The transcription factor, nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), is activated by various stimuli including cytokines, radiation, viruses and oxidative stress. Here we show that, although induction with H2O2 gives rise to NF-κB nuclear translocation in both lymphocyte (CEM) and monocyte (U937) cells, it leads only to the production of mRNA species encoding interleukin-8 (IL-8) and macrophage inflammatory protein 1α in U937 cells. Under similar conditions these mRNA species are not observed in CEM cells. With the use of a transient transfection assay of U937 cells transfected with reporter constructs of the IL-8 promoter and subsequently treated with H2O2, we show that (1) IL-8-promoter-driven transcription is stimulated in both U937 and CEM cells and (2) the NF-κB site is crucial for activation because its deletion abolishes activation by H2O2. The production of IL-8 mRNA in U937 cells is inhibited by the NF-κB inhibitors clasto-lactacystin-β-lactone and E-64D (l-3-trans-ethoxycarbonyloxirane-2-carbonyl-l-leucine-3-methyl amide) but requires protein synthesis de novo. Moreover, inhibition of the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase also decreases the IL-8 mRNA up-regulation mediated by H2O2. Taken together, these results show the importance of post-transcriptional events controlled by a p38-dependent pathway in the production of IL-8 mRNA in U937. The much lower activation of p38 in CEM cells in response to H2O2 could explain the lack of stabilization of IL-8 mRNA in these cells.
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November 26 2001
Importance of post-transcriptional regulation of chemokine genes by oxidative stress
Claire JOSSE;
Claire JOSSE
∗Laboratory of Virology and Immunology, Institute of Pathology B23, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
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Johan R. BOELAERT;
Johan R. BOELAERT
†Internal Medicine, Unit of Infectious Diseases, AZ-Sint-Jan, Ruddershove 10, B-8000 Brugge, Belgium
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Martin BEST-BELPOMME;
Martin BEST-BELPOMME
‡INSERM U99, Hôpital Henri Mondor, F-94010 Créteil, France
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Jacques PIETTE
Jacques PIETTE
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∗Laboratory of Virology and Immunology, Institute of Pathology B23, University of Liège, B-4000 Liège, Belgium
1To whom correspondence should be addressed (e-mail jpiette@ulg.ac.be).
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Publisher: Portland Press Ltd
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April 03 2001
Revision Received:
August 09 2001
Accepted:
September 19 2001
Online ISSN: 1470-8728
Print ISSN: 0264-6021
The Biochemical Society, London ©2001
2001
Biochem J (2001) 360 (2): 321–333.
Article history
Received:
April 03 2001
Revision Received:
August 09 2001
Accepted:
September 19 2001
Citation
Claire JOSSE, Johan R. BOELAERT, Martin BEST-BELPOMME, Jacques PIETTE; Importance of post-transcriptional regulation of chemokine genes by oxidative stress. Biochem J 1 December 2001; 360 (2): 321–333. doi: https://doi.org/10.1042/bj3600321
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