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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-2
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-7-31
pubmed:abstractText
In prostate cancer cell lines in culture androgens cause a marked and coordinated upregulation of the expression of several lipogenic genes. Here, using castrated male Wistar rats as an experimental paradigm, we investigated whether coordinated androgen stimulation of lipogenic gene expression represents a more general physiological regulation in non-cancerous androgen-responsive cells as well. In typical target tissues for androgen action such as the ventral prostate and the lacrimal gland, androgen deprivation resulted in a marked reduction in the mRNA and protein levels of genes involved in fatty acid (fatty acid synthase and acetyl-CoA-carboxylase) and cholesterol synthesis (HMG-CoA-reductase and farnesyl diphosphate synthase). Readministration of testosterone immediately following orchidectomy restored the expression of all four genes. Substitution of testosterone by the non-aromatizable androgen dihydrotestosterone gave rise to comparable changes in the mRNA and protein levels of the lipogenic genes under investigation, confirming the involvement of the androgen receptor in the observed effects. In support of the coordinate nature of this regulation, androgen-induced upregulation of lipogenic gene expression is accompanied by an increase in the nuclear content of SREBP, a key lipogenic transcription factor. Taken together, these findings provide evidence for a coordinate regulation of lipogenic gene expression not only in prostate cancer cell lines in culture but also in non-cancerous androgen-responsive tissues in vivo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Alkyl and Aryl Transferases, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Androgens, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Fatty Acid Synthetase Complex, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Geranyltranstransferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/RNA, Messenger, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Srebf1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Srebf1 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Sterol Regulatory Element Binding..., http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0303-7207
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
31
pubmed:volume
205
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21-31
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Alkyl and Aryl Transferases, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Androgens, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-CCAAT-Enhancer-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Fatty Acid Synthetase Complex, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Geranyltranstransferase, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Prostate, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Sterol Regulatory Element Binding Protein 1, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12890564-Up-Regulation
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Androgens stimulate coordinated lipogenic gene expression in normal target tissues in vivo.
pubmed:affiliation
Faculty of Medicine, LEGENDO, Onderwijs en Navorsing 9, Gasthuisberg, K.U. Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't