Transcriptional Role of the Nuclear Factor κB Site in the Induction by Lipopolysaccharide and Suppression by Dexamethasone of Cyclooxygenase-2 in U937 Cells

We investigated the role of nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) in gastric ulcer healing in rats. NF-κB was activated in ulcerated tissue but not in normal mucosa, and the level of the activation was decreased with ulcer healing. NF-κB activation was observed in fibroblasts, monocytes/macrophages, and neutrophils. Treatment of gastric fibroblasts, isolated from the ulcer base, with interleukin-1β activated NF-κB and the subsequently induced cyclooxygenase-2 and cytokine-induced neutrophil chemoattractant-1 (CINC-1) mRNA expression. Inhibition of activated NF-κB action resulted in suppression of both their mRNA expression and increases in PGE2 and CINC-1 levels induced by interleukin-1β. Persistent prevention of NF-κB activation caused an impairment of ulcer healing in rats. Gene expression of interleukin-1β, CINC-1, cyclooxygenase-2, and inducible nitric oxide synthase in ulcerated tissue had been inhibited before the delay in ulcer healing became manifest. The increased levels of cyclooxygenase-2 protein and PGE2 production were also reduced. These results demonstrate that NF-κB, activated in ulcerated tissue, might upregulate the expression of healing-promoting factors responsible for gastric ulcer healing in rats.

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Essential role of nuclear factor-κB for NADPH oxidase activity in normal and anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia leukocytes

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood-2007-07-099267 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 112 (4) ◽

pp. 1453-1460 ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Marcos Luengo-Blanco ◽

Carolina Prando ◽

Jacinta Bustamante ◽

Walmir Cutrim Aragão-Filho ◽

Paulo Vitor Soeiro Pereira ◽

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Keyword(s):

Gene Expression ◽

Nadph Oxidase ◽

Ectodermal Dysplasia ◽

Nuclear Factor Κb ◽

Nuclear Factor ◽

U937 Cells ◽

Cybb Gene ◽

Anhidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia ◽

Ncf1 Gene

AbstractThis work investigated the functional role of nuclear factor–κB (NF-κB) in respiratory burst activity and in expression of the human phagocyte nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase genes CYBB, CYBA, NCF1, and NCF2. U937 cells with a stably transfected repressor of NF-κB (IκBα-S32A/S36A) demonstrated significantly lower superoxide release and lower CYBB and NCF1 gene expression compared with control U937 cells. We further tested Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-transformed B cells from patients with anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with immunodeficiency (EDA-ID), an inherited disorder of NF-κB function. Superoxide release and CYBB gene expression by EDA-ID cells were significantly decreased compared with healthy cells and similar to cells from patients with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease (X910 CGD). NCF1 gene expression in EDA-ID S32I cells was decreased compared with healthy control cells and similar to that in autosomal recessive (A470) CGD cells. Gel shift assays demonstrated loss of recombinant human p50 binding to a NF-κB site 5′ to the CYBB gene in U937 cells treated with NF-κB inhibitors, repressor-transfected U937 cells, and EDA-ID patients' cells. Zymosan phagocytosis was not affected by transfection of U937 cells with the NF-κB repressor. These studies show that NF-κB is necessary for CYBB and NCF1 gene expression and activation of the phagocyte NADPH oxidase in this model system.

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