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Genome-Wide Approaches Reveal Functional Interleukin-4-Inducible STAT6 Binding to the Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 Promoter.

Endothelial cell activation and dysfunction underlie many vascular disorders, including atherosclerosis and inflammation. Here, we show that interleukin-4 (IL-4) markedly induced vascular cell adhesion molecule 1 (VCAM-1), both in cultured endothelial cells and in the intact endothelium in mice. Combined treatment with IL-4 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) resulted in further, sustained induction of VCAM-1 expression. IL-4-mediated induction of VCAM-1 and secondary monocyte adhesion was predominantly regulated by the transcription factor STAT6. Genome-wide survey of IL-4-mediated STAT6 binding from sequential chromatin-immunoprecipitation with deep sequencing (chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing [ChIP-seq]) in endothelial cells revealed regions of transient and sustained transcription factor binding. Through the combination of DNA microarrays and ChIP-seq at the same time points, the majority of IL-4-responsive genes were shown to be STAT6 dependent and associated with direct STAT6 binding to their promoter. IL-4-mediated stable binding of STAT6 led to sustained target gene expression. Moreover, our strategy led to the identification of a novel functionally important STAT6 binding site within 16 kb upstream of the VCAM-1 gene. Taken together, these findings support a critical role for STAT6 in mediating IL-4 signal transduction in endothelial cells. Identification of a novel IL-4-mediated VCAM-1 enhancer may provide a foundation for targeted therapy in vascular disease.[1]

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  1. Genome-Wide Approaches Reveal Functional Interleukin-4-Inducible STAT6 Binding to the Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 Promoter. Tozawa, H., Kanki, Y., Suehiro, J., Tsutsumi, S., Kohro, T., Wada, Y., Aburatani, H., Aird, W.C., Kodama, T., Minami, T. Mol. Cell. Biol. (2011) [Pubmed]
 
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