Cutting edge: A transcriptional repressor and corepressor induced by the STAT3-regulated anti-inflammatory signaling pathway

J Immunol. 2007 Dec 1;179(11):7215-9. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.179.11.7215.

Abstract

IL-10 regulates anti-inflammatory signaling via the activation of STAT3, which in turn controls the induction of a gene expression program whose products execute inhibitory effects on proinflammatory mediator production. In this study we show that IL-10 induces the expression of an ETS family transcriptional repressor, ETV3, and a helicase family corepressor, Strawberry notch homologue 2 (SBNO2), in mouse and human macrophages. IL-10-mediated induction of ETV3 and SBNO2 expression was dependent upon both STAT3 and a stimulus through the TLR pathway. We also observed that ETV3 expression was strongly induced by the STAT3 pathway regulated by IL-10 but not by STAT3 signaling activated by IL-6, which cannot activate the anti-inflammatory signaling pathway. ETV3 and SBNO2 repressed NF-kappaB- but not IFN regulatory factor 7 (IRF7)-activated transcriptional reporters. Collectively our data suggest that ETV3 and SBNO2 are components of the pathways that contribute to the downstream anti-inflammatory effects of IL-10.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal / pharmacology
  • Cell Line
  • Gene Expression Regulation / drug effects
  • Gene Expression Regulation / immunology*
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-10 / genetics
  • Interleukin-10 / pharmacology
  • Interleukin-10 / physiology*
  • Macrophages / drug effects
  • Macrophages / immunology
  • Mice
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice, Knockout
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets / drug effects
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets / genetics
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets / physiology*
  • RNA, Messenger / drug effects
  • RNA, Messenger / genetics
  • RNA, Small Interfering / pharmacology
  • Repressor Proteins / drug effects
  • Repressor Proteins / genetics
  • Repressor Proteins / physiology*
  • STAT3 Transcription Factor / antagonists & inhibitors
  • STAT3 Transcription Factor / physiology*
  • Signal Transduction / drug effects
  • Signal Transduction / immunology*
  • Time Factors
  • Transcription Factors / drug effects
  • Transcription Factors / genetics
  • Transcription Factors / physiology*

Substances

  • Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
  • ETV3 protein, human
  • ETV3 protein, mouse
  • Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-ets
  • RNA, Messenger
  • RNA, Small Interfering
  • Repressor Proteins
  • SBNO2 protein, human
  • SBNO2 protein, mouse
  • STAT3 Transcription Factor
  • STAT3 protein, human
  • Stat3 protein, mouse
  • Transcription Factors
  • Interleukin-10