title: Endothelin induces transcription of fos/jun family genes: a prominent role for calcium ion.
abstract: The 21-amino acid mammalian peptide endothelin (ET) is a powerful vasoconstrictor, a mitogen for fibroblasts and vascular smooth muscle cells, and a potent effector for numerous tissues. Through extracellular interaction with G protein-coupled transmembrane receptors, ET stimulates intracellular second messenger events that in turn activate immediate early gene transcription. Using Northern blot hybridization and nuclear run-on analyses, we examined the modulation of c-fos, fos-B, fra-1, c-jun, and jun-B gene transcripts in Rat-1 fibroblasts after ET treatment. Furthermore, we investigated the role that intracellular Ca2+ transients played in effecting this gene regulation, using the intracellular Ca2+ chelator 1,2-bis(o-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid (BAPTA) to block Ca(2+)-dependent transcription. Our results demonstrate that ET rapidly effects increased RNA levels for all five fos/jun family genes investigated, at least two of them by increasing gene transcription. Furthermore, our results argue that increased intracellular free Ca2+ is directly involved in the induction of these fos/jun family genes by ET. While mobilization of intracellular Ca2+ is not the only pathway to fos/jun gene induction used by ET, it is clearly a major component of the signaling apparatus that is set in motion by this potent effector.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pribnow
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Muldoon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fajardo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Theodor
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: B E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Magun
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology*; D004533:Egtazic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D016232:Endothelins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D016762:Genes, fos / Q000187:drug effects*; D016758:Genes, jun / Q000187:drug effects*; D005810:Multigene Family; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000096:biosynthesis; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000096:biosynthesis; D051381:Rats; D015290:Second Messenger Systems; D013268:Stimulation, Chemical; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D016232:Endothelins; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D004533:Egtazic Acid; D019204:GTP-Binding Proteins; C025603:1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid; D002118:Calcium