title: Estrogen modulates the expression of L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase in chick liver.
abstract: Identification of estrogen-responsive genes is important to understand the molecular mechanisms of estrogen action. Suppression subtractive hybridization was employed to screen estrogen-responsive genes in chick liver. A single injection of estrogen into 6-week-old chick induced up-regulation of several known genes encoded for yolk proteins, such as Vitellogenin I and II and very low density lipoprotein II (apo-VLDL II). One novel sequence displayed a dramatic change (3-fold increase) in response to estrogen treatment. This cDNA fragment was extended and the resultant sequence was analyzed. Translated amino acid sequence was 90, 88, 83 and 87% identical to the L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase of pig, rat, frog and human, respectively. The sequence has a conservative catalytic site of L-arginine: glycine amidinotransferase. The expression pattern of this gene in organs is consistent with previous reports of L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase in chick. Thus, this clone represented the chicken L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase. It appeared that estrogen-induced alteration of arginine:glycine amidinotransferase was not dependent on protein synthesis, because concurrent administration of cycloheximide did not affect the estrogen-mediated expression pattern. This is the first study demonstrating that L-arginine:glycine amidinotransferase is a target of the estrogen receptor.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown 26506-9128, USA.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D000579:Amidinotransferases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D003513:Cycloheximide / Q000494:pharmacology; D004527:Egg Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D004967:Estrogens / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000096:biosynthesis; D020218:Response Elements; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D015533:Transcriptional Activation; D015854:Up-Regulation
chemical_list: D004527:Egg Proteins; D004967:Estrogens; D011500:Protein Synthesis Inhibitors; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D003513:Cycloheximide; D000579:Amidinotransferases; C020681:glycine amidinotransferase