title: Argipressin(4-8) upregulate CTP: phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase in rat hippocampal neurons.
abstract: In order to study the effect of argipressin(4-8)(AVP(4-8)) on the mRNA level and activity of cytidine triphosphate: phosphocholine cytidylyltransferase(CCT) in rat hippocampal neurons, and elucidate it's possible mechanism. Rat hippocampal neurons treated with AVP(4-8) or actinomycin D were incubated with different time periods. The mRNA level of CCT was detected using RT-PCR plus Southern blot, CCT activity was determined by measuring the rate of incorporation of   (14)C  - phosphocholine into cytidine diphosphate-choline(CDP-choline). It was found that AVP4-8 could upregulate the CCT mRNA in rat hippocampal neurons. ZDC(C)PR, the antagonist of AVP(4-8), could greatly inhibit this upregulation. Using actinomycin D to inhibite the eucaryotic transcription, it was found that the halflife of CCT mRNA could be prolonged by coincubation with AVP(4-8). Meanwhile, AVP(4-8) could also increase CCT activity in rat hippocampal neurons. These results demonstrated that AVP(4-8) upregulated CCT mRNA level and its activity through stabilizing the CCT mRNA in rat hippocampal neurons.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China. duyc@ sunm.shnc.ac.cn
authors.forename: Kan-Yan
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xiong
authors.forename: Yu-Cang
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Du
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019916:Choline-Phosphate Cytidylyltransferase / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D003566:Cytidine Diphosphate Choline / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D015971:Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic / Q000187:drug effects; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D009474:Neurons / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010767:Phosphorylcholine / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D010767:Phosphorylcholine; D001127:Arginine Vasopressin; C072508:argipressin (4-8); D003566:Cytidine Diphosphate Choline; D019916:Choline-Phosphate Cytidylyltransferase