title: Role of CREB1 and NF{kappa}B-p65 in the down-regulation of renin gene expression by tumor necrosis factor {alpha}.
abstract: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) is a potent inhibitor of renin gene expression in renal juxtaglomerular cells. We have found that TNFalpha suppresses renin transcription via transcription factor NFkappaB, which targets a cAMP responsive element (CRE) in the renin promoter. Here we aimed to further clarify the role of NFkappaB and the canonical CRE-binding proteins of the CRE-binding protein/activating transcription factor (CREB/ATF) family in the inhibition of renin gene expression by TNFalpha in the juxtaglomerular cell line As4.1. TNFalpha caused a moderate decrease in the binding of CREB1 to its cognate CRE DNA binding site. On the other hand, NFkappaB-p65 transcriptional activity was substantially reduced by TNFalpha, which targeted a trans-activation domain at the very C terminus of the p65 molecule. Our results suggest that TNFalpha inhibits renin gene expression by decreasing the transactivating capacity of NFkappaB-p65 and partially by attenuating CREB1 binding to CRE.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology, Institute of Pathology, and Department of Immunology, Regensburg University, D-93040 Regensburg, Germany. vladimir.todorov@vkl.uniregensburg.de
authors.forename: Vladimir T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Todorov
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Völkl
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Friedrich
authors.forename: Leoni A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Kunz-Schughart
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hehlgans
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vermeulen
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Haegeman
authors.forename: M Lienhard
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Schmitz
authors.forename: Armin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurtz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001665:Binding Sites; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D007668:Kidney / Q000378:metabolism; D008156:Luciferases / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D009154:Mutation; D016328:NF-kappa B / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011485:Protein Binding; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D034622:RNA Interference; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D012083:Renin / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D051996:Transcription Factor RelA; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D014162:Transfection; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: C115163:CREB1 protein, human; C492004:Creb1 protein, mouse; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D016328:NF-kappa B; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D051996:Transcription Factor RelA; D014157:Transcription Factors; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D008156:Luciferases; D012083:Renin