Research Paper Volume 11, Issue 22 pp 10610—10625

Figure 7. Ets2 inhibits NF-κB-dependent IL-6 transcription. (A) Schematic diagram of truncated IL-6 promoter-reporter plasmids constructed by deleting the regions at −1176/−1081, −1176/−801, −1176/−451, and −1176/−171. (B) Luciferase assay in HEK293 cells transfected with 50 ng of a MyD88-expressing plasmid, 90 ng of the truncated IL-6 promoter-luciferase reporter plasmids, and 10 ng of a pTK-Renilla-luciferase reporter plasmid, together with 0, 10, 25 or 50 ng of an Ets2-expressing plasmid. Luciferase activity was measured and normalized by Renilla luciferase activity. (C) IL-6 promoter sequence shown from position -80 to -21. (D) Luciferase assay in HEK293 cells transfected with 50 ng of a p65-expressing plasmid, 90 ng of the truncated IL-6 luciferase reporter plasmids, and 10 ng of a pTK-Renilla-luciferase reporter plasmid, together with 0, 10, 25 or 50 ng of an Ets2-expressing plasmid. Luciferase activity was measured and normalized to Renilla luciferase activity. Data are shown as the mean ± s.d. Student’s t-test compared with the control group. **, P<0.01.