Differential effects of histone deacetylase inhibitors on Interleukin-18 gene expression in myeloid cells

Noriko Koyama, Steffen Koschmieder, Sandhya Tyagi, Heike Nürnberger, Sandra Wagner, Dieter Hoelzer, Oliver Gerhard Ottmann, Uwe Kalina, U. Böcker

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Abstract

Histone deacetyrase (HDAC) inhibitors induce growth arrest and differentiation of leukemia cell lines and tumor cells derived from a large variety of human tissues. Here we showed that HDAC inhibitors sodium butyrate, TSA, and valproate regulated the expression of Interleukin-18 (IL-18), a cytokine with antitumor and proinflammatory properties, in human acute myeloid leukemia cell lines U937 and HEL. Sodium butyrate increased expression of IL-18 protein and mRNA and activated 1357bp IL-18 gene promoter construct. IL-18 mRNA level was up-regulated by TSA or valproate, which also activated IL-18 full-length promoter. While sodium butyrate or TSA stimulated the 108-bp IL-18 minimal promoter, valproate failed to activate it, indicating that valproate may use a distinct mechanism from sodium butyrate and TSA to activate IL-18 gene expression.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)937-943
Number of pages7
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume292
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2002

Keywords

  • Differentiation
  • Histone deacetylase inhibitors
  • Interleukin-18 promoter

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biophysics
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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