We have recently identified an inducible nuclear factor-B (NF-B) regulator, IB-, which is induced by microbial ligands for Toll-like receptors such as lipopolysaccharide and the proinflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-1 but not by tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-␣. In the present study, we examined mechanisms for stimulus-specific induction of IB-. The analysis of the IB-promoter revealed an essential role for an NF-B binding sequence in transcriptional activation. The activation, however, did not account for the Toll-like receptor/IL-1 receptor-specific induction of IB-, because the promoter analysis and nuclear run-on analysis indicated that its transcription was similarly induced by TNF-␣. To examine post-transcriptional regulation, we analyzed the decay of IB-mRNA, and we found that it was specifically stabilized by lipopolysaccharide or IL-1 but not by TNF-␣. Furthermore, we found that costimulation with TNF-␣ and another proinflammatory cytokine, IL-17, elicited the IB-induction. Stimulation with IL-17 alone did not induce IB-but stabilized its mRNA. Therefore, IB-induction requires both NF-B activation and stimulus-specific stabilization of its mRNA. Because IB-is essential for expression of a subset of NF-B target genes, the stimulus-specific induction of IB-may be of great significance in regulation of inflammatory reactions.