Regulation of epithelium-specific Ets-like factors ESE-1 and ESE-3 in airway epithelial cells:potential roles in airway inflammation

• 来源期刊: 细胞研究（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2008,（6）
• 页码范围: 649-663
• 页数: 15页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Airway inflammation is the hallmark of many respiratory disorders,such as asthma and cystic fibrosis.Changes in airway gene expression triggered by inflammation play a key role in the pathogenesis of these diseases.Genetic linkage studies suggest that ESE-2 and ESE-3,which encode epithelium-specific Ets-domain-containing transcription factors,are candidate asthma susceptibility genes.We report here that the expression of another member of the Ets family transcription factors ESE-1,as well as ESE-3,is upregulated by the inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) in bronchial epithelial cell lines.Treatment of these cells with IL-1β and TNF-a resulted in a dramatic increase in mRNA expression for both ESE-1 and ESE-3.We demonstrate that the induced expression is mediated by activation of the transcription factor NF-kB.We have characterized the ESE-1 and ESE-3 promoters and have identified the NF-kB binding sequences that are required for the cytokine-induced expression.In addition,we also demonstrate that ESE-1 upregulates ESE-3 expression and downregulates its own induction by cytokines.Finally,we have shown that in Elf3 (homologous to human ESE-1) knockout mice,the expression of the inflammatory cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) is downregulated.Our findings suggest that ESE-1 and ESE-3 play an important role in airway inflammation.