title: PE-1/METS, an antiproliferative Ets repressor factor, is induced by CREB-1/CREM-1 during macrophage differentiation.
abstract: The molecular mechanisms involved in regulating the balance between cellular proliferation and differentiation remain poorly understood. Members of the Ets-domain family of transcription factors are candidates for proteins that might differentially regulate cell cycle control and cell type-specific genes during the differentiation of myeloid progenitor cells. The Ets repressor PE-1/METS has been suggested to contribute to growth arrest during terminal macrophage differentiation by repressing Ets target genes involved in Ras-dependent proliferation. An important feature of this regulatory model is that PE-1/METS is itself induced by the program of macrophage differentiation elicited by M-CSF. Here, we present evidence that the PE-1/METS gene is a transcriptional target of the cyclic AMP response element-binding protein-1 (CREB-1). CREB-1 expression is dramatically up-regulated during macrophage differentiation and phosphorylation of CREB-1 and the related factor CREM-1 are stimulated by M-CSF in a SAPK2/p38-dependent manner. Chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrate that CREB-1/CREM-1 are recruited to the PE-1/METS promoter as well as to the promoters of other genes that are up-regulated during terminal macrophage differentiation. Overexpression of CREB-1 stimulates the activities of the PE-1/METS, and macrosialin promoters, while expression of a dominant negative form of CREB-1 during macrophage differentiation inhibits expression of the PE-1/METS and macrosialin genes. Inhibition of CREB function also results in reduced expression of CD54 and impaired cell adhesion. Taken together, these findings reveal new roles of CREB-1/CREM-1 as regulators of macrophage differentiation.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sawka-Verhelle
authors.forename: Laure
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Escoubet-Lozach
authors.forename: Amy L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: Kelly D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Hester
authors.forename: Stephan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herzig
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lebrun
authors.forename: Christopher K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Glass
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D015703:Antigens, CD / Q000235:genetics; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D015153:Blotting, Western; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology; D002448:Cell Adhesion; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002455:Cell Division; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D002843:Chromatin / Q000378:metabolism; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D051786:Cyclic AMP Response Element Modulator; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005799:Genes, Dominant; D006801:Humans; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D015513:Oncogene Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013997:Time Factors; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000502:physiology*; D014162:Transfection; D020298:U937 Cells; D015854:Up-Regulation; D000097382:CD68 Molecule
chemical_list: D015703:Antigens, CD; D015214:Antigens, Differentiation, Myelomonocytic; D002843:Chromatin; D051786:Cyclic AMP Response Element Modulator; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D004247:DNA; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1; D015513:Oncogene Proteins; D050783:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors; C081026:CD68 protein, mouse; D000097382:CD68 Molecule; C115163:CREB1 protein, human; C492004:Creb1 protein, mouse; C088164:ETV3 protein, human