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  • Title: Expression of the gene encoding alpha 1-acid glycoprotein in rabbit liver under acute-phase conditions involves induction and activation of beta and delta CCAAT-enhancer-binding proteins.
    Author: Ray BK, Ray A.
    Journal: Eur J Biochem; 1994 Jun 15; 222(3):891-900. PubMed ID: 7517869.
    Abstract:
    Transcription of the gene encoding alpha 1-acid glycoprotein is highly induced during acute inflammation which has been previously shown to be mediated by some inducible members of the CCAAT-enhancer-binding (C/EBP) transcription-factor family. In this study, we demonstrate that the involved inducible C/EBP isoforms are C/EBP-beta and C/EBP-delta, and together they control the high-level induction of the alpha 1-acid glycoprotein gene in response to inflammatory signals. We observed that dephosphorylation severely inhibits the DNA-binding ability of C/EBP-delta and its transactivating potential increases in the presence of cellular phosphatase inhibitors, such as okadaic acid and sodium orthovanadate. These results suggest that C/EBP-delta is regulated by phosphorylation. Transient transfections using expression vectors of C/EBP-alpha, C/EBP-beta and C/EBP-delta have shown that while individually all three isoforms can transactivate the alpha 1-acid glycoprotein-chloramphenicol-acetyltransferase gene transcription, co-expression of C/EBP-alpha and C/EBP-beta isoforms results in lower levels of reporter gene expression than the levels predicted from their additive transactivation level. In vitro DNA-binding studies have shown that C/EBP-alpha and C/EBP-beta isoforms both interact and form complexes with the alpha 1-acid glycoprotein gene C/EBP-binding element under normal noninduced conditions during which alpha 1-acid glycoprotein is expressed at a very low level. Higher than additive levels of reporter gene expression are observed when combinations of C/EBP-delta and C/EBP-beta or C/EBP-delta and C/EBP-alpha are used. Together, these data demonstrate that C/EBP-beta and C/EBP-delta are the major proteins responsible for the acute-phase induction of alpha 1-acid-glycoprotein gene expression and they require phosphorylation for transactivation potential.
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