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  • Title: Regulation of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 expression by retinoic acid: analysis of the 5' regulatory region of the gene.
    Author: Aoudjit F, Bossé M, Stratowa C, Voraberger G, Audette M.
    Journal: Int J Cancer; 1994 Aug 15; 58(4):543-9. PubMed ID: 7914515.
    Abstract:
    Human intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1), a specific ligand for the lymphocyte-function-associated antigen-1, plays an important role in immune responses. ICAM-1 expression is regulated by various proinflammatory cytokines, by PMA, and by retinoic acid. In this study, we have investigated the mechanisms of transcriptional control involved in the stimulation of ICAM-1 gene expression by retinoic acid in SK-N-SH cells. Northern-blot analysis demonstrated that ICAM-1 mRNA is maximally induced at 24 hr, suggesting that it is not an early-response gene with respect to retinoic-acid responsiveness, whereas the retinoic acid receptor-beta mRNA level was maximal 12 hr following retinoic acid treatment. To analyze the 5'-regulatory region of the ICAM-1 gene, an EcoRI/SaII fragment spanning the first 1.3 kb upstream of the translational start site was used to direct the expression of a linked luciferase reporter gene in transient transfection assays in SK-N-SH cells. A 24-hr treatment of transfected cells with 10 microM retinoic acid resulted in a 10- to 13-fold increase in luciferase activity compared with untreated cells. Deletion mutant analysis revealed that a region located between -393 and -176 bp from the translational start site is critical for retinoic acid stimulation of luciferase activity. This region harbors a consensus sequence for a retinoic-acid-responsive element (RARE) homologous to the element found upstream of the alcohol dehydrogenase-3 gene. Co-transfection of expression vectors encoding the retinoic acid receptor-alpha, -beta, or -gamma, with reporter plasmids harboring the putative RARE, confirmed that the ICAM-1 gene is regulated by retinoic acid in a retinoic acid receptor-dependent fashion.
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