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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-8-13
pubmed:abstractText
We previously reported that human malignant endometrial epithelial cell conditioned medium (MECM) up-regulated cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 mRNA and protein levels in human normal endometrial stromal cells (ESC). Here we showed that pretreatment with a selective inhibitor of the extracellularly regulated kinase (ERK)1/2 signaling pathway blocked the MECM-induced COX-2 expression in ESC. Transient transfection assays indicated critical roles of a cAMP response element (CRE,-59/-53 bp) and a nuclear factor for interleukin (IL)-6 expression (NF-IL6) site (-132/-124 bp) in the regulation of basal and MECM-induced activity of COX-2 gene promoter in ESC. Employing electrophoretic mobility shift assays, we demonstrated that increased functional binding of CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP)alpha, C/EBPbeta and upstream stimulatory factor-2 to the CRE and C/EBPalpha and C/EBPbeta to the NF-IL6 site were, at least in part, responsible for MECM-induced COX-2 expression in ESC. Moreover, overexpression of C/EBPalpha and C/EBPbeta significantly induced COX-2 promoter activity in ESC. Collectively, these results suggest that the basal and MECM-induced transcription of the COX-2 gene in ESC is regulated through a combination of the CRE and the NF-IL6 site by functional interactions of C/EBPalpha and C/EBPbeta.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0952-5041
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
95-104
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-19
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Culture Media, Conditioned, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Cyclooxygenase 2, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Endometrial Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Enzyme Induction, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Isoenzymes, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Mutagenesis, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Oligonucleotide Probes, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Prostaglandin-Endoperoxide Synthases, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Restriction Mapping, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Sequence Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Stromal Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12914528-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Induction of cyclooxygenase-2 in human endometrial stromal cells by malignant endometrial epithelial cells: evidence for the involvement of extracellularly regulated kinases and CCAAT/enhancer binding proteins.
pubmed:affiliation
Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't