title: A role for C/EBP delta in human surfactant protein A (SP-A) gene expression.
abstract: C/EBP delta, a member of the leucine zipper transcription factor family, is expressed at higher levels in the lung than in any other tissue. We detected C/EBP delta mRNA and protein in NCI-H441 cells, a cell line derived from a human adenocarcinoma that produces surfactant protein A (SP-A). NCI-H441 cells were exposed to phosphorothioate-substituted antisense oligonucleotides directed against C/EBP delta. After exposure to the oligonucleotides, cells were harvested, total RNA prepared, and levels of mRNA for C/EBP delta, SP-A and a control, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH), were quantified from Northern blots. An oligonucleotide that overlapped the translational start was effective in reducing C/EBP delta mRNA. Oligonucleotides that corresponded to regions upstream and downstream from the translational start were not as effective. The loss of C/EBP delta was accompanied by a decrease in the level of SP-A mRNA. The overlapping oligonucleotide was tested more extensively. After 72 h, antisense oligonucleotide at 3 and 5 microM reduced the level of C/EBP delta mRNA and protein by 50% or more as compared with sense and scrambled controls. The SP-A mRNA level was reduced even more, by about 75%. GAPDH mRNA was not affected. We conclude that C/EBP delta plays a role in the regulation of SP-A gene expression.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Environmental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, School of Medicine, Room 1, John Morgan Building, 3620 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6068, USA.
authors.forename: Anjaneyulu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Matlapudi
authors.forename: Mengshu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Jacqueline R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Ewing
authors.forename: Sheldon I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Feinstein
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D022782:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta / Q000235:genetics; D051743:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-delta; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000235:genetics; D011510:Proteolipids / Q000235:genetics*; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037661:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants / Q000235:genetics*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D022782:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-beta; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; C497252:CEBPD protein, human; C497253:Cebpd protein, mouse; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D011510:Proteolipids; D037662:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein A; D037661:Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Proteins; D011663:Pulmonary Surfactants; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051743:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Protein-delta