title: Gonadotropin regulation of c-fos and c-jun messenger ribonucleic acids in cultured rat granulosa cells.
abstract: c-Fos and c-jun are immediate early proto-oncogenes encoding proteins for the heterodimer AP-1, a DNA binding complex which regulates gene transcription. In order to investigate the presence and potential gonadotropin regulation of mRNAs for these proto-oncogenes in rat granulosa cells, we used Northern blotting of total RNA from cultured cells. Granulosa cells obtained from diethylstilbestrol (DES)-treated weanling rats were challenged with follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH), human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), dibutyryl cAMP ((Bu)2cAMP) or tetradecanoyl-13-phorbol acetate (TPA) either 2.5 h after cell isolation (day 0) or following a 2-day pretreatment with FSH (day 2). Freshly isolated cells treated with FSH exhibited 4-fold and 3-fold increases in c-fos and c-jun mRNAs, respectively, within 30 min. Two hours after FSH treatment, both c-fos and c-jun message levels diminished to near control levels. Granulosa cells pretreated for 2 days with FSH, then re-challenged with FSH, showed similar increases in both c-fos and c-jun messages. These effects were dose- and time-dependent on both day 0 and day 2. Likewise, (Bu)2cAMP also increased c-fos and c-jun mRNAs in a time- and dose-dependent manner on both day 0 and day 2. In contrast, LH or hCG minimally increased c-fos and c-jun mRNAs on day 0, but on day 2, both hormones markedly increased message levels in a manner similar to that seen with FSH. Analogous effects were observed with TPA which minimally stimulated c-fos and c-jun mRNAs on day 0, but markedly increased these messages on day 2. These studies demonstrate that c-fos and c-jun mRNAs can be induced in cultured rat granulosa cells by acute gonadotropin, (Bu)2cAMP or phorbol ester treatment and suggest that these immediate early proto-oncogenes may play a role in granulosa cell function.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ness
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Kasson
mesh_terms: D000199:Actins / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D003994:Bucladesine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000235:genetics; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol; D005260:Female; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D016762:Genes, fos; D016758:Genes, jun; D006107:Granulosa Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012756:Sheep; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D000199:Actins; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003994:Bucladesine; D004054:Diethylstilbestrol; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate