Activated NF-kappaB was detected in the nuclei of epithelial cells in antral mucosa, especially of patients with HAG. NF-kappaB positivity index (NF-kappaB PI), representing the percentages of epithelial cells with positive nuclear staining for activated NF-kappaB, was significantly higher in patients with HAG than in H. pylori-negative controls. NF-kappaB PI correlated significantly with histological scores of gastritis. Moreover, activated NF-kappaB was identified in the nuclei of vascular endothelial cells, macrophages, and B lymphocytes within the lamina propria in HAG. Colocalization of activated NF-kappaB with ICAM-1 expression in the same endothelial cells was demonstrated. The IL-8 levels significantly correlated with the NF-kappaB PI. CONCLUSIONS In addition to epithelial cells, macrophages, vascular endothelial cells, and B lymphocytes contained activated NF-kappaB. In these cells, activated NF-kappaB may be involved in the inflammation process in HAG through the up-regulation of chemokines or adhesion molecules.
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- H Isomoto
- The Second Department of Internal Medicine, Nagasaki University School of Medicine, Japan
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Wang MJ, Jeng KC, Shih PC. Differential expression and regulation of macrophage inflammatory protein (MIP)-1alpha and MIP-2 genes by alveolar and peritoneal macrophages in LPS-hyporesponsive C3H/HeJ mice. Cell Immunol 2000; 204:88-95. [PMID: 11069716 DOI: 10.1006/cimm.2000.1697] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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A point mutation in Toll-like receptor 4 (Tlr4) gene in C3H/HeJ mice underlies a defect in LPS-induced cytokine production by peritoneal macrophages (PMphi;). Whether the C-C and the C-X-C chemokines are induced differently by LPS between alveolar macrophages (AMphi;) and PMphi; in this mice remains unclear. Thus, we examined the expression and regulation of macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha (MIP-1alpha) and macrophage inflammatory protein-2 (MIP-2) in C3H/HeJ macrophages. These results showed that the accumulation of MIP-1alpha and MIP-2 mRNA increased dose dependently in response to LPS. PMphi; responded to LPS to produce significantly higher levels of both chemokine mRNA and protein than AMphi;. In addition, both macrophages produced much more MIP-2 than MIP-1alpha by the same doses of LPS stimulation. Moreover, the chemokine production by C3H/HeN macrophages was significantly higher than that of the C3H/HeJ macrophages. IFN-gamma suppressed the LPS-induced MIP-1alpha release but enhanced the LPS-induced MIP-2 secretion in both macrophages. These results show that the chemokine production was induced and regulated differentially in AMphi; and PMphi;.
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- M J Wang
- Department of Education and Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, 40705, Republic of China
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Blackwell TS, Yull FE, Chen CL, Venkatakrishnan A, Blackwell TR, Hicks DJ, Lancaster LH, Christman JW, Kerr LD. Multiorgan nuclear factor kappa B activation in a transgenic mouse model of systemic inflammation. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2000; 162:1095-101. [PMID: 10988136 DOI: 10.1164/ajrccm.162.3.9906129] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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We utilized a line of transgenic mice expressing Photinus luciferase complementary DNA (cDNA) under the control of a nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB)-dependent promoter (from the 5' human immunodeficiency virus-1 [HIV-1] long terminal repeat) to examine the role of NF-kappaB activation in the pathogenesis of systemic inflammation induced by bacterial endotoxin (lipopolysaccharide [LPS]). After intraperitoneal injection of E. coli LPS, these mice displayed a time- and dose-dependent, organ-specific pattern of luciferase expression, showing that NF-kappaB-dependent gene transcription is transiently activated in multiple organs by systemic LPS administration. Luciferase expression in liver could be specifically blocked by intravenous administration of replication-deficient adenoviral vectors expressing a dominant inhibitor of NF-kappaB (IkappaB-alphaDN), confirming that luciferase gene expression is a surrogate marker for NF-kappaB activation in this line of mice. After treatment with intraperitoneal LPS, the mice were found to have increased lung tissue messenger RNA (mRNA) expression of a variety of cytokines that are thought to be NF-kappaB-dependent, as well as elevated serum concentrations of presumed NF-kappaB-dependent cytokines. In lung tissue homogenates, a close correlation was identified between luciferase activity and KC levels. These studies show that systemic treatment with LPS orchestrates a multiorgan NF-kappaB-dependent response that likely regulates the pathobiology of systemic inflammation.
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- T S Blackwell
- Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary, and Critical Care Medicine, Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and Cell Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, USA.
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Hornung F, Scala G, Lenardo MJ. TNF-alpha-induced secretion of C-C chemokines modulates C-C chemokine receptor 5 expression on peripheral blood lymphocytes. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:6180-7. [PMID: 10843668 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.12.6180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Peripheral blood lymphocytes express CCR5, a chemokine receptor for immune cell migration and calcium signaling that serves as an important coreceptor for the HIV. After in vitro stimulation, CCR5 expression is dramatically increased on mature T lymphocytes, especially on the CD45RO+ memory subset. In this study, we report that TNF-alpha delays the surface expression of CCR5 on PBLs after activation and diminishes CCR5 irrespective of its initial level. Functional loss of CCR5 is reflected in a decreased capability of the treated cells to migrate and signal calcium after MIP-1beta stimulation. The effect is mediated via the p80 type II TNF receptor (TNFR2), which induces NF-kappaB among other factors, leading to an enhanced secretion of the chemokines macrophage-inflammatory protein-1alpha, macrophage-inflammatory protein-1beta, and RANTES. Expression of these chemokines directly down-regulates CCR5. These findings reveal a new regulatory mechanism utilized by activated peripheral T cells to modulate their chemotaxis and potentially other functions mediated by CCR5, including the infection of T lymphocytes by macrophage-tropic HIV strains.
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MESH Headings
- Antibodies/pharmacology
- Antigens, CD/physiology
- Binding, Competitive/immunology
- CCR5 Receptor Antagonists
- Calcium Signaling/immunology
- Cell Migration Inhibition
- Chemokine CCL4
- Chemokine CCL5/antagonists & inhibitors
- Chemokine CCL5/immunology
- Chemokine CCL5/metabolism
- Chemokines, CC/blood
- Chemokines, CC/metabolism
- Chemotaxis, Leukocyte/immunology
- Down-Regulation/immunology
- Humans
- Lymphocyte Activation/immunology
- Lymphocytes/metabolism
- Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/antagonists & inhibitors
- Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/immunology
- Macrophage Inflammatory Proteins/metabolism
- NF-kappa B/physiology
- Receptors, CCR5/biosynthesis
- Receptors, CCR5/blood
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/physiology
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type II
- Signal Transduction/immunology
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/physiology
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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- F Hornung
- Laboratory of Immunology and Laboratory of Immunoregulation, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
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Gupta AK, Diaz RA, Higham S, Kone BC. alpha-MSH inhibits induction of C/EBPbeta-DNA binding activity and NOS2 gene transcription in macrophages. Kidney Int 2000; 57:2239-48. [PMID: 10844594 DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1755.2000.00084.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND alpha-Melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alpha-MSH) is an endogenous tridecapeptide that exerts anti-inflammatory actions and abrogates postischemic renal injury in rodents. alpha-MSH inhibits lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced gene expression of several cytokines, chemokines, and nitric oxide synthase-2 (NOS2), but the molecular mechanisms underlying these effects have not been clearly defined. To test the hypothesis that alpha-MSH inhibits the expression of inducible trans-activating factors involved in NOS2 regulation, we used RAW 264.7 macrophage cells to examine the effects of alpha-MSH on the activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) and CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-beta (C/EBPbeta), trans-acting factors known to be involved in LPS + interferon (IFN)-gamma induction of the NOS2 gene. METHODS Gel shift assays were performed to identify NF-kappaB and C/EBP DNA binding activities in LPS + IFN-gamma-treated RAW 264.7 cells in the presence and absence of alpha-MSH. NOS2 promoter assays were conducted to identify the effects of alpha-MSH on LPS + IFN-gamma-mediated induction of NOS2 transcription. RESULTS Gel shift assays demonstrated LPS + IFN-gamma induction of NF-kappaB and C/EBP family protein-DNA complexes in nuclei harvested from the cells. Supershift assays revealed that the C/EBP complexes were comprised of C/EBPbeta, but not C/EBPalpha, C/EBPdelta, or C/EBPepsilon. alpha-MSH (100 nmol/L) inhibited the LPS + IFN-gamma-mediated induction of nuclear DNA binding activity of C/EBPbeta, but not that of NF-kappaB (in contrast to reports in other cell types), as well as the activity of a murine NOS2 promoter-luciferase construct. In contrast, alpha-MSH (100 nmol/L) had no effect on the induction of NOS2 promoter-luciferase genes harboring deletion or mutation of the C/EBP box. CONCLUSIONS These data indicate that alpha-MSH inhibits the induction of C/EBPbeta DNA binding activity and that this effect is a major mechanism by which alpha-MSH inhibits the transcription of the NOS2 gene. The inability of alpha-MSH to inhibit LPS + IFN-gamma induction of NF-kappaB in murine macrophage cells, which contrasts with inhibitory effects of the neuropeptide in other cell types, suggests that cell-type-specific mechanisms are involved.
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- A K Gupta
- Departments of Internal Medicine and of Integrative Biology, Pharmacology and Physiology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
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Brightbill HD, Plevy SE, Modlin RL, Smale ST. A prominent role for Sp1 during lipopolysaccharide-mediated induction of the IL-10 promoter in macrophages. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2000; 164:1940-51. [PMID: 10657644 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.164.4.1940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 224] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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IL-10 is an antiinflammatory cytokine secreted by activated macrophages and Th2 cells. IL-10 secretion promotes the down-regulation of proinflammatory cytokine synthesis and the development of Th2 responses. In macrophages, proinflammatory cytokines appear to be induced by similar mechanisms, but the IL-10 induction mechanisms have not been examined. We have analyzed the murine IL-10 promoter in the RAW264.7 macrophage line activated with LPS. A comprehensive mutant analysis revealed only one element upstream of the core promoter that was essential for promoter induction. A refined mutant analysis localized this element to nucleotides -89 to -78, and gel shift experiments revealed that it represents a nonconsensus binding site for Sp1. The functional relevance of Sp1 was supported by the high affinity of the interaction, the close correlation between the nucleotides required for Sp1 binding and promoter function, and the ability of an Sp1 consensus sequence to substitute for the -89/-78 promoter sequence. Evidence that Sp1 may be a target of signaling pathways involved in IL-10 induction was provided by the exclusive requirement for the Sp1 binding site, by the ability of the Sp1 site to confer induction to a heterologous promoter, and by the delineation of an Sp1 domain that can mediate induction. No relevant contribution from Rel, C/EBP (CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein), or AP-1 binding sites, which regulate most proinflammatory cytokine promoters, was observed. Together, these results demonstrate that IL-10 gene regulation is distinct from the regulation of proinflammatory cytokine genes, and suggest that Sp1 may be a central mediator of IL-10 induction.
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- H D Brightbill
- Department of Microbiology, Division of Dermatology, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Tsukamoto H, Lin M, Ohata M, Giulivi C, French SW, Brittenham G. Iron primes hepatic macrophages for NF-kappaB activation in alcoholic liver injury. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2000; 277:G1240-50. [PMID: 10600822 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.1999.277.6.g1240] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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NF-kappaB activation induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in cultured hepatic macrophages (HM) may be abrogated by pretreatment of cells with a lipophilic iron chelator, 1,2-dimethyl-3-hydroxypyrid-4-one (L1, deferiprone), suggesting a role for iron in this molecular event [M. Lin, M., R. A. Rippe, O. Niemelä, G. Brittenham, and H. Tsukamoto, Am. J. Physiol. 272 (Gastrointest. Liver Physiol. 35): G1355-G1364, 1997]. To ascertain the relevance in vivo of this hypothesis, HM from an experimental model of alcoholic liver injury were examined for the relationship between nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB activation and iron storage. HM showed a significant increase in nonheme iron concentration (+70%), accompanied by enhanced generation of electron paramagnetic resonance-detected radicals (+200%), NF-kappaB activation (+100%), and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (+150%) and macrophage inflammatory protein-1 (+280%) mRNA induction. Treatment of the cells ex vivo with L1 normalized all these parameters. HM content of ferritin protein, ferritin L chain mRNA, and hemeoxygenase-1 mRNA and splenic content of nonheme iron were increased, suggesting enhanced heme turnover as a cause of the increased iron storage and NF-kappaB activation. To test this possibility, increased iron content in HM was reproduced in vitro by phagocytosis of heat-treated red blood cells. Treatment caused a 40% increase in nonheme iron concentration and accentuated LPS-induced NF-kappaB activation twofold. Both effects could be abolished by pretreatment of cells with zinc protoporphyrin, a hemeoxygenase inhibitor. To extend this observation, animals were splenectomized before 9-wk alcohol feeding. Splenectomy resulted in further increments in HM nonheme iron storage (+60%) and NF-kappaB activation (+90%) and mononuclear cell infiltration (+450%), particularly around the iron-loaded HM in alcohol-fed animals. These results support the pivotal role of heme-derived iron in priming HM for NF-kappaB activation and expression of proinflammatory genes in alcoholic liver injury.
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- H Tsukamoto
- Department of Medicine and Pathology, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, California.
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Martín JC, Bandrés JC. Cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage and pathogenesis of HIV-1 infection. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 1999; 22:413-29. [PMID: 10961602 DOI: 10.1097/00126334-199912150-00001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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It is thought that monocyte-macrophages and probably dendritic cells play a central role in HIV-1 primary infection, as well as in its evolution, given that they are among the first cells infected and later function as important reservoirs for the virus. These cells may participate in the selection of certain viral strains instead of others. Levels of CCR5 coreceptor expression on the surface of monocytes and macrophages determine their susceptibility to infection by HIV-1 strains using this coreceptor and may explain, in part, the differences in the infectivity of these cells through the maturation process. However, selection for certain strains is not only determined by the level of coreceptor expression, but by the biochemical properties of the different coreceptors and their relationship with other surface molecules and the chemokine and cytokine networks, which also influence the selective viral infection and replication in these cells. Any current or newly designed therapies need to be evaluated, including careful analysis of the levels of HIV-1 infection of the cells of the monocyte-macrophage lineage, because these cells are both significant viral reservoirs and a center of virus production at all stages of the disease.
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- J C Martín
- New York Harbor VA Medical Center, New York, USA
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The vertebrate transcription factor NF-kappaB is induced by over 150 different stimuli. Active NF-kappaB, in turn, participates in the control of transcription of over 150 target genes. Because a large variety of bacteria and viruses activate NF-kappaB and because the transcription factor regulates the expression of inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, immunoreceptors, and cell adhesion molecules, NF-kappaB has often been termed a 'central mediator of the human immune response'. This article contains a complete listing of all NF-kappaB inducers and target genes described to date. The collected data argue that NF-kappaB functions more generally as a central regulator of stress responses. In addition, NF-kappaB activation blocks apoptosis in several cell types. Coupling stress responsiveness and anti-apoptotic pathways through the use of a common transcription factor may result in increased cell survival following stress insults.
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- H L Pahl
- Department of Experimental Anesthesiology, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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The vertebrate transcription factor NF-kappaB is induced by over 150 different stimuli. Active NF-kappaB, in turn, participates in the control of transcription of over 150 target genes. Because a large variety of bacteria and viruses activate NF-kappaB and because the transcription factor regulates the expression of inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, immunoreceptors, and cell adhesion molecules, NF-kappaB has often been termed a 'central mediator of the human immune response'. This article contains a complete listing of all NF-kappaB inducers and target genes described to date. The collected data argue that NF-kappaB functions more generally as a central regulator of stress responses. In addition, NF-kappaB activation blocks apoptosis in several cell types. Coupling stress responsiveness and anti-apoptotic pathways through the use of a common transcription factor may result in increased cell survival following stress insults.
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- H L Pahl
- Department of Experimental Anesthesiology, University of Freiburg, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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Jacob KK, Stanley FM. CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein alpha is a physiological regulator of prolactin gene expression. Endocrinology 1999; 140:4542-50. [PMID: 10499509 DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.10.7076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The sequence -101/-92 of the PRL promoter has been shown to be essential for both basal and hormone-increased PRL gene transcription. It is important to identify transcription factors that bind to this sequence if we are to understand the regulation of the PRL gene. Nuclear proteins, metabolically labeled with 35S were used in gel mobility shift experiments to examine which protein(s) binds to this region of the PRL promoter. An abundant 43-kDa protein binds to the PRL promoter at -106/-87. Two 43-kDa transcription factors were identified in cytosolic extracts of GH4 cells, CCAAT enhancer-binding protein alpha (C/EBP alpha) and cAMP response element-binding protein. Both of these bind to the PRL promoter, and both were present in GH4 cell nuclear extract, but only C/EBP alpha was definitively identified in complexes with PRL promoter DNA. Expression of C/EBP alpha increased basal PRL gene expression almost 6-fold, whereas expression of Chop10 that can act as an inhibitor of C/EBP alpha reduced the basal activity of the PRL promoter 60-75%. Mutational analysis demonstrated that the ability of C/EBP alpha to increase basal expression of the PRL promoter was dependent on the sequence -101/-92. These data suggest that C/EBP alpha is an important transcription factor that regulates PRL gene expression.
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- K K Jacob
- Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York 10016, USA
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Génin P, Mamane Y, Kwon H, LePage C, Wainberg MA, Hiscott J. Differential regulation of CC chemokine gene expression in human immunodeficiency virus-infected myeloid cells. Virology 1999; 261:205-15. [PMID: 10497106 DOI: 10.1006/viro.1999.9852] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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The importance of chemokine expression on HIV infection has been emphasized by the discovery that infection of CD4(+) T cells by M-tropic strains of HIV-1 is antagonized by the chemokines RANTES, MIP-1alpha, and MIP-1beta, which are natural ligands of CCR5, a major coreceptor for macrophagetropic (M-tropic) isolates of HIV-1. Similarly, the CCR2b ligands MCP-1 and MCP-3 inhibit productive infection of PBMCs by both CCR5- and CXCR4-dependent strains of HIV-1, suggesting that expression of the MCP-1 chemokine may affect HIV infection via signaling through the CCR2 receptor and subsequent desensitization of the CCR5 and/or CXCR4 signaling pathway. Given the major role played by chemokine receptors in HIV-1 fusion/entry and the regulatory effects of chemokines on HIV-1 infection, we examined the pattern of chemokine gene expression in HIV-1-infected myeloid cells and in primary monocyte/macrophages. Chronic HIV-1 infection of U937 monocytic cells increased the expression of RANTES, MIP-1alpha, MIP-1beta, and IL-8 chemokine genes, but strongly inhibited PMA/PHA- and TNFalpha-induced MCP-1 gene transcription. HIV-1-mediated inhibition of MCP-1 transcription and secretion was further confirmed in de novo HIV-1-infected U937 cells and correlated with a delay in HIV- and signal-induced NF-kappaB binding to the MCP-1 promoter. The inhibition of MCP-1 gene expression may provide a mechanism by which HIV-1 escapes the early influence of chemokine expression in monocytic cells.
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- P Génin
- Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, McGill University, Montreal, H3T 1E2, Canada
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Pope RM, Lovis R, Mungre S, Perlman H, Koch AE, Haines GK. C/EBP beta in rheumatoid arthritis: correlation with inflammation, not disease specificity. Clin Immunol 1999; 91:271-82. [PMID: 10370372 DOI: 10.1006/clim.1999.4723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Rheumatoid arthritis synovial tissue was examined and compared with osteoarthritis tissue for the presence of the nuclear transcription factor C/EBP beta (NF-IL-6). The region (lining or sublining), cell type, and subcellular distribution (cytoplasmic or nuclear) of the expression of C/EBP beta was characterized. Rheumatoid arthritis synovial fluid and blood and normal peripheral blood were also examined. C/EBP beta was detected in the synovial lining and in sublining cells of synovial tissue from patients with both rheumatoid and osteoarthritis. A significant (P < 0.001 and < 0.05, respectively) increase in the percentage of cells with nuclear staining was seen in the lining layer, compared to cells in the sublining region, in rheumatoid and osteoarthritis. In both diseases a strong correlation (r = 0.79, P < 0.001) was observed between the percentage of cells in the synovial lining that were positive for nuclear C/EBP beta and lining cell depth. Two-color immunohistochemistry demonstrated that both macrophages and fibroblast-like synoviocytes were positive for nuclear C/EBP beta. The presence of C/EBP beta was confirmed by immunohistochemistry and Western blot analysis with isolated synovial fibroblasts. Nuclear C/EBP beta was also detected in rheumatoid synovial fluid monocytes/macrophages, but not in lymphocytes or neutrophils. Western blot analysis confirmed the presence of C/EBP beta in these cells. The intensity of C/EBP beta staining was greater (P < 0.001) in synovial fluid monocytes than in those from normal or rheumatoid peripheral blood. In conclusion, the enhanced nuclear staining for C/EBP beta in the synovial lining, compared to the sublining, suggesting activation in the lining, and the positive correlation of lining layer depth with the percentage of cells in the lining positive for nuclear C/EBP beta, suggest a potential role for C/EBP beta in chronic inflammation. The regulation of the production or activity of C/EBP beta, to inhibit inflammatory mediator expression by synovial macrophages and fibroblasts, offers a novel approach to therapeutic intervention.
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- R M Pope
- Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago 60611, USA
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Czermak BJ, Lentsch AB, Bless NM, Schmal H, Friedl HP, Ward PA. Synergistic enhancement of chemokine generation and lung injury by C5a or the membrane attack complex of complement. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 1999; 154:1513-24. [PMID: 10329604 PMCID: PMC1866590 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)65405-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Complement plays an important role in many acute inflammatory responses. In the current studies it was demonstrated that, in the presence of either C5a or sublytic forms of the complement-derived membrane attack complex (MAC), rat alveolar macrophages costimulated with IgG immune complexes demonstrated synergistic production of C-X-C (macrophage inflammatory protein-2 and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant) and C-C (macrophage inflammatory protein-1alpha and monocyte chemoattractant-1) chemokines. In the absence of the costimulus, C5a or MAC did not induce chemokine generation. In in vivo studies, C5a and MAC alone caused limited or no intrapulmonary generation of chemokines, but in the presence of a costimulus (IgG immune complexes) C5a and MAC caused synergistic intrapulmonary generation of C-X-C and C-C chemokines but not of tumor necrosis factor alpha. Under these conditions increased neutrophil accumulation occurred, as did lung injury. These observations suggest that C5a and MAC function synergistically with a costimulus to enhance chemokine generation and the intensity of the lung inflammatory response.
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- B J Czermak
- Department of Trauma Surgery, University of Freiburg Medical School, Freiburg/Breisgau, Germany
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Maehara K, Hasegawa T, Xiao H, Takeuchi A, Abe R, Isobe K. Cooperative interaction of NF-kappaB and C/EBP binding sites is necessary for manganese superoxide dismutase gene transcription mediated by lipopolysaccharide and interferon-gamma. FEBS Lett 1999; 449:115-9. [PMID: 10338115 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00408-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Expression of the manganese superoxide dismutase (Mn-SOD) is induced by pro-inflammatory cytokines. We investigated the cis-acting elements within a tumor necrosis factor-responsive element (TNFRE) which was identified in the second intron of the murine Mn-SOD gene. Site-directed mutagenesis, reporter plasmid transfection studies and electrophoretic mobility shift assays demonstrated that inducible transcription factors enhanced the transcriptional activity of the Mn-SOD gene through the TNFRE. The cooperation between proteins binding to the newly identified NF-kappaB and C/EBP sites led to synergistic gene transcription. This report provides the first evidence that cooperation between two distinct cis-acting elements may be required for induction of Mn-SOD gene expression mediated by lipopolysaccharide and interferon-gamma.
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- K Maehara
- Department of Basic Gerontology, National Institute for Longevity Sciences, Obu, Aichi, Japan
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Lloberas J, Soler C, Celada A. The key role of PU.1/SPI-1 in B cells, myeloid cells and macrophages. IMMUNOLOGY TODAY 1999; 20:184-9. [PMID: 10203717 DOI: 10.1016/s0167-5699(99)01442-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- J Lloberas
- Dept de Fisiologia (Biologia del macrofag), Facultat de Biologia, and Fundació August Pi i Sunyer, Campus Bellvitge, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain
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Autocrine Signals Control CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein β Expression, Localization, and Activity in Macrophages. Blood 1998. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.11.4353.423k21_4353_4365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ, or NF-IL6) is expressed in macrophages, where it participates in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-mediated induction of proinflammatory cytokine genes such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-1β. We have identified activities in conditioned medium from a macrophage tumor cell line that regulates the expression, localization, and transcriptional activity of C/EBPβ. One factor was shown to be tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-), which increased C/EBPβ expression by a posttranscriptional mechanism. A second activity, designated autocrine macrophage factor (AMF), elicited a change in C/EBPβ localization from a punctate nuclear staining pattern to diffuse nuclear distribution. The punctate form of C/EBPβ correlated with increased susceptibility of this protein to cleavage by an endogenous protease during nuclear extract preparation. Conditioned medium stimulated the ability of C/EBPβ to transactivate a reporter gene and activated the expression of two cytokine genes that are putative targets of C/EBPβ. These observations suggest that diffuse distribution of C/EBPβ in the nucleus corresponds to an activated form of this protein. AMF activity could not be mimicked by an extensive set of recombinant cytokines and growth factors and therefore may represent a novel extracellular factor.
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Autocrine Signals Control CCAAT/Enhancer Binding Protein β Expression, Localization, and Activity in Macrophages. Blood 1998. [DOI: 10.1182/blood.v92.11.4353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The transcription factor CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ, or NF-IL6) is expressed in macrophages, where it participates in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-mediated induction of proinflammatory cytokine genes such as interleukin-6 (IL-6) and IL-1β. We have identified activities in conditioned medium from a macrophage tumor cell line that regulates the expression, localization, and transcriptional activity of C/EBPβ. One factor was shown to be tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-), which increased C/EBPβ expression by a posttranscriptional mechanism. A second activity, designated autocrine macrophage factor (AMF), elicited a change in C/EBPβ localization from a punctate nuclear staining pattern to diffuse nuclear distribution. The punctate form of C/EBPβ correlated with increased susceptibility of this protein to cleavage by an endogenous protease during nuclear extract preparation. Conditioned medium stimulated the ability of C/EBPβ to transactivate a reporter gene and activated the expression of two cytokine genes that are putative targets of C/EBPβ. These observations suggest that diffuse distribution of C/EBPβ in the nucleus corresponds to an activated form of this protein. AMF activity could not be mimicked by an extensive set of recombinant cytokines and growth factors and therefore may represent a novel extracellular factor.
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Ohtaka-Maruyama C, Hanaoka F, Chepelinsky AB. A novel alternative spliced variant of the transcription factor AP2alpha is expressed in the murine ocular lens. Dev Biol 1998; 202:125-35. [PMID: 9758708 DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1998.8997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The AP2alpha gene encodes a transcription factor containing a basic, helix-span-helix DNA-binding/dimerization domain, which is developmentally regulated and retinoic acid inducible. Recent reports about AP2alpha null mice indicate that AP2alpha plays an important role in embryogenesis, especially in craniofacial development and midline fusion. Ocular development is also affected in these null mice. As AP2alpha may be involved in transcriptional regulation in the lens, it was important to examine the expression of the AP2alpha gene in the lens. Four AP2alpha mRNA variants have been previously isolated from whole mouse embryos. Variants 1, 3, and 4 are transcriptional activators that are transcribed from different promoters and variant 2 is a repressor lacking the activation domain encoded by exon 2. Using in situ-PCR, we found that AP2alpha is expressed in the lens epithelia but not in the lens fibers. RT-PCR analysis of lens mRNA with amplimers specific for each variant revealed that AP2alpha variants 1, 2, and 3 are expressed in newborn mouse lenses. However, variant 4 is not expressed in the lens. In this report we characterized a novel isoform, which we named variant 5, expressed in the lens and kidney. Variant 5, which is generated by alternative splicing, may function as a repressor due to the partial deletion of the proline-rich transactivation domain encoded by exon 2. This is the first molecular characterization of AP2alpha gene expression in the lens. Our results indicate that two activator and two repressor AP2alpha isoforms may play a role in regulating gene expression in the lens.
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- C Ohtaka-Maruyama
- Cellular Physiology Laboratory, the Institute for Chemical and Physical Science (RIKEN), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama, 351-01, Japan
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In vitro studies have shown that ionizing radiation can cause increases in some cytokine mRNA levels and activation of the nuclear NF-kappa B and/or AP1 transcription factors which have been implicated in the transcriptional regulation of many cytokine genes. Thus, radiation-induced upregulation of cytokine mRNAs appeared to be in part a direct consequence of transcription factor activation. To test this in vitro model in vivo, the effects of whole-body X-irradiation (0-10 Gy) on cytokine and other gene mRNA levels have been examined in mice. Increases and decreases in cytokine mRNA levels were detected in tissues which underwent an early wave of apoptosis (bone marrow and/or spleen), but not in more radioresistant tissues (kidney, liver, brain, and heart). Some mouse strain-specific differences were observed, but none of the changes in mRNA level was detected in p53-/- mice. As activation of the NF-kappa B and AP1 transcription factors was not detected in early-(spleen) or late-(liver) responding tissues in 10 Gy X-irradiated p53+/+ mice in vivo, it is concluded that the modulation of cytokine gene expression in vivo is p53-dependent and indirectly associated with apoptosis.
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- N C Kerr
- MRC Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, Chilton, Didcot, Oxon, U.K
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Williams SC, Du Y, Schwartz RC, Weiler SR, Ortiz M, Keller JR, Johnson PF. C/EBPepsilon is a myeloid-specific activator of cytokine, chemokine, and macrophage-colony-stimulating factor receptor genes. J Biol Chem 1998; 273:13493-501. [PMID: 9593684 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.273.22.13493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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C/EBPepsilon is a member of the CCAAT/enhancer binding protein family of basic region/leucine zipper transcriptional activators. The C/EBPepsilon protein is highly conserved between rodents and humans, and its domain structure is very similar to C/EBPalpha. In mice C/EBPepsilon mRNA is only detected in hematopoietic tissues, including embryonic liver and adult bone marrow and spleen. Within the hematopoietic system, C/EBPepsilon is expressed primarily in myeloid cells, including promyelocytes, myelomonocytes, and their differentiated progeny. To identify potential functions of C/EBPepsilon, cell lines over-expressing the C/EBPepsilon protein were generated in the P388 lymphoblastic cell line. In contrast to the parental cell line, C/EBPepsilon-expressing cell lines displayed lipopolysaccharide-inducible expression of the interleukin-6 and monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) genes as well as elevated basal expression of the MIP-1alpha and MIP-1beta chemokine genes. In the EML-C1 hematopoietic stem cell line, C/EBPepsilon mRNA levels increased as the cells progressed along the myeloid lineage, just preceding activation of the gene encoding the receptor for macrophage-colony-stimulating factor (M-CSFR). M-CSFR expression was stimulated in C/EBPepsilon-expressing P388 cell lines, when compared with either the parental P388 cells or P388 cell lines expressing either C/EBPalpha or C/EBPbeta. These results suggest that C/EBPepsilon may be an important regulator of differentiation of a subset of myeloid cell types and may also participate in the regulation of cytokine gene expression in mature cells.
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- S C Williams
- Department of Cell Biology & Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA.
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Chang CK, Llanes S, Schumer W. Effect of dexamethasone on NF-kB activation, tumor necrosis factor formation, and glucose dyshomeostasis in septic rats. J Surg Res 1997; 72:141-5. [PMID: 9356235 DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1997.5173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Glucocorticoids are potent anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive therapeutic agents. The protective effect of dexamethasone (DEX) on hepatic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK) transcript level, hepatic NF-kB (nuclear factor-kB) activation, and serum tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF) formation was investigated in peritoneal sepsis induced by cecal incision in rats. For the control the rats were sham-operated with laparotomies only. Each group (N = 6) was pretreated with either normal saline (NS) or DEX before surgery (NS/Sham, NS/Sepsis, DEX/Sham, and DEX/Sepsis). At 3 hr post cecal incision, DEX treatment inhibited sepsis-induced hepatic NF-kB activation by 23%, suppressed circulating TNF by 50%, reduced serum glucose by 36%, reduced hepatic glycogen depletion by 76%, and attenuated PEPCK mRNA level. These findings suggested that DEX treatment was beneficial in attenuating glucose dyshomeostasis and significantly inhibited two sepsis-induced inflammatory mediators, NF-kB and TNF, in the early phase of peritoneal sepsis. However, in the late (6 hr) septic phase, DEX treatment inhibited serum TNF by 69%, but had no effect on NF-kB activation, glycogen depletion, and PEPCK mRNA level suggesting liver function failure injury.
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- C K Chang
- Department of Surgery, Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School at Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center, California Avenue at 15th Street, Chicago, Illinois 60608, USA
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Standiford TJ, Danforth JM. Ethanol Feeding Inhibits Proinflammatory Cytokine Expression from Murine Alveolar Macrophages Ex Vivo. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 1997. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1997.tb04440.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ray P, Yang L, Zhang DH, Ghosh SK, Ray A. Selective up-regulation of cytokine-induced RANTES gene expression in lung epithelial cells by overexpression of IkappaBR. J Biol Chem 1997; 272:20191-7. [PMID: 9242696 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.272.32.20191] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
Abstract
We previously reported the cloning of a cDNA for IkappaBR (for IkappaB-related) from human lung alveolar epithelial cells. IkappaBR is related to the IkappaB proteins that function as regulators of the NF-kappaB family of transcription factors. Here, we investigated the consequence of IkappaBR overexpression on the expression of NF-kappaB-regulated chemokine genes in lung alveolar epithelial cells. Chemokines play an important role in many inflammatory diseases such as asthma and AIDS. Overexpression of IkappaBR in the lung cells resulted in a rapid 50-100-fold greater production of the RANTES (regulated upon activation, normal T expressed and presumably secreted) protein upon cytokine-induction compared with control cells. IkappaBR overexpression, however, did not enhance interleukin-8 or MIP-1alpha gene expression, despite the fact that the expression of all three chemokine genes are regulated by NF-kappaB. The up-regulation of RANTES gene expression resulting from overexpression of IkappaBR correlated with increased amounts of a unique RANTES-kappaB binding activity and decreased binding of p50 homodimers. Previous studies have shown that p50 homodimers function as repressors of certain kappaB sites. Our studies suggest that IkappaBR can aid activation of select NF-kappaB-regulated genes by sequestering p50 homodimers.
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Affiliation(s)
- P Ray
- Department of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Section, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA.
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