title: Transcriptional regulation of human prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase-2 gene by lipopolysaccharide and phorbol ester in vascular endothelial cells. Involvement of both nuclear factor for interleukin-6 expression site and cAMP response element.
abstract: There exist two distinct isozymes of prostaglandin-endoperoxide synthase (PES). PES-2 mRNA is synergistically induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS) and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) in bovine arterial endothelial cells. On the other hand, PES-1 mRNA is constitutively expressed under these conditions. Therefore, the promoter activities of the human genes for PES-1 and -2 in bovine arterial endothelial cells were examined. The 5'-flanking region of the human PES-2 gene (nucleotides -327 to +59) showed promoter activity inducible by LPS and TPA using transient transfection analysis, whereas that of the PES-1 gene (nucleotides -1010 to +69) showed constitutive promoter activity. Destruction of both consensus sequences for the nuclear factor responsible for the interleukin-6 expression (NF-IL6) site (nucleotides -132 to -124) and the cyclic AMP response element (CRE) (nucleotides -59 to -53) of the human PES-2 gene markedly reduced the promoter activity (25%) of the PES-2 gene after combined treatment with LPS and TPA, although single destruction of the NF-IL6 site or the CRE slightly reduced the promoter activity (60 or 90%, respectively). Moreover, cotransfection experiments showed that a trans-acting factor, CCAAT enhancer binding protein delta (C/EBP delta), which binds to both the NF-IL6 site and the CRE, increased the promoter activity of the PES-2 gene mainly through the CRE. C/EBP delta mRNA was rapidly induced by LPS. Collectively, these results suggest that transcription of the PES-2 gene in vascular endothelial cells is regulated through combination of the NF-IL6 site and the CRE and that C/EBP delta functions as one of the trans-acting factors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yokoyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tone
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanabe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000502:physiology; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000502:physiology*; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000201:enzymology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases / Q000235:genetics*; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015850:Interleukin-6; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011451:Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate