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CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta mediates interferon-gamma- induced p48 (ISGF3-gamma) gene transcription in human monocytic cells

  1. Author:
    Xiao, W. H.
    Wang, L. H.
    Yang, X. Y.
    Chen, T. S.
    Hodge, D.
    Johnson, P. F.
    Farrar, W.

  2. Author Address

    NCI, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr, Intramural Res Program, SAIC Frederick, NIH, POB B, Bldg 560, Rm 31-76, Frederick, MD 21702 USA. NCI, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr, Intramural Res Program, SAIC Frederick, NIH, Frederick, MD 21702 USA. NCI, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr, Mol Immunoregulat Lab, Cytokine Mol Mech Sect, NIH, Frederick, MD 21702 USA. NCI, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr, Regulat Cell Growth Lab, NIH, Frederick, MD 21702 USA. Xiao WH NCI, Frederick Canc Res & Dev Ctr, Intramural Res Program, SAIC Frederick, NIH, POB B, Bldg 560, Rm 31-76, Frederick, MD 21702 USA.
    1. Year: 2001
  2. Journal: Journal of Biological Chemistry
    1. 276
    2. 26
    3. Pages: 23275-23281
  4. Type of Article: Article
  1. Abstract:

    Previous studies have identified a novel interferon-stimulated response element-like element, termed gamma -interferon- activating transcription element, within the interferon- stimulating gene factor-3 gamma (p48) promoter region that is bound by novel transcription factors in response to stimulation with interferons (IFNs) (Weihua, X,, Kolla, V., and Kalvakolanu, D, V. (1997) Proc. Natl. Acad, Sci. U. S. A. 94, 103-108), In the present study, we have identified CCAAT/enhancer-binding protein beta (C/EBP-beta) as one of the gamma -interferon-activating transcription element cognate transcription factors by screening a human monophage-derived cDNA library in a yeast one-hybrid system. Electrophoretic mobility shift assay studies suggest that C/EBP-beta dynamically regulates p48 gene expression upon IFN-gamma stimulation by undergoing changes in its heterodimerization partners. Transient transfection studies demonstrate that overexpression of C/EBP-beta strongly enhanced IFN-gamma - induced transcription from the p48 promoter. However, deletion mutants of C/EBP-beta that lack the N-terminal transactivation domain were unable to stimulate the p48 promoter. Western blotting revealed that C/EBP-beta is induced by IFN-gamma stimulation in THP-1-derived macrophages. Collectively, these results suggest that C/EBP-beta plays an important role in the human IFN-gamma signaling pathway by transcriptional regulation of p48 gene expression, an essential component in the IFN signaling pathway.

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