Transcriptional regulation of the GTP cyclohydrolase I gene via the NF-κB pathway by bacterial and viral immune stimulants.

ABSTRACT: Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is an essential cofactor for biosynthesis of monoamines and nitric oxide. An excess of BH4 in infiltrated macrophages was reported to cause pain, while a certain level of BH4 is essential for cell survival and proliferation. GTP cyclohydrolase I (GCH) is a rate-limiting enzyme for the de novo synthesis of BH4. Our previous study showed that GCH expression was elevated by an enhancer region containing the C/EBP and Ets binding motifs in macrophage-like RAW264.7 cells when stimulated with lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In this study, we showed that poly(I:C) and R848, Toll-like receptors ligands for RNA viruses, increased GCH expression and BH4 levels in RAW264.7 cells as well as bacterial LPS. We examined the intracellular signaling pathway for the induction of the Gch

SUBMITTER: Ozawa M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12779301 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature