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NF-B Signaling Regulates Functional Expression of the MHC Class I-Related Neonatal Fc Receptor for IgG via Intronic Binding Sequences¹

Xindong Liu^*, Lilin Ye^*, Gregory J. Christianson, Jun-Qi Yang, Derry C. Roopenian and Xiaoping Zhu^2,*

^* Laboratory of Immunology, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, ME 04609; and Department of Genome Science, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH 45237

The neonatal Fc receptor for IgG (FcRn) functions to transport maternal IgG to a fetus or newborn and to protect IgG from degradation. Although FcRn is expressed in a variety of tissues and cell types, the extent to which FcRn expression is regulated by immunological and inflammatory events remains unknown. Stimulation of intestinal epithelial cell lines, macrophage-like THP-1, and freshly isolated human monocytes with the cytokine TNF- rapidly up-regulated FcRn gene expression. In addition, the TLR ligands LPS and CpG oligodeoxynucleotide enhanced the level of FcRn expression in THP-1 and monocytes. Treatment of TNF-stimulated THP-1 cells with the NF-B-specific inhibitor or overexpression of a dominant negative mutant inhibitory NF-B (IB; S32A/S36A) resulted in down-regulation of FcRn expression. By using chromatin immunoprecipitation we identified three NF-B binding sequences within introns 2 and 4 of the human FcRn gene. An EMSA confirmed the p50/p50 and/or p65/p50 complex (s) bound to intron 2- or 4-derived oligonucleotides containing putative NF-B binding sequences, respectively. The intronic NF-B sequences in combination with the promoter or alone regulated the expression of a luciferase reporter gene in response to TNF- stimulation or overexpression of NF-B p65 and p50. DNA looping interactions potentially occurred after the stimulation between intronic NF-B sequences and the FcRn promoter as shown by a chromosome conformation capture assay. Finally, TNF- stimulations enhanced IgG transport across an intestinal Caco-2 epithelial monolayer. Together, these data provide the first evidence that NF-B signaling via intronic sequences regulates FcRn expression and function.

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¹ This work was in part supported by the faculty start-up package and Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station competitive grants from the University of Maryland (to X.Z.), National Institutes of Health Grants AI67965 and AI65892 (to X.Z.) and DK56597, and a grant from The Alliance for Lupus Research (to D.C.R.).

² Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Xiaoping Zhu, Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Maryland, 8075 Greenmead Drive, College Park, MD 20742. E-mail address: xzhu1{at}umd.edu

³ Abbreviations used in this paper: FcRn, neonatal Fc receptor; β₂m, β₂-microglobulin; CAPE, caffeic acid phenethyl ester; ChIP, chromatin immunoprecipitation; CHX, cycloheximide; 3C, chromosome conformation capture.

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