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JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 275, Issue 9, Pages 6259-6266Publisher
AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.275.9.6259
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- NIAID NIH HHS [AI34567, AI33443] Funding Source: Medline
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Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), the enzyme primarily responsible for induced prostaglandin synthesis, is an immediate early gene induced by endotoxin in macrophages, We investigated the cis-acting elements of the COX-2 5'-flanking sequence, the transcription factors and signaling pathways responsible for transcriptional activation of the COX-2 gene in endotoxin-treated murine RAW 264.7 macrophages, Luciferase reporter constructs with alterations in presumptive cis-acting transcriptional regulatory elements demonstrate that the cyclic AMP-response element and two nuclear factor interleukin-6 (CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein (C/EBP)) sites of the COX-2 promoter are required for optimal endotoxin-dependent induction. In contrast, the E-box and NF-kappa B sites are not required for endotoxin-dependent induction. Inhibition of endotoxin-induced NF-kappa B activation by expression of an inhibitor-kappa B a mutant does not block endotoxin-dependent COX-2 reporter activity, Overexpression of c-Jun, C/EBP beta, and C/EBP delta enhances induction of the COX-2 reporter, while overexpression of cyclic AMP-response element-binding protein or dominant negative C/EBP beta represses COX-2 induction. In addition, endotoxin rapidly and transiently elicits c-Jun phosphorylation in RAW 264.7 macrophages. Cotransfection of the COX-2 reporter with dominant negative expression vectors shows that endotoxin-induced COX-2 gene expression requires signaling through a Ras-independent pathway involving the adapter protein ECSIT and the signaling kinases MEKK1 and JNK. In contrast, endotoxin-induced COX-2 reporter activity is not blocked by overexpression of dominant-negative forms of Raf-1, ERK1, or ERR2.
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