Am. Verhagen et al., TNF and CD95 promote IL-8 gene transactivation via independent elements incolon carcinoma cells, CYTOKINE, 15(2), 2001, pp. 108-112
The pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-8 (IL-8) is produced by HT29 colo
n epithelial cells following engagement of either CD95 or tumour necrosis f
actor (TNF) receptors. While the IL-8 promotor elements activated by TNF ar
e well characterised, those responsible for induction of IL-8 by CD95 are u
nknown. We examined the pathway for CD95 induced IL-8 secretion using two l
uciferase reporter constructs; the first comprising approximately 500 bp of
the IL-8 promotor that includes the nuclear factor kappa B (NF kappaB), C/
EBP and AP-1 sites known to be involved in TNF mediated IL-8 induction; the
second that encompasses these elements but extends approximately 1.1 kb fu
rther upstream. Although IL-8 mRNA and protein were produced in response to
either TNF or CD95 ligation, only TNF induced an increase in the reporter
activity of the promoter constructs. Nevertheless, IL-8 induction by CD95 r
esulted primarily from increased transcription and not from an increase in
IL-8 mRNA stability. These results suggest that promoter elements/enhancers
involved in CD95 mediated IL-8 induction are distinct from those used by T
NF and not contained within the 1.6 kb region immediately upstream of the i
nitiation codon. (C) 2001 Academic Press.