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11114305

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-3-20
pubmed:abstractText
LAP/C/EBPbeta is a member of the C/EBP family of transcription factors and contributes to the regulation of the acute phase response in hepatocytes. Here we show that IL-6 controls LAP/C/EBPbeta gene transcription and identify an IL-6 responsive element in the LAP/C/EBPbeta promoter, which contains no STAT3 DNA binding motif. However, luciferase reporter gene assays showed that STAT3 activation through the gp130 signal transducer molecule is involved in mediating IL-6-dependent LAP/C/EBPbeta transcription. Southwestern analysis indicated that IL-6 induces binding of a 68-kDa protein to the recently characterized CRE-like elements in the LAP/C/EBPbeta promoter. Transfection experiments using promoter constructs with mutated CRE-like elements revealed that these sites confer IL-6 responsiveness. Further analysis using STAT1/STAT3 chimeras identified specific domains of the protein that are required for the IL-6-dependent increase in LAP/C/EBPbeta gene transcription. Overexpression of the amino-terminal domain of STAT3 blocked the IL-6-mediated response, suggesting that the STAT3 amino terminus has an important function in IL-6-mediated transcription of the LAP/C/EBPbeta gene. These data lead to a model of how tethering STAT3 to a DNA-bound complex contributes to IL-6-dependent LAP/C/EBPbeta gene transcription. Our analysis describes a new mechanism by which STAT3 controls gene transcription and which has direct implication for the acute phase response in liver cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
276
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9016-27
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Interleukin-6-induced tethering of STAT3 to the LAP/C/EBPbeta promoter suggests a new mechanism of transcriptional regulation by STAT3.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't