Identification and Characterization of Nuclear Factor κB Binding Sites in the Murine bcl‐χ Promoter
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 75 (4), 1377-1389
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.2000.0751377.x
Abstract
Signal transduction pathways that mediate neuronal commitment to apoptosis involve the nuclear factor kappaB (NF-kappaB) transcription factor. Bcl-X(L) is a potent regulator of apoptosis in the CNS and is highly expressed in the developing and adult brain. We identified three putative NF-kappaB DNA binding sequences clustered upstream of the brain-specific transcription start site in the upstream promoter region. Recombinant p50/p50 and NF-kappaB proteins from nuclear extracts bound to these sites as determined by electrophoretic mobility shift assay and biotin-oligonucleotide/streptavidin affinity assays. NF-kappaB overexpression, coupled with bcl-x promoter/reporter assays using a series of murine bcl-x promoter and deletion mutants, has identified the downstream 1.1 kb of the bcl-x promoter as necessary for basal promoter activity and induction by NF-kappaB. The mutagenic removal of NF-kappaB binding sites individually or in combination revealed altered response patterns to p49/p65 and p50/p65 overexpression. These results support the hypothesis that NF-kappaB can act to enhance Bcl-X(L) expression via highly selective interactions, where NF-kappaB binding and bcl-x promoter activation are dependent on both DNA binding site sequence and NF-kappaB subunit composition. Our data suggest that molecular events associated with NF-kappaB promote regulation of neuronal apoptosis in the developing or injured CNS.Keywords
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