title: Dexamethasone regulation of cFos mRNA in osteoprogenitors.
abstract: The glucocorticoid, dexamethasone (Dex), has a beneficial effect on osteogenesis by increasing the activation and differentiation of osteoblastic cells. We investigated the effect of Dex on osteoblasts and detected changes in pattern of expression of cFos mRNA. cFos is an early response gene that is expressed as unspliced and spliced mRNAs. We analyzed the regulation of cFos mRNA in correlation with the cell proliferation status and following the induction by Dex. Treatment of osteoblastic cells with Dex for 30 min resulted in elevated levels of spliced form of cFos mRNA, which was maintained with extended treatment of cultured cells for 24 h. In addition, we demonstrated interaction between glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and cFos mRNA. This study provides evidence for the action of Dex on osteoblasts through dynamic cell responses involving with cFos.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel.
authors.forename: Irena
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shur
authors.forename: Rina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Socher
authors.forename: Dafna
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Benayahu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000235:genetics; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos / Q000235:genetics*; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013997:Time Factors; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D005938:Glucocorticoids; D016760:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-fos; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D003907:Dexamethasone