A Lipopolysaccharide-Specific Enhancer Complex Involving Ets, Elk-1, Sp1, and CREB Binding Protein and p300 Is Recruited to the Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Promoter In Vivo

AUTOR(ES)

Tsai, Eunice Y.

FONTE

American Society for Microbiology

RESUMO

The tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) gene is rapidly activated by lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Here, we show that extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) kinase activity but not calcineurin phosphatase activity is required for LPS-stimulated TNF-α gene expression. In LPS-stimulated macrophages, the ERK substrates Ets and Elk-1 bind to the TNF-α promoter in vivo. Strikingly, Ets and Elk-1 bind to two TNF-α nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT)-binding sites, which are required for calcineurin and NFAT-dependent TNF-α gene expression in lymphocytes. The transcription factors ATF-2, c-jun, Egr-1, and Sp1 are also inducibly recruited to the TNF-α promoter in vivo, and the binding sites for each of these activators are required for LPS-stimulated TNF-α gene expression. Furthermore, assembly of the LPS-stimulated TNF-α enhancer complex is dependent upon the coactivator proteins CREB binding protein and p300. The finding that a distinct set of transcription factors associates with a fixed set of binding sites on the TNF-α promoter in response to LPS stimulation lends new insights into the mechanisms by which complex patterns of gene regulation are achieved.

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