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Signaling and Regulation

Interleukin-12 Up-Regulates Fas Expression in Human Osteosarcoma and Ewing's Sarcoma Cells by Enhancing Its Promoter Activity

Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Requests for reprints: Eugenie S. Kleinerman, Division of Pediatrics, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Unit 87, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030. Phone: 713-792-8100. E-mail: ekleiner{at}mdanderson.org

Interleukin-12 (IL-12) has shown significant antitumor activity in several preclinical animal tumor models. Our previous studies showed that IL-12 inhibited tumor growth in human osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma animal model. Decreased Fas expression in osteosarcoma increased the lung metastatic potential. In this study, we further examined the mechanism of IL-12 antitumor activity and showed that IL-12 significantly increased Fas expression in both human osteosarcoma cells LM7 and Ewing's sarcoma cells TC71. Up-regulation of Fas expression increased their sensitivity to Fas-induced cell apoptosis. Constructs of the Fas promoter linked to a luciferase reporter gene were used to determine the promoter activity. IL-12 increased Fas promoter activity 4.2- and 4.9-fold in TC71 and LM7 cells, respectively. Time course studies have shown that recombinant IL-12 stimulated Fas promoter activity at 2 hours, reached the peak level at 4 hours, and then declined at 24 hours. To investigate whether IL-12 specifically enhanced Fas promoter activity, we determined whether another gene (E1A) was able to stimulate Fas promoter activity. We also evaluated effect of IL-12 on the topoisomerase II promoter. The results indicated that E1A but not IL-12 stimulated topoisomerase II promoter activity. E1A failed to increase Fas promoter activity. We also found that B-Sp1 element at position –295 to –286 in Fas promoter was essential for IL-12-induced activation, and nuclear factor-B transcription factor was activated after IL-12 treatment in TC71 cells. These results indicate that IL-12 up-regulates Fas expression in human osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma by enhancing Fas promoter activity. Understanding this mechanism may lead to new therapeutic approaches for the treatment of sarcoma involving the use of IL-12. (Mol Cancer Res 2005;3(12):685–91)

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