Lipopolysaccharide activation of the MEK-ERK1/2 pathway in human monocytic cells mediates tissue factor and tumor necrosis factor alpha expression by inducing Elk-1 phosphorylation and Egr-1 expression

Guha, Mausumee, O'Connell, Maria A. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0267-0951, Pawlinski, Rafal, Hollis, Angela, McGovern, Patricia, Yan, Shi-Fang, Stern, David and Mackman, Nigel (2001) Lipopolysaccharide activation of the MEK-ERK1/2 pathway in human monocytic cells mediates tissue factor and tumor necrosis factor alpha expression by inducing Elk-1 phosphorylation and Egr-1 expression. Blood, 98 (5). pp. 1429-1439. ISSN 0006-4971

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Abstract

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) induces human monocytes to express many proinflammatory mediators, including the procoagulant molecule tissue factor (TF) and the cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNIF-alpha). The TF and TNF-alpha genes are regulated by various transcription factors, including nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB/Rel proteins and Egr-1. In this study, the role of the MEK-ERK1/2 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway in LIPS induction of TF and TNF-alpha gene expression in human monocytic cells was investigated. The MAPK kinase (MEK)1 inhibitor PD98059 reduced LPS induction of TF and TNIF-alpha expression in a dose-dependent manner. PD98059 did not affect LPS-induced nuclear translocation of NF-kappaB/Rel proteins and minimally affected LPS induction Of KB-dependent transcription. In contrast, PD98059 and dominant-negative mutants of the Ras-Raf1-MEK-ERK (extacellular signal-regulated kinase) pathway strongly inhibited LPS induction of Egr-1 expression. In kinetic experiments LPS induction of Egr-1 expression preceded induction of TF expression. In addition, mutation of the Egr-1 sites in the TF and TNF-alpha promoters reduced expression of these proinflammatory genes. It was demonstrated that LPS induction of the Egr-1 promoter was mediated by 3 SRE sites, which bound an LIPS-Inducible complex containing serum response factor and Elk-1. LPS stimulation transiently induced phosphorylation of Elk-1 and increased the functional activity of a GAL4-Elk-1TA chimeric protein via the MEK-ERK1/2 pathway. The data indicate that LPS induction of Egr-1 gene expression is required for maximal induction of the TNF-alpha and TF genes in human monocytic cells. (C) 2001 by The American Society of Hematology.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	activation,factor messenger-rna,transcriptional,factor gene-expression,binding proteins,serum response elements,ternary complex factors,c-jun,epithelial-cells,factor-kappa-b,bacterial lipopolysaccharide
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Pharmacy (former - to 2024)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Pharmaceutical Cell Biology (former - to 2017) Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Molecular and Tissue Pharmacology
Depositing User:	Rachel Smith
Date Deposited:	06 Jun 2011 15:38
Last Modified:	06 Sep 2024 17:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/31777
DOI:	10.1182/blood.V98.5.1429

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