title: Extracellular signal-regulated kinase, Jun N-terminal kinase, p38, and c-Src are involved in gonadotropin-releasing hormone-stimulated activity of the glycoprotein hormone follicle-stimulating hormone beta-subunit promoter.
abstract: The role of ERK, Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK), p38, and c-Src in GnRH-stimulated FSHbeta-subunit promoter activity was examined in the LbetaT-2 gonadotroph cell line. Incubation of the cells with a GnRH agonist resulted in activation of ERK, JNK, p38, and c-Src. The peak of ERK activation was observed at 5 min, whereas that of JNK, p38, and c-Src at 30 min, declining thereafter. ERK activation by GnRH is dependent on protein kinase C (PKC), as evident by activation, inhibition, and depletion of 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate-sensitive PKC subspecies. Ca(2+) influx, but not Ca(2+) mobilization, is required for ERK activation. GnRH signaling to ERK is partially mediated by dynamin and a protein tyrosine kinase, apparently c-Src. ERK activation by GnRH in LbetaT-2 cells does not involve transactivation of epidermal growth factor receptor or mediation via Gbetagamma or beta-arrestin. Once activated by GnRH, ERK translocates to the nucleus. We examined the role of ERK, JNK, p38, and c-Src in GnRH-stimulated ovine FSHbeta promoter, linked to a luciferase reporter gene (-4741oFSHbeta-LUC). The PKC activator 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate, but not the Ca(2+) ionophore ionomycin, stimulated FSHbeta-luciferase (LUC) activity. Furthermore, down-regulation of PKC, but not removal of Ca(2+), inhibited the GnRH response. Cotransfection of FSHbeta-LUC and the constitutively active forms of Raf-1 and MEK stimulated FSHbeta-LUC activity, whereas the dominant negatives of Ras, Raf-1, and MEK and the selective MEK inhibitor PD98059, abolished GnRH-induced FSHbeta-LUC activity. The dominant negatives of CDC42 and JNK reduced the GnRH response by 36 and 49%, respectively. Incubation of the cells with the p38 or the c-Src inhibitors SB203580 and PP1 also reduced the GnRH response. Surprisingly, two proximal activator protein-1 sites contribute very little to the GnRH response. Thus, PKC, ERK, JNK, p38, and c-Src, but not Ca(2+), are involved in GnRH induction of the ovine FSHbeta gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv 69978, Israel.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bonfil
authors.forename: Dana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chuderland
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kraus
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shahbazian
authors.forename: Ilan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Friedberg
authors.forename: Rony
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Seger
authors.forename: Zvi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Naor
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001692:Biological Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D002064:Buserelin / Q000494:pharmacology; D000081247:CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase; D002118:Calcium / Q000502:physiology; D002460:Cell Line; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000201:enzymology; D034281:Dynamins / Q000378:metabolism; D004789:Enzyme Activation / Q000187:drug effects; D037201:Follicle Stimulating Hormone, beta Subunit / Q000235:genetics*; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015759:Ionomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D007476:Ionophores / Q000494:pharmacology; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000378:metabolism; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases / Q000378:metabolism*; D012756:Sheep; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate / Q000494:pharmacology; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D019061:src-Family Kinases
chemical_list: D037201:Follicle Stimulating Hormone, beta Subunit; D007476:Ionophores; D007987:Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone; D015759:Ionomycin; D011505:Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; D000081247:CSK Tyrosine-Protein Kinase; D019061:src-Family Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C; D048031:JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D020928:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048051:p38 Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases; D048670:MAP Kinase Kinase 4; D020929:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Kinases; D034281:Dynamins; D013755:Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate; D002064:Buserelin; D002118:Calcium