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Identification of multiple MAPK-mediated transcription factors regulated by tobacco smoke in airway epithelial cells

¹Center for Lung Regeneration, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and ²Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California at Davis, Davis, California

Submitted 5 September 2006 ; accepted in final form 10 May 2007

Activation and regulation of transcription factors (TFs) are the major mechanisms regulating changes in gene expression upon environmental exposure. Tobacco smoke (TS) is a complex mixture of chemicals, each of which could act through different signal cascades, leading to the regulation of distinct TFs and alterations in subsequent gene expression. We proposed that TS exposure affects inflammatory gene expression at the transcriptional level by modulating the DNA binding activities of TFs. To investigate transcriptional regulation upon TS exposure, a protein/DNA array was applied to screen TFs that are affected by TS exposure. This array-based screening allowed us to simultaneously detect 244 different TFs. Our results indicated that multiple TFs were rapidly activated upon TS exposure. DNA-binding activity of differentially expressed TFs was confirmed by EMSA. Our results showed that at least 20 TFs displayed more than twofold expressional changes after smoke treatment. Ten smoke-induced TFs, including NF-B, VDR, ISRE, and RSRFC4, were involved in MAPK signaling pathways. The NF-B family, which is involved in inflammation-induced gene activation, was selected for further study to characterize TS exposure-induced transcriptional activation. Western blot analysis and immunofluorescence microscopy indicated that TS exposure induced phosphorylation of IB and translocation of NF-B p65/p50 heterodimers into the nucleus. This activity was abrogated by the MAPK inhibitors PD98059 and U0126. Our results confirmed that activation of MAPK signaling pathways by TS exposure increased transcriptional activity of NF-B. These data provide a potential mechanism for TS-induced inflammatory gene expression.

tobacco smoke; transcription factor; MAPK; NF-B

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