Abstract
TLR stimulation triggers a signaling pathway via MyD88 and IL-1R-associated kinase 4 that is essential for proinflammatory cytokine induction. Although NF-κB has been shown to be one of the key transcriptional regulators of these cytokines, evidence suggests that other factors may also be important. In this study, we showed that MyD88-deficient macrophages have defective c-Rel activation, which has been linked to IL-12p40 induction, but not IL-6 or TNF-α. We also investigated other transcription factors and showed that C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ expression was limited in MyD88- or IL-1R-associated kinase 4-deficient macrophages treated with LPS. Importantly, the absence of both C/EBPβ and C/EBPδ resulted in the impaired induction of proinflammatory cytokines stimulated by several TLR ligands. Our results identify c-Rel and C/EBPβ/δ as important transcription factors in a MyD88-dependent pathway that regulate the induction of proinflammatory cytokines.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 7212-7221 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Immunology |
Volume | 182 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2009 |
Externally published | Yes |