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1994 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
n-Sec1: a neural-specific syntaxin-binding protein.

We have identified n-Sec1, a rat brain homolog of the yeast Sec1p protein that participates in the constitutive secretory pathway between the Golgi apparatus and the plasma membrane. The rat brain cDNA is predicted to encode a 68-kDa protein with 65% amino acid identity to Drosophila rop, 59% identity to Caenorhabditis elegans unc-18, and 27% identity to Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sec1p. By RNA blot analysis, n-Sec1 mRNA expression is neural-specific. An anti-peptide antiserum directed against the n-Sec1 carboxyl terminus detects a 68-kDa protein in rat brain cytosol and membranes, but not in peripheral tissues. In the presence of syntaxin 1a, a plasma membrane protein implicated in synaptic vesicle docking, n-Sec1 becomes membrane-associated. n-Sec1 binds to syntaxin 1a, 2, and 3 fusion proteins coupled to agarose beads, but not to syntaxin 4 fusion protein or beads coupled to a variety of other proteins. These findings indicate that n-Sec1 is a neural-specific, syntaxin-binding protein that may participate in the regulation of synaptic vesicle docking and fusion.

2010 - Cardiovascular research
The p65 subunit of NF-kappaB binds to PGC-1alpha, linking inflammation and metabolic disturbances in cardiac cells.

AIMS Nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) is a transcription factor induced by a wide range of stimuli, including hyperglycaemia and pro-inflammatory cytokines. It is associated with cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure. It was previously reported that the NF-kappaB-mediated inhibition of proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator-1alpha (PGC-1alpha) might explain the shift in glucose metabolism during cardiac pathological processes induced by pro-inflammatory stimuli, although the specific mechanisms remain to be elucidated. We addressed the specific mechanisms by which exposure to tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) results in PGC-1alpha down-regulation in cardiac cells and, as a consequence, in the metabolic dysregulation that underlies heart dysfunction and failure. METHODS AND RESULTS By using coimmunoprecipitation studies, we report for the first time that the p65 subunit of NF-kappaB is constitutively bound to PGC-1alpha in human cardiac cells and also in mouse heart, and that NF-kappaB activation by TNF-alpha exposure increases this binding. Overexpression and gene silencing analyses demonstrated that the main factor limiting the degree of this association is p65, because only the modulation of this protein modified the physical interaction. Our data show that the increased physical interaction between p65 and PGC-1alpha after NF-kappaB activation is responsible for the reduction in PGC-1alpha expression and subsequent dysregulation of glucose oxidation. CONCLUSION On the basis of these data, we propose that p65 directly represses PGC-1alpha activity in cardiac cells, thereby leading to a reduction in pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase 4 (PDK4) expression and the subsequent increase in glucose oxidation observed during the proinflammatory state.

2012 - Archives of Pharmacal Research
Roles of toll-like receptors in Cancer: A double-edged sword for defense and offense

Toll-like receptors (TLRs) belong to a class of pattern-recognition receptors that play an important role in host defense against pathogens by recognizing a wide variety of pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Besides driving inflammatory responses, TLRs also regulate cell proliferation and survival by expanding useful immune cells and integrating inflammatory responses and tissue repair processes. TLR signaling, which is centrally involved in the initiation of both innate and adaptive immune responses, has been thought to be restricted to immune cells. However, recent studies have shown that functional TLRs are expressed not only on immune cells, but also on cancer cells, thus implicating a role of TLRs in tumor biology. Increasing bodies of evidence have suggested that TLRs act as a double-edged sword in cancer cells because uncontrolled TLR signaling provides a microenvironment that is necessary for tumor cells to proliferate and evade the immune response. Alternatively, TLRs can induce an antitumor immune response in order to inhibit tumor progression. In this review, we summarize the dual roles of TLRs in tumor cells and, more importantly, delve into the therapeutic potential of TLRs in the context of tumorigenesis.

2011 - Tissue antigens
The human P2X7 receptor and its role in innate immunity.

The human P2X7 receptor is a two-transmembrane ionotropic receptor which has a ubiquitous distribution and is most highly expressed on immune cells. In macrophages and similar myeloid cells primed by lipopolysaccharide (LPS), activation of P2X7 by extracellular ATP opens a cation channel/pore allowing massive K+ efflux associated with processing and secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1β and IL-18. A variety of other downstream effects follows P2X7 activation over several minutes including shedding of certain surface molecules, membrane blebbing, microvesicle/exosome release and apoptosis of the cell. High concentrations of ATP (>100 µM) are required to activate P2X7 but it remains unclear where these levels exist, other than in inflammatory foci or confined spaces such as in bone. A variety of potent selective antagonists of P2X7 activation have recently become available, allowing clinical trials to be undertaken in inflammatory and immune-mediated disorders. Proteomic studies have shown that P2X7 exists as a large multiprotein complex which includes non-muscle myosin heavy chain and other elements of the cytoskeleton. In the absence of its ATP ligand and serum, P2X7 has an alternate function in the recognition and phagocytosis of non-opsonized foreign particles, including bacteria and apoptotic cells. The P2RX7 gene has many polymorphic variants and isoforms which increase or decrease function of the receptor. Genetic association studies have linked loss-of-function polymorphisms with reactivation of latent tuberculosis as well as symptomatic infection with certain other obligate intracellular pathogens. The many roles involving P2X7 suggest that this receptor is essential to fundamental aspects of the innate immune response.

2007 - The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy
Polymyxin B for the treatment of multidrug-resistant pathogens: a critical review.

Polymyxins have re-emerged in clinical practice owing to the dry antibiotic development pipeline and worldwide increasing prevalence of nosocomial infections caused by multidrug-resistant (MDR) Gram-negative bacteria. Polymyxin B and colistin (polymyxin E) have been ultimately considered as the last-resort treatment of such infections. Microbiological, pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and clinical data available for polymyxin B are reviewed in this paper. Polymyxin B has rapid in vitro bactericidal activity against major MDR Gram-negative bacteria, such as Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acinetobacter baumannii and Klebsiella pneumoniae. Acquired resistance to this agent is still rare among these pathogens. However, optimized dosage regimens are not known yet. Good clinical outcomes have been observed in the majority of the patients treated with intravenous polymyxin B in recent studies. However, these studies failed to provide definitive conclusions due to limitations of study design and additional clinical trials are required. Although combination therapy may be an attractive option based on some currently available in vitro data, clinical data supporting such recommendations are lacking. Since polymyxins will be increasingly used for the treatment of infections caused by MDR bacteria, clinical pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic and toxicodynamic studies underpinning the optimal use of these drugs are urgently required.

1972 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
The low polarity of many membrane proteins.

The polarities of a large number of soluble and membrane proteins have been calculated by summing the mole fractions of polar amino acids. It was found that 85% of the 205 soluble proteins considered in this study had polarities of 47 +/- 6%. Only 2% of the soluble proteins had polarities below 40%, whereas 47% of the 19 membrane proteins had polarities below 40%. The membrane proteins with polarities below 40% could be separated from their respective membranes only by detergents or organic solvents, indicating the importance of hydrophobic forces in their interaction with other membrane components. It is concluded that the majority of "intrinsic" membrane proteins have low polarity, and that the polarity index is therefore a useful parameter for characterization of membrane proteins.

2005 - Science
The ß-Glucuronidase Klotho Hydrolyzes and Activates the TRPV5 Channel

Blood calcium concentration is maintained within a narrow range despite large variations in dietary input and body demand. The Transient Receptor Potential ion channel TRPV5 has been implicated in this process. We report here that TRPV5 is stimulated by the mammalian hormone klotho. Klotho, a β-glucuronidase, hydrolyzes extracellular sugar residues on TRPV5, entrapping the channel in the plasma membrane. This maintains durable calcium channel activity and membrane calcium permeability in kidney. Thus, klotho activates a cell surface channel by hydrolysis of its extracellular N-linked oligosaccharides.

2004 - Science
Structural Basis of Mitochondrial Tethering by Mitofusin Complexes

Vesicle fusion involves vesicle tethering, docking, and membrane merger. We show that mitofusin, an integral mitochondrial membrane protein, is required on adjacent mitochondria to mediate fusion, which indicates that mitofusin complexes act in trans (that is, between adjacent mitochondria). A heptad repeat region (HR2) mediates mitofusin oligomerization by assembling a dimeric, antiparallel coiled coil. The transmembrane segments are located at opposite ends of the 95 angstrom coiled coil and provide a mechanism for organelle tethering. Consistent with this proposal, truncated mitofusin, in an HR2-dependent manner, causes mitochondria to become apposed with a uniform gap. Our results suggest that HR2 functions as a mitochondrial tether before fusion.

2010 - The Journal of Physiology
Distinct activities of GABA agonists at synaptic‐ and extrasynaptic‐type GABAA receptors

The activation characteristics of synaptic and extrasynaptic GABAA receptors are important for shaping the profile of phasic and tonic inhibition in the central nervous system, which will critically impact on the activity of neuronal networks. Here, we study in isolation the activity of three agonists, GABA, muscimol and 4,5,6,7‐tetrahydoisoxazolo[5,4‐c]pyridin‐3(2H)‐one (THIP), to further understand the activation profiles of α1β3γ2, α4β3γ2 and α4β3δ receptors that typify synaptic‐ and extrasynaptic‐type receptors expressed in the hippocampus and thalamus. The agonists display an order of potency that is invariant between the three receptors, which is reliant mostly on the agonist dissociation constant. At δ subunit‐containing extrasynaptic‐type GABAA receptors, both THIP and muscimol additionally exhibited, to different degrees, superagonist behaviour. By comparing whole‐cell and single channel currents induced by the agonists, we provide a molecular explanation for their different activation profiles. For THIP at high concentrations, the unusual superagonist behaviour on α4β3δ receptors is a consequence of its ability to increase the duration of longer channel openings and their frequency, resulting in longer burst durations. By contrast, for muscimol, moderate superagonist behaviour was caused by reduced desensitisation of the extrasynaptic‐type receptors. The ability to specifically increase the efficacy of receptor activation, by selected exogenous agonists over that obtained with the natural transmitter, may prove to be of therapeutic benefit under circumstances when synaptic inhibition is compromised or dysfunctional.

2001 - The Journal of Immunology
Fibrinogen Stimulates Macrophage Chemokine Secretion Through Toll-Like Receptor 41

Extravascular fibrin deposition is an early and persistent hallmark of inflammatory responses. Fibrin is generated from plasma-derived fibrinogen, which escapes the vasculature in response to endothelial cell retraction at sites of inflammation. Our ongoing efforts to define the physiologic functions of extravasated fibrin(ogen) have led to the discovery, reported here, that fibrinogen stimulates macrophage chemokine secretion. Differential mRNA expression analysis and RNase protection assays revealed that macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α), MIP-1β, MIP-2, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 are fibrinogen inducible in the RAW264.7 mouse macrophage-like cell line, and ELISA confirmed that both RAW264.7 cells and primary murine thioglycolate-elicited peritoneal macrophages up-regulate the secretion of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 >100-fold upon exposure to fibrinogen. Human U937 and THP-1 precursor-1 (THP-1) monocytic cell lines also secreted chemokines in response to fibrinogen, upon activation with IFN-γ and differentiation with vitamin D3, respectively. LPS contamination could not account for our observations, as fibrinogen-induced chemokine secretion was sensitive to heat denaturation and was unaffected by the pharmacologic LPS antagonist polymyxin B. Nevertheless, fibrinogen- and LPS-induced chemokine secretion both apparently required expression of functional Toll-like receptor 4, as each was diminished in macrophages derived from C3H/HeJ mice. Thus, innate responses to fibrinogen and bacterial endotoxin may converge at the evolutionarily conserved Toll-like recognition molecules. Our data suggest that extravascular fibrin(ogen) induces macrophage chemokine expression, thereby promoting immune surveillance at sites of inflammation.

1990 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Human tumor necrosis factor alpha gene regulation by virus and lipopolysaccharide.

We have identified a region of the human tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) gene promoter that is necessary for maximal constitutive, virus-induced, and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced transcription. This region contains three sites that match an NF-kappa B binding-site consensus sequence. We show that these three sites specifically bind NF-kappa B in vitro, yet each of these sites can be deleted from the TNF-alpha promoter with little effect on the induction of the gene by virus or LPS. Moreover, when multimers of these three sites are placed upstream from a truncated TNF-alpha promoter, or a heterologous promoter, an increase in the basal level of transcription is observed that is influenced by sequence context and cell type. However, these multimers are not sufficient for virus or LPS induction of either promoter. Thus, unlike other virus- and LPS-inducible promoters that contain NF-kappa B binding sites, these sites from the TNF-alpha promoter are neither required nor sufficient for virus or LPS induction. Comparison of the sequence requirements of virus induction of the human TNF-alpha gene in mouse L929 and P388D1 cells reveals significant differences, indicating that the sequence requirements for virus induction of the gene are cell type-specific. However, the sequences required for virus and LPS induction of the gene in a single cell type, P388D1, overlap.

2009 - The Journal of Neuroscience
Dose-Dependent Inverted U-Shaped Effect of Dopamine (D2-Like) Receptor Activation on Focal and Nonfocal Plasticity in Humans

The neuromodulator dopamine (DA) has multiple modes of action on neuroplasticity induction and modulation, depending on subreceptor specificity, concentration level, and the kind of stimulation-induced plasticity. To determine the dosage-dependent effects of D2-like receptor activation on nonfocal and focal neuroplasticity in the human motor cortex, different doses of ropinirole (0.125, 0.25, 0.5, and 1.0 mg), a D2/D3 dopamine agonist, or placebo medication were combined with anodal and cathodal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) protocols, which induce nonfocal plasticity, or paired associative stimulation (PAS, ISI of 10 or 25 ms), which generates focal plasticity, in healthy volunteers. D2-like receptor activation produced an inverted “U”-shaped dose–response curve on plasticity for facilitatory tDCS and PAS and for inhibitory tDCS. Here, high or low dosages of ropinirole impaired plasticity. However, no dose-dependent response effect of D2-like receptor activation was evident for focal inhibitory plasticity. In general, our study supports the assumption that modulation of D2-like receptor activity exerts dose-dependent inhibitory or facilitatory effects on neuroplasticity in the human motor cortex depending on the topographic specificity of plasticity.

2003 - The Biochemical journal
Polyester synthases: natural catalysts for plastics.

Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) are biopolyesters composed of hydroxy fatty acids, which represent a complex class of storage polyesters. They are synthesized by a wide range of different Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria, as well as by some Archaea, and are deposited as insoluble cytoplasmic inclusions. Polyester synthases are the key enzymes of polyester biosynthesis and catalyse the conversion of (R)-hydroxyacyl-CoA thioesters to polyesters with the concomitant release of CoA. These soluble enzymes turn into amphipathic enzymes upon covalent catalysis of polyester-chain formation. A self-assembly process is initiated resulting in the formation of insoluble cytoplasmic inclusions with a phospholipid monolayer and covalently attached polyester synthases at the surface. Surface-attached polyester synthases show a marked increase in enzyme activity. These polyester synthases have only recently been biochemically characterized. An overview of these recent findings is provided. At present, 59 polyester synthase structural genes from 45 different bacteria have been cloned and the nucleotide sequences have been obtained. The multiple alignment of the primary structures of these polyester synthases show an overall identity of 8-96% with only eight strictly conserved amino acid residues. Polyester synthases can been assigned to four classes based on their substrate specificity and subunit composition. The current knowledge on the organization of the polyester synthase genes, and other genes encoding proteins related to PHA metabolism, is compiled. In addition, the primary structures of the 59 PHA synthases are aligned and analysed with respect to highly conserved amino acids, and biochemical features of polyester synthases are described. The proposed catalytic mechanism based on similarities to alpha/beta-hydrolases and mutational analysis is discussed. Different threading algorithms suggest that polyester synthases belong to the alpha/beta-hydrolase superfamily, with a conserved cysteine residue as catalytic nucleophile. This review provides a survey of the known biochemical features of these unique enzymes and their proposed catalytic mechanism.

2003 - Molecular and Cellular Biology
mTOR-Dependent Regulation of Ribosomal Gene Transcription Requires S6K1 and Is Mediated by Phosphorylation of the Carboxy-Terminal Activation Domain of the Nucleolar Transcription Factor UBF†

ABSTRACT Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) is a key regulator of cell growth acting via two independent targets, ribosomal protein S6 kinase 1 (S6K1) and 4EBP1. While each is known to regulate translational efficiency, the mechanism by which they control cell growth remains unclear. In addition to increased initiation of translation, the accelerated synthesis and accumulation of ribosomes are fundamental for efficient cell growth and proliferation. Using the mTOR inhibitor rapamycin, we show that mTOR is required for the rapid and sustained serum-induced activation of 45S ribosomal gene transcription (rDNA transcription), a major rate-limiting step in ribosome biogenesis and cellular growth. Expression of a constitutively active, rapamycin-insensitive mutant of S6K1 stimulated rDNA transcription in the absence of serum and rescued rapamycin repression of rDNA transcription. Moreover, overexpression of a dominant-negative S6K1 mutant repressed transcription in exponentially growing NIH 3T3 cells. Rapamycin treatment led to a rapid dephosphorylation of the carboxy-terminal activation domain of the rDNA transcription factor, UBF, which significantly reduced its ability to associate with the basal rDNA transcription factor SL-1. Rapamycin-mediated repression of rDNA transcription was rescued by purified recombinant phosphorylated UBF and endogenous UBF from exponentially growing NIH 3T3 cells but not by hypophosphorylated UBF from cells treated with rapamycin or dephosphorylated recombinant UBF. Thus, mTOR plays a critical role in the regulation of ribosome biogenesis via a mechanism that requires S6K1 activation and phosphorylation of UBF.

2001 - The Journal of Biological Chemistry
The p38 Mitogen-activated Kinase Pathway Regulates the Human Interleukin-10 Promoter via the Activation of Sp1 Transcription Factor in Lipopolysaccharide-stimulated Human Macrophages*

Interleukin-10 (IL-10), a pleiotropic cytokine that inhibits inflammatory and cell-mediated immune responses, is produced by a wide variety of cell types including T and B cells and monocytes/macrophages. Regulation of pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines has been suggested to involve distinct signaling pathways. In this study, we investigated the regulation of the human IL-10 (hIL-10) promoter in the human monocytic cell line THP-1 following activation with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Analysis of hIL-10 promoter sequences revealed that DNA sequences located between base pairs −652 and −571 are necessary for IL-10 transcription. A computer analysis of the promoter sequence between base pairs −652 and −571 revealed the existence of consensus sequences for Sp1, PEA1, YY1, and Epstein-Barr virus-specific nuclear antigen-2 (EBNA-2)-like transcription factors. THP-1 cells transfected with a plasmid containing mutant Sp1 abrogated the promoter activity, whereas plasmids containing the sequences for PEA1, YY1, and EBNA-2-like transcription factors did not influence hIL-10 promoter activity. To understand the events upstream of Sp1 activation, we investigated the role of p38 and extracellular signal-regulated kinase mitogen-activated protein kinases by using their specific inhibitors. SB202190 and SB203580, the p38-specific inhibitors, inhibited LPS-induced IL-10 production. In contrast, PD98059, a specific inhibitor of extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinases, failed to modulate IL-10 production. Furthermore, SB203580 inhibited LPS-induced activation of Sp1, as well as the promoter activity in cells transfected with a plasmid containing the Sp1 consensus sequence. These results suggest that p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase regulates LPS-induced activation of Sp1, which in turn regulates transcription of the hIL-10 gene.

1994 - Molecular and cellular biology
Binding of basal transcription factor TFIIH to the acidic activation domains of VP16 and p53

Acidic transcriptional activation domains function well in both yeast and mammalian cells, and some have been shown to bind the general transcription factors TFIID and TFIIB. We now show that two acidic transactivators, herpes simplex virus VP16 and human p53, directly interact with the multisubunit human general transcription factor TFIIH and its Saccharomyces cerevisiae counterpart, factor b. The VP16- and p53-binding domains in these factors lie in the p62 subunit of TFIIH and in the homologous subunit, TFB1, of factor b. Point mutations in VP16 that reduce its transactivation activity in both yeast and mammalian cells weaken its binding to both yeast and human TFIIH. This suggests that binding of activation domains to TFIIH is an important aspect of transcriptional activation.

2001 - The Journal of Biological Chemistry
Activation of the β2-Adrenergic Receptor Involves Disruption of an Ionic Lock between the Cytoplasmic Ends of Transmembrane Segments 3 and 6*

The movements of transmembrane segments (TMs) 3 and 6 at the cytoplasmic side of the membrane play an important role in the activation of G-protein-coupled receptors. Here we provide evidence for the existence of an ionic lock that constrains the relative mobility of the cytoplasmic ends of TM3 and TM6 in the inactive state of the β2-adrenergic receptor. We propose that the highly conserved Arg-1313.50 at the cytoplasmic end of TM3 interacts both with the adjacent Asp-1303.49 and with Glu-2686.30 at the cytoplasmic end of TM6. Such a network of ionic interactions has now been directly supported by the high-resolution structure of the inactive state of rhodopsin. We hypothesized that the network of interactions would serve to constrain the receptor in the inactive state, and the release of this ionic lock could be a key step in receptor activation. To test this hypothesis, we made charge-neutralizing mutations of Glu-2686.30 and of Asp-1303.49 in the β2-adrenergic receptor. Alone and in combination, we observed a significant increase in basal and pindolol-stimulated cAMP accumulation in COS-7 cells transiently transfected with the mutant receptors. Moreover, based on the increased accessibility of Cys-2856.47 in TM6, we provide evidence for a conformational rearrangement of TM6 that is highly correlated with the extent of constitutive activity of the different mutants. The present experimental data together with the recent high-resolution structure of rhodopsin suggest that ionic interactions between Asp/Glu3.49, Arg3.50, and Glu6.30may constitute a common switch governing the activation of many rhodopsin-like G-protein-coupled receptors.

2001 - European journal of immunology
The role of MyD88 and TLR4 in the LPS‐mimetic activity of Taxol

Taxol can mimic bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS) by activating mouse macrophages in a cell cycle‐independent, LPS antagonist‐inhibitable manner. Macrophages from C3H/HeJ mice, which have a spontaneous mutation in Toll‐like receptor 4 (TLR4), are hyporesponsive to both LPS and Taxol, suggesting that LPS and Taxol may share a signaling pathway involving TLR4. To determine whether TLR4 and its interacting adaptor molecule MyD88 are necessary for Taxol's LPS mimetic actions, we examined Taxol responses of primary macrophages from genetically defective mice lacking either TLR4 (C57BL/10ScNCr) or MyD88 (MyD88 knockout). When stimulated with Taxol, macrophages from wild‐type mice responded robustly by secreting both TNF and NO, while macrophages from either TLR4‐deficient C57BL/10ScNCr mice or MyD88 knockout mice produced only minimal amounts of TNF and NO. Taxol‐induced NF‐κB‐driven luciferase activity was reduced after transfection of RAW 264.7 macrophages with a dominant negative version of mouse MyD88. Taxol‐induced microtubule‐associated protein kinase (MAPK) activation and NF‐κB nuclear translocation were absent from TLR4‐null macrophages, but were preserved in MyD88 knockout macrophages with a slight delay in kinetics. Neither Taxol‐induced NF‐κB activation, nor IκB degradation was affected by the presence of phosphatidylinositol 3‐kinaseinhibitors. These results suggest that Taxol and LPS not only share a TLR4/MyD88‐dependent pathway in generating inflammatory mediators, but also share a TLR4‐dependent/MyD88‐independent pathway leading to activation of MAPK and NF‐κB.

1990 - Molecular and cellular biology
Activation of interleukin-6 gene expression through the NF-kappa B transcription factor

The promoter region of the interleukin-6 (IL-6) gene has a putative NF-kappa B-binding site. We found that a fragment of the IL-6 promoter containing the site specifically binds highly purified NF-kappa B protein and the NF-kappa B protein in nuclear extracts of phorbol ester-induced Jurkat cells. Mutations of the NF-kappa B site abolished complex formation with both purified NF-kappa B and the nuclear extract protein. Transient expression of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) plasmids containing the IL-6 promoter revealed very little activity of the promoter in U-937 monocytic cells and in HeLa cells before stimulation. However, stimulation of U-937 and HeLa cells by inducers of NF-kappa B led to a dramatic increase in CAT activity. Mutations in the NF-kappa B-binding site abolished inducibility of IL-6 promoter-cat constructs in U-937 cells by lipopolysaccharide, tumor necrosis factor alpha, the double-stranded RNA poly(IC), or phytohemagglutinin and in HeLa cells by tumor necrosis factor alpha and drastically reduced but did not completely eliminate inducibility in HeLa cells stimulated by double-stranded RNA poly(IC) or phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate. These results suggest that NF-kappa B is an important mediator for activation of the IL-6 gene by a variety of IL-6 inducers in both U-937 and HeLa cells and that alternative inducible enhancer elements contribute in a cell-specific manner to IL-6 gene induction. Because NF-kappa B is involved in the control of a variety of genes activated upon inflammation, NF-kappa B may play a central role in the inflammatory response to infection and tissue injury.

1996 - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Caffeic acid phenethyl ester is a potent and specific inhibitor of activation of nuclear transcription factor NF-kappa B.

Caffeic acid phenethyl ester (CAPE), an active component of propolis from honeybee hives, is known to have antimitogenic, anticarcinogenic, antiinflammatory, and immunomodulatory properties. The molecular basis for these diverse properties is not known. Since the role of the nuclear factor NF-kappa B in these responses has been documented, we examined the effect of CAPE on this transcription factor. Our results show that the activation of NF-kappa B by tumor necrosis factor (TNF) is completely blocked by CAPE in a dose- and time-dependent manner. Besides TNF, CAPE also inhibited NF-kappa B activation induced by other inflammatory agents including phorbol ester, ceramide, hydrogen peroxide, and okadaic acid. Since the reducing agents reversed the inhibitory effect of CAPE, it suggests the role of critical sulfhydryl groups in NF-kappa B activation. CAPE prevented the translocation of the p65 subunit of NF-kappa B to the nucleus and had no significant effect on TNF-induced I kappa B alpha degradation, but did delay I kappa B alpha resynthesis. The effect of CAPE on inhibition of NF-kappa B binding to the DNA was specific, in as much as binding of other transcription factors including AP-1, Oct-1, and TFIID to their DNA were not affected. When various synthetic structural analogues of CAPE were examined, it was found that a bicyclic, rotationally constrained, 5,6-dihydroxy form was superactive, whereas 6,7-dihydroxy variant was least active. Thus, overall our results demonstrate that CAPE is a potent and a specific inhibitor of NF-kappa B activation and this may provide the molecular basis for its multiple immunomodulatory and antiinflammatory activities.

Peptidoglycan- and Lipoteichoic Acid-induced Cell Activation Is Mediated by Toll-like Receptor 2*

M. Rothe
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R. Dziarski
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C. Kirschning
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R. Schwandner
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H. Wesche

Abstract:The life-threatening complications of sepsis in humans are elicited by infection with Gram-negative as well as Gram-positive bacteria. Recently, lipopolysaccharide (LPS), a major biologically active agent of Gram-negative bacteria, was shown to mediate cellular activation by a member of the human Toll-like receptor family, Toll-like receptor (TLR) 2. Here we investigate the mechanism of cellular activation by soluble peptidoglycan (sPGN) and lipoteichoic acid (LTA), main stimulatory components of Gram-positive bacteria. Like LPS, sPGN and LTA bind to the glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored membrane protein CD14 and induce activation of the transcription factor NF-κB in host cells like macrophages. We show that whole Gram-positive bacteria, sPGN and LTA induce the activation of NF-κB in HEK293 cells expressing TLR2 but not in cells expressing TLR1 or TLR4. The sPGN- and LTA-induced NF-κB activation was not inhibited by polymyxin B, an antibiotic that binds and neutralizes LPS. Coexpression together with membrane CD14 enhances sPGN signal transmission through TLR2. In contrast to LPS signaling, activation of TLR2 by sPGN and LTA does not require serum. These findings identify TLR2 as a signal transducer for sPGN and LTA in addition to LPS.

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