ICAM-2 is a cell surface adhesion molecule constitutively expressed on the endothelium, involved in leukocyte recruitment into tissues. We recently showed that pro-inflammatory cytokines tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-(alpha) and interleukin (IL)-1(beta) down-regulate ICAM-2 expression at the transcriptional level. Here we investigate the elements in the ICAM-2 promoter required for the TNF-(alpha)-mediated down-regulation. Site directed mutagenesis of the ICAM-2 promoter implicated three consensus sites for Ets transcription factors in basal activity; two of these sites were also involved in the TNF-(alpha)-induced down-regulation. Electrophoretic mobility shift assays (EMSA) performed in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) showed that all three Ets binding sites (EBS) bind nuclear proteins. TNF-(alpha) treatment (10 ng/ml for 24 hours) decreased binding to the double -135/-127EBS, but not to the -44EBS. The Ets family member Erg was found to be constitutively expressed in HUVEC, and TNF-(alpha) down-regulated Erg protein levels. Furthermore, an Erg cDNA transactivated the ICAM-2 promoter when transiently transfected into both HeLa cells and HUVEC. Protein expression of ICAM-2 and Erg was found to be similarly regulated by TNF-(alpha) in an ex vivo artery model. These data suggest that constitutive endothelial genes ICAM-2 and Erg are on the same pathway of cytokine-dependent regulation of gene expression.
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