PMID- 36562687 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230202 LR - 20231213 IS - 1532-4311 (Electronic) IS - 0882-0139 (Linking) VI - 52 IP - 2 DP - 2023 Feb TI - Sp1 Controls the Basal Level of Interleukin-34 Transcription. PG - 224-240 LID - 10.1080/08820139.2022.2157283 [doi] AB - Interleukin-34 (IL-34) is a cytokine that plays important roles at steady state and in diseases. The induced or inhibited expression of IL-34 by stimuli has been deeply investigated. However, the regulation of IL-34 basal expression is largely unknown. The aim of this study is to investigate whether IL-34 expression is regulated by a general transcription factor Specificity Protein 1 (Sp1) at transcription level. By using bioinformatic software, four putative Sp1-binding sites overlapping GC boxes were found in the core promoter region of IL-34. Alignment of the core promoter sequences of mammalian IL-34 showed GC box-C (-62/-57) and D (-11/-6) were conserved in some mammals. Luciferase assay results showed that only deletion of GC box-C (-62/-57) significantly reduced luciferase activities of IL-34 core promoter in SH-SY5Y cells. By using electrophoretic mobility shift assay (EMSA), it was found that Sp1 specifically interacted with GC box-C sequence CCCGCC (-62/-57) in the core promoter of IL-34. By using chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP), it was discovered that Sp1 bound to the core promoter of IL-34 in living cells. In addition, silencing of Sp1 expression by its specific siRNA reduced IL-34 mRNA and protein levels significantly in SH-SY5Y cells. Likewise, IL-34 expression was inhibited in a dose-dependent manner by a Sp1 inhibitor Plicamycin. Furthermore, silencing of Sp1 also downregulated mRNA and protein expression of IL-34 in GES-1 and 293T cell lines, suggesting that IL-34 transcription regulated by Sp1 was not cell-type specific. Taken together, these results indicate that Sp1 controls the basal level of IL-34 transcription. FAU - Lin, Minggui AU - Lin M AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China. FAU - Liu, Xingyun AU - Liu X AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China. FAU - Zhang, Xinhui AU - Zhang X AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China. FAU - Wang, Huimin AU - Wang H AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China. FAU - Fang, Yu AU - Fang Y AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China. FAU - Wu, Xiaoting AU - Wu X AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China. FAU - Yin, Anqi AU - Yin A AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China. FAU - Yang, Wanqing AU - Yang W AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China. FAU - Zhang, Dong AU - Zhang D AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China. FAU - Li, Miaomiao AU - Li M AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China. FAU - Zhang, Ling AU - Zhang L AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China. FAU - Ying, Songcheng AU - Ying S AD - Department of Immunology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, P. R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20221223 PL - England TA - Immunol Invest JT - Immunological investigations JID - 8504629 RN - 0 (Interleukins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - EC 1.13.12.- (Luciferases) RN - 0 (Sp1 Transcription Factor) RN - 0 (SP1 protein, human) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Humans MH - *Neuroblastoma/genetics MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Binding Sites MH - Interleukins/genetics/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - Luciferases/genetics/metabolism MH - Sp1 Transcription Factor/genetics/metabolism MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Mammals/genetics/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - IL-34 OT - Sp1 OT - regulation OT - transcription EDAT- 2022/12/24 06:00 MHDA- 2023/02/03 06:00 CRDT- 2022/12/23 09:53 PHST- 2022/12/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/03 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/12/23 09:53 [entrez] AID - 10.1080/08820139.2022.2157283 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Immunol Invest. 2023 Feb;52(2):224-240. doi: 10.1080/08820139.2022.2157283. Epub 2022 Dec 23.