title: Forskolin increases phosphorylated-CREB and fos immunoreactivity in rat striatum.
abstract: Promoter regions of the preproenkephalin, preprodynorphin, and c-fos genes contain cyclase response elements (CREs) as well as AP-1 sites. Activation of the adenylate cyclase cascade leads to phosphorylation of cyclase response element binding proteins (P-CREBs) which then bind CREs in these genes and induce transcription. In this experiment, semi-quantitative immunocytochemistry was used to examine striatal CREB-, P-CREB-, and Fos-like immunoreactivity (IR) 1 h following intracerebroventricular injection of H2O-soluble forskolin. Although forskolin did not alter CREB-IR, forskolin did induce striatal P-CREB-IR and Fos-IR by 2.5- and 10-fold, respectively. These data support a role for P-CREB and/or Fos in regulating opioid peptide gene transcription following direct in vivo activation of adenylate cyclase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858-4354.
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Simpson
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McGinty
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D005576:Colforsin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007276:Injections, Intraventricular; D008297:Male; D017072:Neostriatum / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010766:Phosphorylation; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D005576:Colforsin; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases