PMID- 15345139 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050816 LR - 20231213 IS - 1523-0864 (Print) IS - 1523-0864 (Linking) VI - 6 IP - 5 DP - 2004 Oct TI - Role of NF-kappaB and p38 MAP kinase signaling pathways in the lipopolysaccharide-dependent activation of heme oxygenase-1 gene expression. PG - 802-10 AB - Heme oxygenase (HO)-1 is the inducible isoform of the rate-limiting enzyme of heme degradation, which is up-regulated by a host of stress stimuli. The bacterial cell membrane component lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a prototypical activator of monocytic cells. Here, it is shown that LPS induced the endogenous HO-1 gene expression in RAW264.7 monocytic cells. To investigate the molecular mechanisms of HO-1 gene induction by LPS, we performed transfection experiments with reporter gene constructs containing sequences of the proximal rat HO-1 gene promoter. Deletion and mutation analysis indicated that a cyclic AMP response element/activator protein-1 site (-664/-657), but not an E-box motif (-47/-42), played a major role for LPS-dependent HO-1 gene induction. Up-regulation of HO-1 promoter activity by LPS was decreased by pharmacological nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB) inhibitors and by cotransfected expression vectors with dominant negative isoforms of NF-kappaB-inducing kinase, inhibitor of NF-kappaB (IkappaB) kinase beta, and IkappaBalpha. Moreover, the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) inhibitor SB203580 and overexpressed dominant negative p38beta decreased, whereas dominant negative p38delta increased, LPS-dependent induction of HO-1 gene expression. The results suggest that the NF-kappaB and p38 MAPK signaling pathways mediate the LPS-dependent induction of HO-1 gene expression via DNA sequences of the proximal promoter region. FAU - Wijayanti, Nastiti AU - Wijayanti N AD - Institut fur Klinische Chemie und Pathobiochemie, Justus-Liebig-Universitat Giessen, D-35392 Giessen, Germany. FAU - Huber, Sebastian AU - Huber S FAU - Samoylenko, Anatoly AU - Samoylenko A FAU - Kietzmann, Thomas AU - Kietzmann T FAU - Immenschuh, Stephan AU - Immenschuh S LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Antioxid Redox Signal JT - Antioxidants & redox signaling JID - 100888899 RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (NF-kappa B) RN - EC 1.14.14.18 (Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)) RN - EC 1.14.14.18 (Heme Oxygenase-1) RN - EC 1.14.14.18 (Hmox1 protein, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.11.1 (Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Enzyme Activation MH - *Enzyme Induction MH - Genes, Reporter MH - Heme Oxygenase (Decyclizing)/genetics/*metabolism MH - Heme Oxygenase-1 MH - Lipopolysaccharides/*metabolism MH - *MAP Kinase Signaling System MH - Membrane Proteins MH - Mice MH - Monocytes/cytology/metabolism MH - NF-kappa B/antagonists & inhibitors/*metabolism MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases/genetics/metabolism MH - Rats MH - p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases/*metabolism MH - NF-kappaB-Inducing Kinase EDAT- 2004/09/04 05:00 MHDA- 2005/08/17 09:00 CRDT- 2004/09/04 05:00 PHST- 2004/09/04 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/08/17 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2004/09/04 05:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1089/ars.2004.6.802 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Antioxid Redox Signal. 2004 Oct;6(5):802-10. doi: 10.1089/ars.2004.6.802.