PMID- 26908883 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160607 LR - 20200220 IS - 0032-5791 (Print) IS - 0032-5791 (Linking) VI - 95 IP - 4 DP - 2016 Apr TI - Transcriptional regulation of cathelicidin genes in chicken bone marrow cells. PG - 912-9 LID - 10.3382/ps/pev361 [doi] AB - Cathelicidins form a family of vertebrate-specific immune molecules with an evolutionarily conserved gene structure. We analyzed the expression patterns of cathelicidin genes (CAMP, CATH3, and CATHB1) in chicken bone marrow cells (BMCs) and chicken embryonic fibroblasts (CEFs). We found that CAMP and CATHB1 were significantly up-regulated in BMCs, whereas the expression of CATH3 did not differ significantly between BMCs and CEFs. To study the mechanism underlying the up-regulation of cathelicidin genes in BMCs, we predicted the transcription factors (TFs) that bind to the 5'-flanking regions of cathelicidin genes. CEBPA, EBF1, HES1, MSX1, and ZIC3 were up-regulated in BMCs compared to CEFs. Subsequently, when a siRNA-mediated knockdown assay was performed for MSX1, the expression of CAMP and CATHB1 was decreased in BMCs. We also showed that the transcriptional activity of the CAMP promoter was decreased by mutation of the MSX1-binding sites present within the 5'-flanking region of CAMP. These results increase our understanding of the regulatory mechanisms controlling cathelicidin genes in BMCs. CI - (c) 2016 Poultry Science Association Inc. FAU - Lee, Sang In AU - Lee SI AD - Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, 1500, Kongjwipatjwi-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 565-851, Republic of Korea Department of Animal Resource and Science, Dankook University, Cheonan, Choongnam, 330-714, Republic of Korea. FAU - Jang, Hyun June AU - Jang HJ AD - College of Pharmacy, Dankook University, 119 Dandae-ro, Cheonan, Chungnam 330-714, Republic of Korea. FAU - Jeon, Mi-hyang AU - Jeon MH AD - Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, 1500, Kongjwipatjwi-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 565-851, Republic of Korea. FAU - Lee, Mi Ock AU - Lee MO AD - Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-4467. FAU - Kim, Jeom Sun AU - Kim JS AD - Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, 1500, Kongjwipatjwi-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 565-851, Republic of Korea. FAU - Jeon, Ik-Soo AU - Jeon IS AD - Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, 1500, Kongjwipatjwi-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 565-851, Republic of Korea. FAU - Byun, Sung June AU - Byun SJ AD - Animal Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Animal Science, RDA, 1500, Kongjwipatjwi-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do, 565-851, Republic of Korea pcs1778@korea.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20160215 PL - England TA - Poult Sci JT - Poultry science JID - 0401150 RN - 0 (Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides) RN - 0 (Avian Proteins) RN - 0 (CMAP27 protein, chicken) RN - 0 (Cathelicidins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides/genetics/metabolism MH - Avian Proteins/*genetics/metabolism MH - Bone Marrow Cells/metabolism MH - Cathelicidins/*genetics/metabolism MH - Chick Embryo MH - Chickens/*genetics/metabolism MH - Fibroblasts/metabolism MH - *Gene Expression Regulation OTO - NOTNLM OT - CAMP OT - cathelicidin OT - chicken OT - promoter OT - transcription EDAT- 2016/02/26 06:00 MHDA- 2016/06/09 06:00 CRDT- 2016/02/25 06:00 PHST- 2015/10/20 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/08/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/02/25 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/02/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/06/09 06:00 [medline] AID - S0032-5791(19)32020-6 [pii] AID - 10.3382/ps/pev361 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Poult Sci. 2016 Apr;95(4):912-9. doi: 10.3382/ps/pev361. Epub 2016 Feb 15.