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  • Title: Cis-acting DNA elements of mouse granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor gene responsive to oxidized low density lipoprotein.
    Author: Matsumura T, Sakai M, Matsuda K, Furukawa N, Kaneko K, Shichiri M.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1999 Dec 31; 274(53):37665-72. PubMed ID: 10608823.
    Abstract:
    We previously demonstrated that the induction of granulocyte/macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) played an important role in oxidized low density lipoprotein (Ox-LDL)-induced macrophage growth as a growth priming factor. The present study was undertaken to elucidate the transcriptional regulation of the GM-CSF gene using Raw 264.7 cells, a mouse macrophage cell line. Transient transfection into Raw 264.7 cells of several 5'-flanking regions of GM-CSF gene-luciferase fusion plasmids revealed the presence of two positive regulatory sites in regions spanning from -97 to -59 and from -59 to -37 and one negative regulatory site from -120 to -97 in unstimulated cells. When cells were stimulated by Ox-LDL, there was one positive responsive site from -225 to -120 and one negative responsive site from -97 to -59, which contained the NF-kappaB binding site. Computer analysis revealed the presence of a putative AP-2 binding site from -169 to -160. Mutagenesis of a putative AP-2 binding site and tandem repeat of this site in plasmid resulted in a complete loss and increased responsiveness to Ox-LDL, respectively. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay showed that Ox-LDL increased the binding of certain nuclear protein(s) to a putative AP-2 binding site but decreased their binding to NF-kappaB binding site. Supershift assay showed that nuclear proteins bound to NF-kappaB binding site contained, at least, p50 and p65 but could not demonstrate nuclear protein(s) bound to a putative AP-2 binding site. Our results suggested that a putative AP-2 binding site from -169 to -160 was a positive responsive element to Ox-LDL and that the NF-kappaB binding site from -91 to -82 was a negative responsive element in Ox-LDL-induced GM-CSF transcription.
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