title: Oct-1 and CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP) bind to overlapping elements within the interleukin-8 promoter. The role of Oct-1 as a transcriptional repressor.
abstract: Interleukin-8 (IL-8), a potent neutrophil chemoattractant, can be expressed at high levels by many different cell types after immune stimulation. In contrast, expression of IL-8 in these same cells is virtually absent in the unstimulated state, demonstrating the tight regulation of the IL-8 gene. Although much is known about how this gene is transcriptionally activated after immune stimulation, little is known about the regulation of the IL-8 promoter in the absence of immune activation. In this study we examine how the IL-8 promoter is transcriptionally regulated in the uninduced state and how these mechanisms are altered in response to immune stimulation by IL-1beta. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay and transfection studies show that the IL-8 promoter is transcriptionally regulated by both positive and negative elements. Although the nuclear factor-kappaB (NFkappaB) element regulates only inducible activity of the IL-8 promoter in response to stimulation with IL-1beta, the AP-1 and CCAAT/Enhancer-binding Protein (C/EBP) elements influence both basal and inducible activities. In contrast to these three positive regulatory elements, the binding of the ubiquitously expressed POU-homeodomain transcription factor, Oct-1, strongly represses transcriptional activity of the IL-8 promoter by binding independently to an element overlapping that of C/EBP.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6144, USA.
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wen
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D018938:Caco-2 Cells; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D006801:Humans; D016209:Interleukin-8 / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C497692:HCFC1 protein, human; D051863:Host Cell Factor C1; D016209:Interleukin-8; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D050811:Octamer Transcription Factor-1; C494165:POU2F1 protein, human; D014157:Transcription Factors