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Department of Operative Dentistry and Endodontology, Kagoshima University Dental School, Kagoshima 890-8544, *Department of Preventive Dentistry, Kyushu University Faculty of Dentistry, Fukuoka 812-8582,
Department of Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Kagoshima University Medical School, Kagoshima 890-8520 and
Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Tohoku University School of Dentistry, Sendai 980-8575, Japan
Corresponding author: Dr M. Torii (e-mail: toriim{at}dentb.hal.kagoshima-u.ac.jp).
Received 8 March 2000; revised version received 15 Aug. 2000; accepted 6 Sept. 2000.
Abstract
The effect of endotoxin on the regulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) mRNA expression in human monocytic (THP-1) cells was examined. Endotoxic lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Escherichia coli and synthetic E. coli-type lipid A (LA-15-PP) enhanced VEGF mRNA expression. LPS-induced VEGF mRNA accumulation was regulated, at least in part, at the transcriptional level. Enhancement of VEGF gene expression by LPS was shown by gel shift analysis and use of transcription factor inhibitors to be mediated via the activation of SP-1.
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