title: Estrogen receptor impairs interleukin-6 expression by preventing protein binding on the NF-kappaB site.
abstract: Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional cytokine thought to be a key factor in post-menopausal osteoporosis, given its ability to induce osteoclast maturation and its down regulation by estrogens. We have previously shown that the effects of TNFalphaand estradiol on the human IL-6 promoter were dependent on a region of the promoter containing a C/EBP site and a NF-kappaB site. To define the molecular mode of action of estrogens, we performed gel shift assays with this DNA fragment as a probe, and nuclear extracts from TNFalpha-induced HeLa, MCF7 and Saos2 cells. Several induced complexes specifically bound the probe. The use of various competitor DNA suggested that most of the complexes detected contained NF-kappaB factors, and that C/EBP site binding factors were important for the overall binding to the probe. Addition of in vitro translated human estrogen receptor (hER) impaired the binding of three complexes in HeLa cells and two complexes in MCF7 and Saos2 cells. Competition experiments suggested that the NF-kappaB site was necessary for the effect of hER. The use of antisera against NF-kappaB and C/EBP proteins showed that the target complexes of hER contained the c-rel proto-oncogene product and to a lesser extent, the RelA protein. Taken together, these data show that hER impairs TNFalphainduction of IL-6 by preventing c-rel and, to a lesser extent, RelA proteins binding to the NF-kappaB site of the IL-6 promoter.
authors.affiliation: Roussel Uclaf, 102 route de Noisy, 93235 Romainville Cedex, France. galien@mac.rousseluclaf.fr
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Galien
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D001665:Binding Sites; D001859:Bone Neoplasms; D001943:Breast Neoplasms; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D007700:Kinetics; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D009687:Nuclear Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D012516:Osteosarcoma; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen / Q000378:metabolism*; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D015533:Transcriptional Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D015850:Interleukin-6; C000715470:MAS1 protein, human; D016328:NF-kappa B; D009687:Nuclear Proteins; D000090063:Proto-Oncogene Mas; D011960:Receptors, Estrogen; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D004958:Estradiol