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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
卷 27, 期 12, 页码 4207-4216出版社
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00052-07
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- NCRR NIH HHS [RR00080, M01 RR000080] Funding Source: Medline
- NHLBI NIH HHS [P01 HL029582, HL29582] Funding Source: Medline
The homeobox gene HOXA9 has recently been shown to be an important regulator of endothelial cell (EC) differentiation and activation in addition to its role in embryonic development and hematopoiesis. In this report, we have determined that the EC-leukocyte adhesion molecule E-selectin is a key target for HOYAO. The depletion of HOXA9 protein in ECs resulted in a significant and specific decrease in tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha)-induced E-selectin gene expression. In addition, HOXA9 specifically activated the E-selectin gene promoter in ECs. Progressive deletional analyses together with site-specific mutagenesis of the E-selectin promoter indicated that the Abd-B-like HOX DNA-binding motif, CAATTTTATTAA, located in the proximal region spanning bp -210 to -221 upstream of the transcription start site was crucial for the promoter induction by HOY.A9. Both HOXA9 in EC nuclear extract and recombinant HOXA9 protein bound to this sequence in vitro. Moreover, we showed that HOXA9 binds temporally, in a TNF-alpha-dependent manner, to the region containing this Abd-B-like element in vivo. We have thus identified a novel. and functionally critical cis-regulatory element for TNF-alpha-mediated transient expression evidence that HOXA9 acts as an obligate proinflammatory factor by mediating cytokine induction of E-selectin.
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