Regulation by estrogen of the vitellogenin gene.
The vitellogenin gene is inactive in the liver of male Xenopus laevis, unless exogenous estrogen is administered. We have previously shown that conventional doses of estradiol-17beta result in the appearance of new hepatic messenger RNAs, some of which are encoded for vitellogenin. We now report that much higher doses of the hormone (2 mg/frog per day for 4 days) are required to elicit maximal responses. The relative levels of membrane-bound polysomes and vitellogenin mRNA were determined as a function of time and dose of hormone. Translation of total polysomal RNA in a cell-free system derived from wheat germ was used to estimate the relative levels of vitellogenin messenger RNA. Faithful translation of this messenger RNA was indicated by two lines of evidence: labeled cell-free products were immunoprecipitated with antivitellogenin antibody, and the migration of the major labeled product in sodium dodecyl sulfate/acrylamide gels was identical to that of native vitellogenin. Our results establish conditions for maximal estrogen-induced responses in this system, and are compatible with the hypothesis that a major regulatory mechanism of steroid hormones in the control of protein synthesis is that of gene activation and regulation of messenger RNA levels.
D000818:Animals; D002458:Cell Fractionation; D004958:Estradiol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005796:Genes; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D008099:Liver / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D011132:Polyribosomes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014819:Vitellogenins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D014981:Xenopus
D008074:Lipoproteins; D014819:Vitellogenins; D004958:Estradiol
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