title: Stimulation of c-fos and c-jun gene expression and down-regulation of proenkephalin gene expression in C6 glioma cells by endothelin-1.
abstract: The linkage between the transmembrane signal transduction system utilized by endothelin and alterations in gene expression has been investigated in C6 glioma cells. Treatment of C6 cells with endothelin-1 caused a rapid and transient 5-fold increase in c-fos and c-jun mRNA levels, followed by a decrease at 4 h. Dose-response studies indicated that 1 nM endothelin-1 caused half-maximal induction of c-fos mRNA 0.5 h after treatment and that maximal induction was elicited with a concentration of 10 nM. Actinomycin D totally abolished the rapid increase in c-fos mRNA caused by endothelin, indicating that the effect is at the transcriptional level. Endothelin-1 caused a decrease in proenkephalin mRNA to 50% of control levels at 4 h after treatment and had no effect on histone H4 mRNA over a 24 h period that was examined. These data indicate that receptor binding of endothelin-1 leads to rapid changes in the expression of immediate-early response genes which may cause more prolonged changes in the expression of AP-1 and/or CREB target genes in the nervous system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New Jersey Medical School, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark 07103.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Howells
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004745:Enkephalins / Q000235:genetics*; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects; D015972:Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic / Q000187:drug effects*; D016762:Genes, fos; D016758:Genes, jun; D005910:Glioma; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics; D007700:Kinetics; D010957:Plasmids; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D004745:Enkephalins; D006657:Histones; D011498:Protein Precursors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D012334:RNA, Neoplasm; C029992:proenkephalin; D003609:Dactinomycin