Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol., Volume 18, Number 2, February, 1998 226-234

Transcriptional Activation of the HO-1 Gene by Lipopolysaccharide Is Mediated by 5' Distal Enhancers: Role of Reactive Oxygen Intermediates and AP-1

Sharon L. Camhi, Jawed Alam, Gordon W. Wiegand, Beek Yoke Chin, and Augustine M. K. Choi

Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Clinical and Molecular Rheumatology, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Molecular Genetics, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans; and Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana

Heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is a stress-response protein, the expression of which is transcriptionally regulated by agents that cause oxidative stress. We have previously shown that lipopolysaccharide (LPS)- induced HO-1 gene transcription in RAW 264.7 macrophage cells is mediated by a distal enhancer called SX2, located 4 kb upstream from the HO-1 transcription initiation site (Am. J. Respir. Cell Mol. Biol. 1995;13:387-398). We have recently identified a second distal enhancer, called AB1, located 6 kb upstream from the SX2 distal enhancer (J. Biol. Chem. 1995;270:11977-11984). Here we report the extension of our studies to investigate whether the AB1 distal enhancer and/or other potential regulatory elements in the entire 5' distal flanking sequences (11-kb region) of the HO-1 gene may also mediate HO-1 gene transcription in response to LPS. Using deletional analysis, we found that the AB1 enhancer also mediates LPS-induced HO-1 gene transcription. Mutational analysis of the AB1 enhancer and electrophoretic-mobility-shift assays of nuclear extracts from LPS-treated cells further demonstrated that the transcription factor activator protein-1 (AP-1) is critical for AB1-mediated HO-1 gene activation by LPS. We also found increased expression of AP-1 family members c-fos and c-jun by Northern blot analyses after treatment with LPS. Further, we observed that LPS-treated RAW 264.7 cells produced high levels of reactive oxygen intermediates (ROI) as measured through flow-cytometric analysis of dichlorofluoroscein (DCF)-stained cells. Treatment of cells with the antioxidants N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) not only blunts LPS-induced production of ROI, but also significantly attenuates LPS- induced HO-1 messenger RNA (mRNA) expression and gene transcription. Taken together, these data suggest that LPS regulates HO-1 gene transcription in part by inducing the production of ROI, which initiate signal-transduction pathway(s) leading to the activation of AP-1-dependent HO-1 gene transcription.

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