Analysis of Rat Prolactin Promoter Sequences that Mediate Pituitary-Specific and 3′,5′-Cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate-Regulated Gene Expressionin Vivo
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Molecular Endocrinology
- Vol. 3 (5), 832-839
- https://doi.org/10.1210/mend-3-5-832
Abstract
To determine the rat PRL (rPRL) promoter sequences that mediate pituitary-specific and cAMP-induced gene expression in vivo, various lengths of the rPRL promoter were ligated to the luciferase reporter gene and introduced into pituitary and non-pituitary cell lines. A 30-fold increase in rPRL promoter activity was observed in GH4 rat pituitary tumor cells compared to nonpituitary Rat2 fibroblast and HeLa cervical carcinoma cells. About 45% of this cell-specific promoter activity was competed by a plasmid containing the -67 to -45 rPRL promoter region, which is the most proximal binding site for a lactotroph-specific factor. Compared to a -425 rPRL construct, transfection with rPRL 5''-end points of -212, -178, and -127 contained 23%, 45%, and 1%, respectively, of luciferase activity. Forskolin stimulation resulted in a 10-fold induction of all the rPRL promoter fragments tested. Of note, a -127 deletion which was devoid of any basal promoter activity was also induced 10-fold by forskolin. The forskolin effect was abolished when GH4 rat pituitary cells were cotransfected with a plasmid encoding a protein kinase A inhibitor, indicating protein kinase A is involved in the activation mechanism. These data document that both positive and negative effectors influence basal rPRL promoter activity. Furthermore, the minimum sequences required for pituitary-specific rPRL promoter activity are altered by intracellular cAMP levels. Taken together, the data indicate that hormone-activated and cell-specific factors may interact to establish a particular setpoint for rPRL gene expression.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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