| First Author | Grigoriadis G | Year | 1996 |
| Journal | EMBO J | Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 24 | Pages | 7099-107 |
| PubMed ID | 9003785 | Mgi Jnum | J:37541 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:84932 | Citation | Grigoriadis G, et al. (1996) The Rel subunit of NF-kappaB-like transcription factors is a positive and negative regulator of macrophage gene expression: distinct roles for Rel in different macrophage populations. EMBO J 15(24):7099-107 |
| abstractText | The role of Rel in the monocyte/macrophage lineage was examined in mice with an inactivated c-rel gene. Although the frequency of monocytic cells was normal in Rel-/- mice, we show that Rel serves distinct roles in regulating gene expression and immune effector function in different mature macrophage populations. Stimulated Rel-/- resident peritoneal macrophages produced higher than normal levels of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), but tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) production was not induced. Diminished cytotoxic activity exhibited by resident Rel-/- macrophages was consistent with reduced nitric oxide production resulting from impaired up-regulation of inducible nitric oxide synthase expression. While a similar altered pattern of IL-6 and TNF-alpha expression was observed in stimulated Rel-/- peritoneal effusion macrophages, cytotoxic activity, nitric oxide, GM-CSF and G-CSF production by these cells was normal. The alternate regulation of certain genes in the two macrophage populations coincided with different patterns of nuclear Rel/NF-kappaB complexes expressed in normal resident and elicited cells. Collectively, these results establish that Rel is a positive or negative regulator of transcription in macrophages and that Rel has distinct roles in different macrophage populations. |
