title: Cyclic AMP-dependent modification of gonad-selective TAF(II)105 in a human ovarian granulosa cell line.
abstract: In response to gonadotropins, the elevated level of intracellular-cyclic AMP (cAMP) in ovarian granulosa cells triggers an ordered activation of multiple ovarian genes, which in turn promotes various ovarian functions including folliculogenesis and steroidogenesis. Identification and characterization of transcription factors that control ovarian gene expression are pivotal to the understanding of the molecular basis of the tissue-specific gene regulation programs. The recent discovery of the mouse TATA binding protein (TBP)-associated factor 105 (TAF(II)105) as a gonad-selective transcriptional co-activator strongly suggests that general transcription factors such as TFIID may play a key role in regulating tissue-specific gene expression. Here we show that the human TAF(II)105 protein is preferentially expressed in ovarian granulosa cells. We also identified a novel TAF(II)105 mRNA isoform that results from alternative exon inclusion and is predicted to encode a dominant negative mutant of TAF(II)105. Following stimulation by the adenylyl cyclase activator forskolin, TAF(II)105 in granulosa cells undergoes rapid and transient phosphorylation that is dependent upon protein kinase A (PKA). Thus, our work suggests that pre-mRNA processing and post-translational modification represent two important regulatory steps for the gonad-specific functions of human TAF(II)105.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, PO Box 800733, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0733, USA.
authors.forename: Yimin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Yunzhe
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Yanfen
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Rong
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D017398:Alternative Splicing / Q000235:genetics; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism*; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000378:metabolism; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000378:metabolism; D005091:Exons / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D015870:Gene Expression; D006066:Gonads / Q000378:metabolism*; D006107:Granulosa Cells / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009928:Organ Specificity; D010053:Ovary / Q000166:cytology*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000235:genetics; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D020033:Protein Isoforms; D012333:RNA, Messenger; C101881:TAF4B protein, human; D035381:TATA-Binding Protein Associated Factors; D035362:Transcription Factor TFIID; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases