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USF-1 and USF-2 trans-repress IL-1beta- induced iNOS transcription in mesangial cells.

Transcriptional activation of the inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) gene requires multiple interactions of cis elements and trans-acting factors. Previous in vivo footprinting studies (Goldring CE, Reveneau S, Algarte M, and Jeannin JF. Nucleic Acids Res 24: 1682-1687, 1996) of the murine iNOS gene demonstrated lipopolysaccharide-inducible protection of guanines in the region -904/-883, which includes an E-box motif. In this report, by using site-directed mutagenesis of the -893/-888 E-box and correlating functional assays of the mutated iNOS promoter with upstream stimulatory factor (USF) DNA-binding activities, we demonstrate that the -893/-888 E-box motif is functionally required for iNOS regulation in murine mesangial cells and that USFs are in vivo components of the iNOS transcriptional response complex. Mutation of the E-box sequence augmented the iNOS response to interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta) in transiently transfected mesangial cells. Gel mobility shift assays demonstrated that USFs cannot bind to the -893/-888 E-box promoter region when the E-box is mutated. Cotransfection of USF-1 and USF-2 expression vectors with iNOS promoter-luciferase reporter constructs suppressed IL-1beta-simulated iNOS promoter activity. Cotransfection of dominant-negative USF-2 mutants lacking the DNA binding domain or cis-element decoys containing concatamers of the -904/-883 region augmented IL-1beta stimulation of iNOS promoter activity. Gel mobility shift assays showed that only USF-1 and USF-2 supershifted the USF protein-DNA complexes. These results demonstrated that USF binding to the E-box at -893/-888 serves to trans- repress basal expression and IL-1beta induction of the iNOS promoter.[1]

References

  1. USF-1 and USF-2 trans-repress IL-1beta-induced iNOS transcription in mesangial cells. Gupta, A.K., Kone, B.C. Am. J. Physiol., Cell Physiol. (2002) [Pubmed]
 
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