title: Regulation of the 5'-flanking region of the mouse androgen receptor gene by cAMP and androgen.
abstract: Both androgens and cAMP-mediated hormones are known to regulate expression of the androgen receptor (AR) gene. In order to determine whether these effects occur at the transcriptional level, transfection studies were conducted with a 1.5-kilobase fragment of the 5'-flanking region of the mouse AR gene coupled to a chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) reporter gene. We demonstrated that the cAMP pathway regulates expression of the mouse AR (mAR) 5'-CAT construct in mouse pituitary (alpha T3-1), rat pituitary (GC), and quail fibroblast (QT6) cell lines. Deletional analysis indicated that several areas of this clone, including a region containing a putative cAMP response element (CRE), are involved in mediating cAMP regulation of the AR gene. Oligonucleotides containing a putative CRE, linked to the thymidine kinase promoter of pBLCAT2, conferred increased forskolin induction of CAT activity. Furthermore, overexpression of a CRE binding protein up-regulated expression of the mAR 5'-CAT constructs. Bandshift data demonstrated that the putative CRE forms specific, competable complexes with nuclear proteins from alpha T3-1 and QT6 cells. Additional experiments indicated that AR can modulate both basal and forskolin-induced CAT activity in an androgen-dependent fashion. These data provide evidence that the 5'-flanking region of the mAR gene contains sequences which mediate the effects of both cAMP and androgens.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Mayo Foundation Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lindzey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grossmann
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Tindall
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate / Q000494:pharmacology; D000728:Androgens / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D003370:Coturnix; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000502:physiology*; D013196:Dihydrotestosterone / Q000494:pharmacology; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D005796:Genes; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011944:Receptors, Androgen / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid; D017384:Sequence Deletion
chemical_list: D000728:Androgens; D011944:Receptors, Androgen; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D013196:Dihydrotestosterone; D005576:Colforsin; D015124:8-Bromo Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine