PMID- 25736222 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151228 LR - 20161125 IS - 1532-2823 (Electronic) IS - 0952-3278 (Linking) VI - 96 DP - 2015 May TI - Inhibition of lipopolysaccharide-induced gene expression by liver X receptor ligands in macrophages involves interference with early growth response factor 1. PG - 37-49 LID - S0952-3278(15)00044-7 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.plefa.2015.02.002 [doi] AB - Liver X receptors (LXRs) are nuclear receptors that act as ligand-dependent transcription factors forming permissive heterodimers with retinoid X receptors (RXRs). In this study we aimed to assess the effect of LXR/RXR activation on the transcriptional induction of pro-inflammatory genes including cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and microsomal prostaglandin E2 synthase-1 (mPGES-1) in activated macrophages. Our study shows that LXR ligands such as oxysterols, GW3965 or TO901317, as well as RXR ligands like 9cis retinoic acid or SR11237, decreased LPS-induced expression of COX-2 and mPGES-1. Consequently, LPS-dependent PGE2 production was substantially reduced in macrophages treated with LXR/RXR ligands. The inhibitory effects of LXR/RXR activation on LPS-induced expression of COX-2 and mPGES-1 in macrophages, occurred by a mechanism involving interference with transcriptional activation of these genes. LXR/RXR activation interfered with the activity of transcription factors essential in the up-regulation of the expression of pro-inflammatory genes in these cells, such as NFkappaB, but also Egr-1, which had not been previously associated with LXR-mediated gene repression. As this transcription factor is involved in the regulation of a variety of genes involved in inflammatory processes, LXR and RXR-mediated interference with Egr-1 signaling could represent an important event mediating the anti-inflammatory effects of these receptors in macrophages. CI - Copyright (c) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FAU - Guillem-Llobat, Paloma AU - Guillem-Llobat P AD - Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Princesa, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Nicolas Cabrera, 1, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. FAU - Iniguez, Miguel A AU - Iniguez MA AD - Centro de Biologia Molecular Severo Ochoa (CSIC-UAM), Departamento de Biologia Molecular, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria Princesa, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Nicolas Cabrera, 1, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: mainiguez@cbm.csic.es. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150219 PL - Scotland TA - Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids JT - Prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and essential fatty acids JID - 8802730 RN - 0 (EGR1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Early Growth Response Protein 1) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Lipopolysaccharides) RN - 0 (Liver X Receptors) RN - 0 (Orphan Nuclear Receptors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Line MH - Early Growth Response Protein 1/*metabolism MH - Gene Expression/*drug effects MH - Humans MH - Ligands MH - Lipopolysaccharides/*metabolism MH - Liver X Receptors MH - Macrophages/*metabolism MH - Mice MH - Monocytes/metabolism MH - Orphan Nuclear Receptors/antagonists & inhibitors/metabolism/*pharmacology OTO - NOTNLM OT - COX-2 OT - Egr-1 OT - LXR OT - Macrophages OT - RXR OT - mPGES-1 EDAT- 2015/03/05 06:00 MHDA- 2015/12/29 06:00 CRDT- 2015/03/05 06:00 PHST- 2014/11/11 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/02/09 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2015/02/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/03/05 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/03/05 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/12/29 06:00 [medline] AID - S0952-3278(15)00044-7 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.plefa.2015.02.002 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids. 2015 May;96:37-49. doi: 10.1016/j.plefa.2015.02.002. Epub 2015 Feb 19.