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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-6-13
pubmed:abstractText
Since AP-2alpha induces the expression of hPL, hCG and other syncytiotrophoblast-specific marker genes in cytotrophoblast cells during in vitro differentiation, we have examined whether AP-2alpha also induces hCRH gene expression during differentiation of cytotrophoblast cells. Infection of human cytotrophoblast cells in vitro with an adenovirus expressing AP-2alpha resulted in a twofold increase in hCRH mRNA levels, while infection with an adenovirus expressing a dominant/negative mutant of AP-2alpha inhibited basal hCRH mRNA levels by 40% and completely blocked the induction of hCRH mRNA by AP-2alpha. Transient transfection studies in AtT-20 and HepG2 cells indicated that the induction of hCRH mRNA levels was due, at least in part, to transcriptional activation of the hCRH gene. Gel mobility shift and immunoprecipitation assays strongly suggest that AP-2alpha induces hCRH gene expression by interacting with CREB and not by binding directly to the hCRH promoter.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0303-7207
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
14
pubmed:volume
191
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
127-36
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Placenta, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Pregnancy, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Response Elements, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Transcription Factor AP-2, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12062896-Trophoblasts
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
AP-2alpha modulates human corticotropin-releasing hormone gene expression in the placenta by direct protein-protein interaction.
pubmed:affiliation
Children's Hospital Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, USA. cheny0@chmcc.org
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.