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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-10-18
pubmed:abstractText
TRH binds to a membrane receptor that activates several intracellular signaling pathways and increases transcription of the TSH and prolactin (PRL) genes. Although TRH induces TSH and PRL gene expression, the underlying mechanism is not clear. In this report we examined the role of the Ca(2+)/calmodulin-dependent protein (CaM) kinase cascade in mediating TRH-stimulated transcription of TSH and PRL. RT-PCR and Western blot analysis were used to show that CaM kinase kinase (CaM-KK) and CaM IV (CaM-KIV) were present in rat anterior pituitary and its cell line GH(3). Next, the effects of constitutively active CaM-KIV (CaM-KIVc) or its dominant negative mutant (CaM-KIVdn) on TSH and PRL promoter activity were tested in GH(3) cells. The results showed that either CaM-KIVc alone or an upstream kinase, CaM-KK, induced the activity of both TSH and PRL promoters. Exposure of GH(3) cells to 100 microm TRH induced CaM-KIV activity within 5 min and, as expected, also increased both TSH and PRL promoter activity. In contrast, cells carrying the CaM-KIVdn isoform had suppressed TRH induction of both TSH and PRL promoter activity. These results indicate that the CaM-KK-CaM-KIV cascade probably plays an important role in TRH induction of TSH and PRL transcriptional activity in pituitary cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0013-7227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
145
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4846-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Kinase, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinase Type 4, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Calcium-Calmodulin-Dependent Protein Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-DNA, Antisense, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Enzyme Activation, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Male, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Pituitary Gland, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Prolactin, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Rats, Wistar, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Thyrotropin, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:15308608-Transcription, Genetic
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of calcium-calmodulin-dependent protein kinase cascade in thyrotropin (TSH)-releasing hormone induction of TSH and prolactin gene expression.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, 1750-1 Miki-cho, Kita-gun, Kagawa 761-0793, Japan. mkoji@kms.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't