0 3 The the DT 4 14 regulation regulation NN 15 17 of of IN 18 21 the the DT 22 27 human human JJ 28 33 tumor tumor NN 34 42 necrosis necrosis NN 43 49 factor factor NN 50 55 alpha alpha NN 56 64 promoter promoter NN 65 71 region region NN 72 74 in in IN 75 85 macrophage macrophage NN 85 86 , , , 87 88 T t NN 89 93 cell cell NN 93 94 , , , 95 98 and and CC 99 100 B B NNP 101 105 cell cell NN 106 111 lines line NNS 111 112 . . . 114 117 The the DT 118 127 1311-base 1311-base JJ 128 132 pair pair NN 133 138 human human JJ 139 144 tumor tumor NN 145 153 necrosis necrosis NN 154 160 factor factor NN 161 162 ( ( ( 162 165 TNF TNF NNP 165 166 ) ) ) 167 172 alpha alpha NN 173 181 promoter promoter NN 182 188 region region NN 189 192 was be VBD 193 198 fused fuse VBN 199 201 to to TO 202 205 the the DT 206 216 luciferase luciferase NN 217 218 ( ( ( 218 221 Luc Luc NNP 221 222 ) ) ) 223 231 reporter reporter NN 232 236 gene gene NN 237 240 and and CC 241 248 studied study VBN 249 251 in in IN 252 253 a a DT 254 263 transient transient JJ 264 276 transfection transfection NN 277 283 system system NN 284 286 in in IN 287 292 three three CD 293 296 TNF tnf NN 297 306 producing produce VBG 307 311 cell cell NN 312 317 lines line NNS 317 318 , , , 319 322 the the DT 323 327 U937 u937 NN 328 338 macrophage macrophage NN 339 343 cell cell NN 344 348 line line NN 348 349 , , , 350 353 the the DT 354 357 MLA MLA NNP 358 361 144 144 CD 362 363 T t NN 364 368 cell cell NN 369 373 line line NN 373 374 , , , 375 378 and and CC 379 382 the the DT 383 388 729-6 729-6 CD 389 390 B B NNP 391 395 cell cell NN 396 400 line line NN 400 401 . . . 402 406 This this DT 407 411 full full JJ 412 418 length length NN 419 427 promoter promoter NN 428 437 construct construct NN 438 441 can can MD 442 444 be be VB 445 452 induced induce VBN 453 455 by by IN 456 463 phorbol phorbol NN 464 476 13-myristate 13-myristate NN 477 484 acetate acetate NN 485 486 ( ( ( 486 489 PMA PMA NNP 489 490 ) ) ) 491 493 in in IN 494 498 each each DT 499 501 of of IN 502 507 these these DT 508 512 cell cell NN 513 518 types type NNS 518 519 . . . 520 528 Analysis Analysis NNP 529 531 of of IN 532 533 a a DT 534 540 series series NN 541 543 of of IN 544 558 5’-truncations 5'-truncation NNS 559 565 showed show VBD 566 573 several several JJ 574 579 peaks peak NNS 580 582 of of IN 583 588 basal basal JJ 589 592 and and CC 593 596 PMA PMA NNP 597 604 induced induce VBD 605 613 activity activity NN 614 624 suggesting suggest VBG 625 628 the the DT 629 637 presence presence NN 638 640 of of IN 641 648 several several JJ 649 657 positive positive JJ 658 661 and and CC 662 670 negative negative JJ 671 681 regulatory regulatory JJ 682 690 elements element NNS 690 691 . . . 692 693 A a DT 694 697 PMA PMA NNP 698 708 responsive responsive JJ 709 716 element element NN 717 720 was be VBD 721 730 localized localized JJ 731 733 to to TO 734 735 a a DT 736 742 region region NN 743 750 between between IN 751 754 -95 -95 CD 755 758 and and CC 759 762 -36 -36 CD 763 765 bp bp NN 766 774 relative relative JJ 775 777 to to TO 778 781 the the DT 782 795 transcription transcription NN 796 801 start start NN 802 806 site site NN 806 807 . . . 808 814 Within within IN 815 819 this this DT 820 826 region region NN 826 827 , , , 828 834 single single JJ 835 840 AP-2- ap-2- NN 841 844 and and CC 845 850 AP-1- ap-1- NN 851 855 like like IN 856 865 consensus consensus NN 866 875 sequences sequence NNS 876 880 were be VBD 881 886 noted note VBN 886 887 . . . 888 893 These these DT 894 898 AP-2 ap-2 NN 899 902 and and CC 903 907 AP-1 ap-1 NN 908 913 sites site NNS 914 918 were be VBD 919 923 each each DT 924 932 modified modify VBN 933 937 with with IN 938 939 a a DT 940 946 double double JJ 947 952 point point NN 953 961 mutation mutation NN 961 962 . . . 963 964 A a DT 965 971 modest modest JJ 972 973 ( ( ( 973 978 20-50 20-50 CD 978 979 % % NN 979 980 ) ) ) 981 990 reduction reduction NN 991 993 in in IN 994 997 TNF TNF NNP 998 1006 promoter promoter NN 1007 1015 activity activity NN 1016 1019 was be VBD 1020 1028 observed observe VBN 1029 1033 with with IN 1034 1037 the the DT 1038 1042 AP-2 ap-2 NN 1043 1047 site site NN 1048 1056 mutation mutation NN 1056 1057 . . . 1058 1065 However however RB 1065 1066 , , , 1067 1075 mutation mutation NN 1076 1078 of of IN 1079 1082 the the DT 1083 1087 AP-1 ap-1 NN 1088 1092 site site NN 1093 1101 markedly markedly RB 1102 1112 diminished diminish VBD 1113 1117 both both CC 1118 1121 the the DT 1122 1127 basal basal JJ 1128 1131 and and CC 1132 1145 PMA-activated pma-activated JJ 1146 1154 promoter promoter NN 1155 1163 activity activity NN 1163 1164 . . . 1165 1169 Also also RB 1170 1186 co-transfections co-transfection NNS 1187 1189 of of IN 1190 1193 the the DT 1194 1203 wild-type wild-type JJ 1204 1212 promoter promoter NN 1213 1222 construct construct NN 1223 1227 with with IN 1228 1230 an an DT 1231 1241 AP-1/c-jun AP-1/c-jun NNP 1242 1252 expression expression NN 1253 1259 vector vector NN 1260 1268 resulted result VBD 1269 1271 in in IN 1272 1281 augmented augmented JJ 1282 1287 basal basal JJ 1288 1291 and and CC 1292 1303 PMA-induced pma-induced JJ 1304 1312 promoter promoter NN 1313 1321 activity activity NN 1321 1322 . . .