title: c-Fos protein is a mediator in mitogenic response to ACTH.
abstract: Pulses (up to 2 h) of the adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) rapidly activate p42 and p44 MAPK (5 min), induce the c-Fos protein (1 h, 80% of cells) and stimulate entry of mouse Y-1 adrenocortical cells into the S phase of the cell cycle. This set of sequential events is also triggered in Y-1 cells by bFGF, and reflects a mitogenic response to ACTH. We report here that 90% inhibition of c-fos mRNA translation with a c-fos antisense oligodeoxynucleotide completely blocks the entry of Y1 cells into S phase stimulated by pulses of ACTH. These results indicate that c-Fos protein is an intracellular mediator of the mitogenic response to ACTH.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
authors.forename: C F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Lotfi
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Armelin
mesh_terms: D000306:Adrenal Cortex Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008934:Mitogens / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense / Q000494:pharmacology; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun / Q000235:genetics; D016196:S Phase / Q000187:drug effects; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D008934:Mitogens; D016376:Oligonucleotides, Antisense; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D016755:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors; D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone; D004247:DNA