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Bcl-XL expression correlates with primary macrophage differentiation, activation of functional competence, and survival and results from synergistic transcriptional activation by Ets2 and PU.1.

Depriving primary bone marrow-derived macrophages of colony-stimulating factor-1 (CSF-1) induces programmed cell death by apoptosis. We show that cell death is accompanied by decreases in the expression of anti-apoptotic Bcl-x(L) protein and the Ets2 and PU.1 proteins of the Ets transcription factor family. Macrophages require both priming and triggering signals independent of CSF-1 to kill neoplastic cells or microorganisms, and this activation of macrophage competence is accompanied by increased expression of bcl-x(L), ets2, and PU. 1. Furthermore, we show that only Ets2 and PU.1, but not Ets1, function in a synergistic manner to transactivate the bcl-x promoter. The synergy observed between PU.1 and Ets2 is dependent on the transactivation domains of both proteins. Although other transcription factors like Fos, c-Jun, Myc, STAT3, and STAT5a are implicated in the activation of macrophage competence or in CSF-1 signaling, no synergy was observed between Ets2 and these transcription factors on the bcl-x promoter. We demonstrate that the exogenous expression of both Ets2 and PU.1 in macrophages increases the number of viable cells upon CSF-1 depletion and that Ets2 and PU.1 can functionally replace Bcl-x(L) in inhibiting Bax-induced apoptosis. Together, these results demonstrate that PU.1 and Ets2 dramatically increase bcl-x activation, which is necessary for the cytocidal function and survival of macrophages.[1]

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