title: Transcriptional activation of c-fos and c-jun protooncogenes by serum growth factors in osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 cells.
abstract: The present study was undertaken to clarify the relationship between c-fos and c-jun protooncogene expression and the differentiation and/or proliferation of osteoblasts, using osteoblast-like MC3T3-E1 (E1) cells. c-fos mRNA was barely detectable, whereas c-jun mRNA was constitutively expressed in E1 cells after serum deprivation for 24-72 h. When serum was added, a rapid and transient induction of c-fos and c-jun mRNAs was observed. The c-fos and c-jun mRNAs reached peak levels at 30 minutes, with a rapid disappearance of c-fos mRNA within 3 h and a much slower decrease in c-jun mRNA. The addition of serum together with cycloheximide, an inhibitor of protein synthesis, resulted in the superinduction of both c-fos and c-jun mRNAs. Among various growth factors, PDGF, EGF, and bFGF mimicked the serum effect, whereas IGF-I and TGF-beta failed to induce c-fos and c-jun mRNA. The effects of PDGF, EGF, and bFGF were completely abolished by pretreatment with actinomycin D, an inhibitor of RNA synthesis, suggesting a transcriptional mechanism. Nuclear runoff experiments showed that the transcription rate of c-fos and c-jun protooncogenes was increased by serum and growth factors. The effects of PDGF, EGF, and bFGF were inhibited by H-7 or staurosporine, inhibitors of protein kinase C (PKC), but not by HA1004 with a much weaker inhibitory activity, suggesting the involvement of PKC for the activation of the protooncogenes.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, University of Tokyo Faculty of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Okazaki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sakamoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Urakawa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ogata
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D016475:3T3 Cells; D000470:Alkaloids / Q000494:pharmacology; D000818:Animals; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D003609:Dactinomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D006133:Growth Substances / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000494:pharmacology; D007546:Isoquinolines / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010879:Piperazines / Q000494:pharmacology; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000235:genetics; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000235:genetics; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D019311:Staurosporine; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000470:Alkaloids; D006133:Growth Substances; D007546:Isoquinolines; D010879:Piperazines; D010982:Platelet-Derived Growth Factor; D047428:Protein Kinase Inhibitors; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2; D003609:Dactinomycin; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D019307:1-(5-Isoquinolinesulfonyl)-2-Methylpiperazine; D003513:Cycloheximide; D019311:Staurosporine