title: Bidirectional regulation of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 gene at distinct sites of its promoter by nitric oxide in vascular smooth muscle cells.
abstract: We have previously reported that chronic activation of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3-kinase) by the overexpression of membrane-targeted p110CAAX induced proinflammatory gene expression in rat vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) through the induction of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-beta (C/EBP-beta) and C/EBP-delta. To examine the anti-inflammatory effect of nitric oxide (NO) on proinflammatory gene expression, we have investigated the effects of sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on the monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) gene expression in VSMCs under chronic activation of PI3-kinase. At low concentrations (0.05 mM) of SNP, but not at high concentrations (0.5-1.0 mM), MCP-1 mRNA and protein expression as well as its transcriptional activity were significantly reduced. We found that SNP induced C/EBP homologous protein (CHOP) expression, which inhibited C/EBP binding activity and reduced the C/EBP activity induced by chronic activation of PI3-kinase in a dose-dependent manner up to 1.0 mM. Consistently, the increase in CHOP expression significantly reduced the MCP-1 promoter activity induced by PI3-kinase. However, the overexpression of CHOP alone upregulated MCP-1 promoter activity in a dose-dependent manner up to high concentrations. Deletion analysis of MCP-1 promoter and electrophoretic mobility shift assay identified the CHOP-response element (CHOP-RE) at the region between -190 and -179 bp of MCP-1 promoter. By using CHOP-RE as a decoy, we significantly suppressed the increase in promoter activity of MCP-1 induced by either CHOP or SNP. Thus CHOP induced by an NO donor has bidirectional effects on MCP-1 gene expression: it decreases gene expression by inhibition of C/EBPs, and it increases the gene expression through CHOP-RE.
authors.affiliation: Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Dept. of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan.
authors.forename: Ken-ichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishio
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sekine
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Katsuya
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Egawa
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maegawa
authors.forename: Atsunori
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kashiwagi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000166:cytology; D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D009131:Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors / Q000494:pharmacology; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000502:physiology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D020218:Response Elements / Q000502:physiology; D051742:Transcription Factor CHOP; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D022762:CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; C497251:Ddit3 protein, rat; D020030:Nitric Oxide Donors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D014157:Transcription Factors; D051742:Transcription Factor CHOP; D009599:Nitroprusside; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019869:Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases