title: Regulation of protooncogenes c-fos and c-myc expressions by protein tyrosine kinase, protein kinase C, and cyclic AMP mitogenic pathways in dog primary thyrocytes: a positive and negative control by cyclic AMP on c-myc expression.
abstract: The proliferation of dog thyrocytes in primary culture is stimulated by three distinct intracellular signaling pathways: (1) the thyrotropin or forskolin-cyclic AMP-mediated cascade which is compatible with the differentiated state of the cell; (2) the protein kinase C pathway activated by diacylglycerol and phorbol esters; and (3) a protein tyrosine kinase system activated by epidermal growth factor. The two latter pathways also induce dedifferentiation. The activation of the three cascades induced the expression of the protooncogenes c-fos and c-myc with dose-response curves similar to those for DNA synthesis. After TPA and EGF, the time courses of stimulation of c-fos and c-myc were the same as those for mitogenically stimulated fibroblasts. However, after the cyclic AMP stimulation, c-myc expression was biphasic with an enhancement at 1 h followed by a down-regulation. A similar inhibition by cyclic AMP was also observed on the increased c-myc expression induced by EGF. This down-regulation is suppressed by cycloheximide, which suggests the involvement of a neosynthesized or a labile protein intermediate. The action of cyclic AMP on c-myc mRNA levels could be related to the opposite requirements of the stimulation of both proliferation and differentiation expression by the cyclic AMP pathway in the differentiated thyrocytes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Interdisciplinary Research, School of Medicine, Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Reuse
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maenhaut
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dumont
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004285:Dogs; D015536:Down-Regulation; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor / Q000494:pharmacology; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism*; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011519:Proto-Oncogenes; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D013972:Thyrotropin / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D012333:RNA, Messenger; D005576:Colforsin; D004815:Epidermal Growth Factor; D013972:Thyrotropin; D003513:Cycloheximide; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate