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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
40
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-30
pubmed:abstractText
The response of pituitary gonadotropes to gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) correlates directly with the concentration of GnRH receptors (GnRHR) on the cell surface, which is mediated in part at the level of gene expression. Several factors are known to affect expression of the mouse GnRHR (mGnRHR) gene, including GnRH and activin. We have previously shown that activin augments GnRH-mediated transcriptional activation of mGnRHR gene, and that region -387/-308 appears to be necessary to mediate this effect. This region contains two overlapping cis-regulatory elements of interest: GnRHR activating sequence (GRAS) and a putative SMAD-binding element (SBE). This study investigates the role of these elements and their cognate transcription factors in transactivation of the mGnRHR gene. Transfection studies confirm the presence of GnRH- and activin-response elements within -387/-308 of mGnRHR gene promoter. Competition electrophoretic mobility shift assay experiments using -335/-312 as probe and alphaT3-1 nuclear extract or SMAD, Jun, and Fos proteins demonstrate direct binding of AP-1 (Fos/Jun) protein complexes to -327/-322 and SMAD proteins to -329/-328. Further transfection studies using mutant constructs of these cis-regulatory elements confirm that both are functionally important. These data define a novel cis-regulatory element comprised of an overlapping SBE and newly characterized non-consensus AP-1 binding sequence that integrates the stimulatory transcriptional effects of both GnRH and activin on the mGnRHR gene.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Activins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, LHRH, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Smad Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Trans-Activators, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factor AP-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
277
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
37469-78
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12145309-3T3 Cells, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Activins, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Pituitary Gland, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Receptors, LHRH, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Smad Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Trans-Activators, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Transcription Factor AP-1, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12145309-Transfection
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Direct binding of AP-1 (Fos/Jun) proteins to a SMAD binding element facilitates both gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)- and activin-mediated transcriptional activation of the mouse GnRH receptor gene.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA. enorwitz@partners.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't