title: Follicle-stimulating hormone regulation of AP-1: inhibition of c-jun and stimulation of jun-B gene transcription in the rat Sertoli cell.
abstract: The proto-oncogenes c-fos and c-jun and the related jun-B encode the components of transcription factor, AP-1, a heterodimeric DNA-binding protein that mediates hormone and growth factor-regulated gene expression. In the rat Sertoli cell, FSH rapidly inhibited c-jun gene expression while it stimulated c-fos and jun-B as well as the expression of the more slowly responding, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and inhibin alpha-subunit. These early effects of FSH were not inhibited by cycloheximide. Nuclear run-off analyses demonstrated that the FSH-dependent decline in c-jun and increases in c-fos, jun-B, tPA and inhibin alpha-subunit mRNAs were regulated at the transcriptional level. The rates of degradation of c-fos, c-jun and jun-B mRNAs were unaffected by FSH while tPA and inhibin alpha-subunit mRNAs were stabilized. After 8 h of FSH treatment, the transcription of all five genes returned to basal rates. These data demonstrate immediate-early regulation by FSH of the expression of genes encoding components of the transcription factor, AP-1.
authors.affiliation: Laboratories for Reproductive Biology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 27599.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Hamil
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Conti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shimasaki
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D016762:Genes, fos; D016758:Genes, jun; D007265:Inhibins / Q000235:genetics; D008297:Male; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012708:Sertoli Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D007265:Inhibins; D005640:Follicle Stimulating Hormone; D003513:Cycloheximide; D010959:Tissue Plasminogen Activator