a Schematic illustration of the H3K27Ac (Histone H3acetyl K27) enrichment and PCR fragments of the human IL-6 gene promoter using the UCSC genome browser. b Chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assays were performed in HeLa229P, HeLa229/TR, HeLa229 TR/Erl, HeLa229 TR/CTL, and HeLa229 TR/CRISPR cells using antibodies against MUC1, EGFR, and H3K27Ac, respectively, to identify the occupancy on IL-6 gene promoter. The ABCB1 promoter was used as a positive control for ChIP. c HeLa229P, HeLa229/TR, HeLa229 TR/CTL, HeLa229 TR/CRISPR, HeLa229 TR/shCTL, and HeLa229 TR/shEGFR cells were transfected with pGL3-IL-6 promoters or pGL3-basic plasmids (500 ng) and pGL3-renilla plasmid (10 ng), luciferase activity was detected. d HeLa229P, HeLa229/TR, HeLa229 TR/CTL, HeLa229 TR/CRISPR, HeLa229 TR/shCTL, and HeLa229 TR/shEGFR cells were transfected with pGL3-IL-6-mutant-promoters or pGL3-basic plasmids (500 ng) and pGL3-renilla plasmid (10 ng) and subjected to luciferase activity assay. The bars in d is the same as that in c chart. e The mRNA levels (left) and production (right) of IL-6 in HeLa229 TR/shCTL and HeLa229 TR/shCREBs were measured. f The mRNA levels (left) and production (right) of IL-6 in HeLa229 TR/shCTL and HeLa229 TR/shGRβs cells were detected. Data represent mean ± SD from three independent experiments (n = 3). Differences between linked groups were evaluated by two-tailed Student's t test. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001; ns not significant, P parental, TR paclitaxel-resistant, TR/Erl paclitaxel-resistant/erlotinib, p+386~+557: pIL-6-promoter-+386~+557, p-645~+557: pIL-6-promoter-645~+557, p-1503~+557: pIL-6-promoter-1503~+557, WT: pGL3-IL-6-Luc-wt, AP-1: pGL3-IL-6-AP-1-mutant, NF-κB: pGL3-IL-6-NF-κB-mutant, C/EBP: pGL3-IL-6-C/EBP-mutant, CREB: pGL3-IL-6-CREB-mutant, C/EBPβ: pGL3-IL-6-C/EBPβ-mutant, GRβ: pGL3-IL-6-GRβ-mutant.