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    Regulation of CYP17 gene expression in adrenocortical cells by transforming growth factor-β

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    W korze nadnerczy geny CYP, koduj膮ce sk艂adniki kompleks贸w enzymatycznych hydroksylaz steroido-wych, s膮 regulowane przez hormony i czynniki wzrostu. Cytochrom P450c17, sk艂adnik kompleksu 17α–hydroksylazy/17,20–liazy, konieczny do produkcji androgen贸w nadnerczowych, jest kodowany przez CYP17 i ekspresja tego genu, zar贸wno podstawowa, jak i stymulowana, wymagaj膮 steroidogennego czynnika 1 (SF-1). Nasze badania, prowadzone na kom贸rkach kory nadnerczy ludzkich NCI-H295R, wskazuj膮, 偶e TGF-β, dzia艂aj膮c za po艣rednictwem 艣cie偶ki sygna艂owej bia艂ek Smad, hamuje zar贸wno podstawow膮, jak i stymulowan膮 przez cAMP transkrypcj臋 CYP17 i wymaga fragmentu -485/-433 promotora CYP17, zawieraj膮cego potencjalny element odpowiedzi na SP-1. Aby wyja艣ni膰 mechanizm zahamowania transkrypcji CYP17 przez TGF-β, badano tak偶e ekspresj臋 SF-1. Wykazano, 偶e aktywator cyklazy adenilanowej, for-skolina, kt贸ra imituje dzia艂anie ACTH - wzmaga, podczas gdy TGF-β - obni偶a poziom transkryptu SF-1. Maksymalne obni偶enie poziomu podstawowego mRNA dla SF-1 obserwowano po 48 godz. inkubacji kom贸rek z TGF-β (60% zahamowania), podczas gdy w kom贸rkach inkubowanych z forskolin膮 i TGF-β obserwowano 50% zahamowanie ekspresji ju偶 po 6 godz. inkubacji. W obu przypadkach efekt dotyczy艂 transkrypcji genu i towarzyszy艂y mu r贸wnoleg艂e zmiany st臋偶enia produktu bia艂kowego genu. Wnioskuje si臋, 偶e ekspresja CYP17 jest regulowana negatywnie przez TGF-β na poziomie transkrypcji poprzez 艣cie偶k臋 sygna艂ow膮 bia艂ek Smad i ten efekt wymaga fragmentu -483/-433 promotora, zawieraj膮cego potencjalny element odpowiedzi na SP-1. Efekt TGF-β na ekspresj臋 CYP17 jest specyficzny, poniewa偶 w tych samych warunkach ekspresja CYP11A1 pozosta艂a niezmieniona i mo偶e przynajmniej w cz臋艣ci by膰 spowodowany zahamowaniem transkrypcji SF-1In the adrenal cortex, CYP genes encoding cytochromes P450 components of steroid hydroxylases are regulated by hormones and growth factors. Cytochrome P450c17, constituent of 17α-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase enzyme complex, essential for production of adrenal androgens, is encoded by CYP17 and the expression of this gene, both basal and ACTH-induced, requires steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1).Our studies conducted in human adrenocortical NCI-H295R cells indicated that TGF-β acting through the Smad protein pathway, inhibited both basal and cAMP-stimulated transcription of CYP17, and that the –483/-433 fragment of CYP17 promoter, which contains a putative Sp1 response element, is the target for the inhibitory action of TGF-β. To elucidate the mechanism of inhibition of CYP17 transcription by TGF-β, the expression of SF-1 was also investigated. It was demonstrated that adenylyl cyclase activator, forskolin which mimicks the effect of ACTH, increased, while TGF-β decreased the level of SF-1 transcript. The maximal decrease of basal SF-1 mRNA level was observed after 48 h of incubation of the cells with TGF-β (60% inhibition), while in forskolin-treated cells TGF-β caused 50% decrease in Sf-1 transcript level, already after 6 h of treatment. In both cases the effect was transcriptional and was accompanied by parallel changes in the level of the protein product of the gene. It is concluded that CYP17 expression is negatively regulated by TGF-β at the transcriptional level via Smad protein pathway, and that this effect requires the –483/-433 fragment of CYP17 promoter containing a putative Sp1 response element. The effect of TGF-β on the expression of CYP17 is specific, since under the same conditions the expression of CYP11A1 is unaffected, and could be, at least in part, due to the inhibition of SF-1 transcription

    Temporal pattern of the induction of SF-1 gene expression by the signal transduction pathway involving 3',5'-cyclic adenosine monophosphate.

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    The objective of our study was to investigate the effect of stimulation of the cAMP-dependent pathway on the expression of an orphan nuclear receptor, SF-1/Ad4BP in mouse adrenal tumour, Y-1 cells in culture. We evaluated the temporal pattern of the effects of corticotropin (ACTH) and the adenylyl cyclase activator forskolin on the level of SF-1 mRNA, and compared the time course of induction of SF-1 with that of CYP11A1. Forskolin, corticotropin and 8-Br-cAMP significantly elevated the level of the SF-1 transcript, after 1.5 h of incubation, with a concomitant increase of SF-1 protein level, observed after 6 h. The CYP11A1 transcript increased gradually over the incubation period, and reached the maximal level after 12 to 24 h. The steady-state level of the SF-1 transcript was unaffected by forskolin when the cells were incubated with actinomycin D, indicating that stimulation of the cAMP pathway results in enhanced transcription of the gene. The effect of forskolin was augmented by cycloheximide, suggesting that an inhibitory protein, whose synthesis was inhibited by cycloheximide, could be involved in negative regulation of SF-1 expression. It is concluded that SF-1 expression is positively regulated by the cAMP pathway at the transcriptional level, and can represent the primary event in cAMP-mediated induction of steroid hormone synthesis in Y-1 cells
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