title: Activation of NF-kappa B by cAMP in human myeloid cells.
abstract: Nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappa B) is a DNA-binding regulatory factor that controls the transcription of a number of genes. Various agents are known to activate this factor. We have studied the ability of cAMP to stimulate NF-kappa B activity in human myeloid cells. Electrophoretic mobility assay revealed that structural cAMP analogs and agents elevating intracellular cAMP levels induced NF-kappa B DNA-binding activity. The inducibility was dependent on the maturation stage of myeloid cells. In promyelocytic HL-60 cells cAMP induced higher NF-kappa B activity than in more differential THP-1 cells and in human monocytes. By transfecting HL-60 and THP-1 cells with reporter constructs containing NF-kappa B DNA-binding sites, we observed that cAMP-induced NF-kappa B was transcriptionally active.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, Finland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Serkkola
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hurme
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D004247:DNA; D006801:Humans; D007951:Leukemia, Myeloid; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism*; D011485:Protein Binding; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D016328:NF-kappa B; D004247:DNA; D000242:Cyclic AMP