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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
The glucocorticoid dexamethasone was observed to decrease urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) RNA levels from within 1 h of treatment of MAT 13762 mammary adenocarcinoma cells. The drug did not alter the rate of uPA gene transcription in these cells, but decreased the stability of cytoplasmic uPA mRNA transcripts. Results from cycloheximide and actinomycin D experiments indicated that the dexamethasone-mediated reduction in uPA RNA required both new protein and RNA synthesis. Based on these results, we propose that dexamethasone induces a short-lived protein(s) which down-regulates uPA RNA levels post-transcriptionally in these metastatic tumour cells.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0007-0920
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
67
pubmed:geneSymbol
uPA
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
99-101
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Dexamethasone decreases urokinase plasminogen activator mRNA stability in MAT 13762 rat mammary carcinoma cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't