The promoter of IL-18 binding protein: Activation by an IFN-γ-induced complex of IFN regulatory factor 1 and CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - Tập 99 Số 26 - Trang 16957-16962 - 2002
Vladimir Hurgin1, Daniela Novick1, Menachem Rubinstein1
1Department of Molecular Genetics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, ISRAEL

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The IL-18 binding protein (IL-18BP) is a circulating inhibitor of the proinflammatory cytokine IL-18. It is constitutively expressed in mononuclear cells, and elevated expression is induced by IFN-γ. In this study, we characterized the IL-18BP promoter. We first showed that induction is at the transcriptional level and requiresde novoprotein synthesis. The IL-18BP promoter resides within 1.6 kb DNA upstream of the first exon and includes at least six regulatory elements. We identified in the basal promoter a gamma-activated sequence (GAS) proximal to the transcription start site (base 1), followed by an IFN regulatory factor 1 response element (IRF-E) and two CCAAT/enhancer binding protein β (C/EBPβ) sites, all of which are essential for basal promoter activity. Furthermore, GAS and IRF-E were essential for IFN-γ-induced transcription. Indeed, sera of IRF-1-deficient mice lacked basal and IFN-γ-induced IL-18BP. We found that after induction of IRF-1 by IFN-γ, it formed a complex with C/EBPβ, which bound to the IRF-E and GAS-containing proximal DNA. In contrast, the IFN-γ-induced signal transducer and activator of transcription 1 dimer did not associate with this GAS. In addition, we identified a silencer element and a distal enhancer at bases −1081 to −1272, which was also physically associated with IRF-1. The IRF-1–C/EBPβ complex described here probably plays a fundamental role in regulating additional IFN-γ-responsive genes.

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Tập 99 Số 26

16957-16962

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