RelB/NF-κB2 regulates corticotropin-releasing hormone in the human placenta

Placental CRH may be part of a clock that governs the length of human gestation. The mechanism underlying differential regulation of CRH in the human placenta is poorly understood. We report here that constitutively activated RelB/nuclear factor-κB2 (NF-κB)-2 (p100/p52) acts as an endogenous stimulatory signal to regulate CRH by binding to an NF-κB enhancer of CRH gene promoter in the human placenta. Nuclear staining of NF-κB2 and RelB in villous syncytiotrophoblasts and cytotrophoblasts was coupled with cytoplasmic CRH in syncytial knots of cytotrophoblasts. Chromatin immunoprecipitation identified that CRH gene associated with both RelB and NF-κB2 (p52). Dexamethasone increased synthesis and nuclear translocation of RelB and NF-κB2 (p52) and their association with the CRH gene. In contrast, progesterone, a down-regulator of placental CRH, repressed NF-κB2 (p100) processing, nuclear translocation of RelB and NF-κB2 (p52), and their association with the CRH gene. Luciferase reporter assay determined that the NF-κB enhancer of CRH was sufficient to regulate transcriptional activity of a heterologous promoter in primary cytotrophoblasts. RNA interference-mediated repression of RelB or NF-κB2 resulted in significant inhibition of CRH at both transcriptional and translational levels and prevented the dexamethasone-mediated up-regulation of CRH transcription and translation. These results suggest that the noncanonical NF-κB pathway regulates CRH production in the human placenta and is responsible for the positive regulation of CRH by glucocorticoids.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2012

Erschienen:

2012

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) - 26(2012), 8 vom: 10. Aug., Seite 1356-69

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Bingbing [VerfasserIn]
Parobchak, Nataliya [VerfasserIn]
Rosen, Todd [VerfasserIn]

Themen:

147337-75-5
4G7DS2Q64Y
7S5I7G3JQL
9015-71-8
Benzyloxycarbonylleucyl-leucyl-leucine aldehyde
Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
Dexamethasone
EC 3.4.25.1
Journal Article
Leupeptins
NF-kappa B p52 Subunit
NFKB2 protein, human
Progesterone
Proteasome Endopeptidase Complex
Proteasome Inhibitors
RELB protein, human
RF1P63GW3K
Transcription Factor RelB

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 10.12.2012

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM218929552