title: Transcriptional regulation of heme oxygenase-1 gene expression by MAP kinases of the JNK and p38 pathways in primary cultures of rat hepatocytes.
abstract: Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) gene expression is induced by various oxidative stress stimuli including sodium arsenite. Since mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) are involved in stress signaling we investigated the role of arsenite and MAPKs for HO-1 gene regulation in primary rat hepatocytes. The Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) inhibitor SP600125 decreased sodium arsenite-mediated induction of HO-1 mRNA expression. HO-1 protein and luciferase activity of reporter gene constructs with -754 bp of the HO-1 promoter were induced by overexpression of kinases of the JNK pathway and MKK3. By contrast, overexpression of Raf-1 and ERK2 did not affect expression whereas overexpression of p38alpha, beta, and delta decreased and p38gamma increased HO-1 expression. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) revealed that a CRE/AP-1 element (-668/-654) bound c-Jun, a target of the JNK pathway. Deletion or mutation of the CRE/AP-1 obliterated the JNK- and c-Jun-dependent up-regulation of luciferase activity. EMSA also showed that an E-box (-47/-42) was bound by a putative p38 target c-Max. Mutation of the E-box strongly reduced MKK3, p38 isoform-, and c-Max-dependent effects on luciferase activity. Thus, the HO-1 CRE/AP-1 element mediates HO-1 gene induction via activation of JNK/c-Jun whereas p38 isoforms act through a different mechanism via the E-box.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Biochemie und Molekulare Zellbiologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, D-37073 Göttingen, Germany. tkietzm@gwdg.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kietzmann
authors.forename: Anatoly
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samoylenko
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Immenschuh
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000873:Anthracenes / Q000494:pharmacology; D018053:Arsenites / Q000494:pharmacology; D001483:Base Sequence; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing) / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics*; D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000201:enzymology*; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4; D008297:Male; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf / Q000378:metabolism; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017670:Sodium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D015854:Up-Regulation; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
chemical_list: D000873:Anthracenes; D018053:Arsenites; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D017670:Sodium Compounds; C432165:pyrazolanthrone; C017947:sodium arsenite; D008156:Luciferases; D006419:Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing); D051547:Heme Oxygenase-1; D017346:Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases; D019908:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-raf; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases