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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2021

Modulation of IL-6 Expression by KLF4-Mediated Transactivation and PCAF-Mediated Acetylation in Sublytic C5b-9-Induced Rat Glomerular Mesangial Cells.

Lu Xia, Yu Liu, Zhiwei Zhang, Yajuan Gong, Tianyi Yu, Dan Zhao, Wen Qiu, Yingwei Wang, Jing Zhang

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Lu XiaDepartment of Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yu LiuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Jiangsu Health Vocational College, Nanjing, China.
Zhiwei ZhangDepartment of Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yajuan GongDepartment of Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Tianyi YuDepartment of Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Dan ZhaoDepartment of Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Wen QiuDepartment of Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Yingwei WangDepartment of Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Jing ZhangDepartment of Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
Nanjing Medical University · CNJiangsu Vocational College of Medicine · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interleukin-6 (IL-6) overproduction has been considered to contribute to inflammatory damage of glomerular mesangial cells (GMCs) in human mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis (MsPGN) and its rat model called Thy-1 nephritis (Thy-1N). However, the regulatory mechanisms of IL-6 expression in GMCs upon sublytic C5b-9 timulation remain poorly understood. We found that Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) bound to the IL-6 promoter (-618 to -126 nt) and activated IL-6 gene transcription. Furthermore, lysine residue 224 of KLF4 was acetylated by p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF), which was important for KLF4-mediated transactivation. Moreover, lysine residue 5 on histone H2B and lysine residue 9 on histone H3 at the IL-6 promoter were also acetylated by PCAF, which resulted in an increase in IL-6 transcription. Besides, NF-κB activation promoted IL-6 expression by elevating the expression of PCAF. Overall, these findings suggest that sublytic C5b-9-induced the expression of IL-6 involves KLF4-mediated transactivation, PCAF-mediated acetylation of KLF4 and histones, and NF-κB activation in GMCs.

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AcetylationAnimalsComplement Membrane Attack ComplexGene Expression RegulationInterleukin-6Kruppel-Like Factor 4MaleMesangial CellsNephritisp300-CBP-Associated Factorp300-CBP Transcription FactorsRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyTranscriptional ActivationComplement Membrane Attack ComplexInterleukin-6Kruppel-Like Factor 4p300-CBP-Associated Factorp300-CBP Transcription FactorsacetylationIL-6KLF4PCAFsublytic C5b-9

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