Characterization of the human intestinal CD98 promoter and its regulation by interferon-γ
- 1 February 2007
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physiological Society in American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology
- Vol. 292 (2), G535-G545
- https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpgi.00385.2006
Abstract
Growing evidence that epithelial CD98 plays an important role in intestinal inflammation focused our interest to investigate the transcriptional regulation of CD98. Our mouse-based in vivo and in vitro experiments revealed that epithelial colonic CD98 mRNA expression was transcriptionally increased in intestinal inflammation. We then isolated and characterized a 5′-flanking fragment containing the promoter region required for CD98 gene transcription. Primer extension and rapid amplification of 5′-cDNA ends were used to map a transcriptional initiation site 129 bp upstream from the translational start codon (ATG). Direct sequencing of the 5′-flanking region revealed the presence of four GC-rich stimulating protein (Sp)1 binding domains, one NF-κB binding domain, and no TATA box. Binding of Sp1 [Sp1(−874), SP1(−386), Sp1(−187), and Sp1(−177)] and NF-κB [NF-κB(−213)] to the promoter was confirmed by EMSA and supershift assays. Furthermore, chromatin immunoprecipitation experiments showed the in vivo DNA-Sp1 and DNA-NF-κB interactions under basal and IFN-γ-stimulated conditions. Reporter genes driven by serially truncated and site-mutated CD98 promoters were used to examine basal and IFN-γ-responsive transcription in transiently transfected Caco2-BBE cells. Our results revealed that Sp1(−187), Sp1(−177), and the NF-κB binding site were essential for basal and IFN-γ-stimulated CD98 promoter activities, whereas Sp1(−874) and Sp1(−386) were not. The results from additional site-mutated CD98 promoters suggested that Sp1(−187), Sp1(−177), and the NF-κB site may cooperate in mediating basal and IFN-γ-stimulated CD98 promoter activities. Finally, we demonstrated that a reduction of Sp1 or NF-κB expression reduced CD98 protein expression in unstimulated and IFN-γ-stimulated Caco2-BBE cells. Collectively, these findings indicate that the Sp1 and NF-κB transcription factors are likely to play a significant role in IFN-γ-mediated transcriptional regulation of CD98 in the intestinal epithelium, providing new insights into the regulation of CD98 expression in intestinal inflammation.Keywords
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