Nitric oxide regulates nitric oxide synthase-2 gene expression by inhibiting NF-kappaB binding to DNA (original) (raw)

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Treatment of astroglial cells with interleukin 1beta and interferon gamma transcriptionally activates the nitric oxide synthase (NOS)-2 gene. The duration of mRNA expression is brief because of transcript instability. In addition, NO donors reduce the expression of NOS-2 mRNA dramatically by reducing the rate of transcription. In this study we observed that the NO donor, spermine NONOate did not inhibit the activation and translocation of NF-kappaB, a key transcription factor in the induction of NOS-2, but inhibited formation of the NF-kappaB-DNA complex. This effect was reversed by methaemoglobin (acting as an NO trap) and by the reducing agent dithiothreitol. Formation of the interferon-regulatory factor-DNA complex was unaffected by NO. These results suggest that NO can modulate its own production by interfering with NF-kappaB interaction with the promoter region of the NOS gene, a negative feedback effect that may be important for limiting NO production in vivo.

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