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Ratna WN, Bhatt VD, Chaudhary K, Bin Ariff A, Bavadekar SA, Ratna HN. Estrogen-responsive genes encoding egg yolk proteins vitellogenin and apolipoprotein II in chicken are differentially regulated by selective estrogen receptor modulators. Theriogenology 2015; 85:376-83. [PMID: 26452509 DOI: 10.1016/j.theriogenology.2015.08.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2015] [Revised: 08/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In a hen, large quantities of the egg yolk proteins, apolipoprotein II (apo-II) and vitellogenin (VG), are expressed in the liver and transported to the oviduct during egg production. Estrogenic stimulation of the hepatic expression of apo-II and VG is due to both transcriptional increase and mRNA stabilization. The nucleolytic degradation of apo-II messenger RNA (mRNA) is prevented by estrogen-regulated mRNA-stabilizing factor (E-RmRNASF). Gene-specific effects of a select panel of selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) on the hepatic expression of the estrogen-responsive genes encoding apo-II, VG, and E-RmRNASF in the chicken liver were investigated. In the present study, 6-week-old roosters were treated with the vehicle, estrogen, the SERMs genistein, resveratrol, tamoxifen, pterostilbene, raloxifene, catechin, and clomiphene or a combination of estrogen and a 200-fold excess of each of the SERMs. Results from mRNA stabilization studies conducted to investigate the stimulation of expression of E-RmRNASF in the liver by these agents showed that the expression of E-RmRNASF in the liver was stimulated by estrogen and the SERMs genistein, resveratrol, tamoxifen, pterostilbene, and catechin but not by the vehicle, clomiphene or raloxifene. The expression of apo-II and VG from the aforementioned treatments was determined by Northern blot analysis, RNase protection assays, and Western blot analysis. The transcription and protein expression of both apo-II and VG genes were seen in response to treatment with estrogen but not with the SERMs or combinations of estrogen and each of the SERMs. The SERMs that stimulated the expression of E-RmRNASF antagonized the stimulation of the expression of both apo-II and VG by estrogen, demonstrating a gene-specific, selective regulation of the aforementioned genes in the chicken liver by the SERMs. The above panel of SERMs may likely have adverse effects on egg production.
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- Warren N Ratna
- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Arnold and Marie Schwartz College of Pharmacy, Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Verderame M, Prisco M, Andreuccetti P, Aniello F, Limatola E. Experimentally nonylphenol-polluted diet induces the expression of silent genes VTG and ERα in the liver of male lizard Podarcis sicula. ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (BARKING, ESSEX : 1987) 2011; 159:1101-1107. [PMID: 21397372 DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.02.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2010] [Revised: 12/21/2010] [Accepted: 02/10/2011] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Endocrine Disruptor Chemicals (EDCs) with estrogen-like properties i.e nonylphenol (NP) induce vitellogenin (VTG) synthesis in males of aquatic and semi-aquatic species. In the oviparous species VTG is a female-specific oestrogen dependent protein. Males are unable to synthesize VTG except after E2 treatment. This study aimed to verify if NP, administered via food and water, is able to induce the expression of VTG even in males of vertebrates with a terrestrial habitat such as the lizard Podarcis. By means of ICC, ISH, W/B and ELISA we demonstrated that NP induces the presence of VTG in the plasma and its expression in the liver. VTG, undetectable in untreated males, reaches the value of 4.34 μg/μl in the experimental ones. Expression analysis and ISH in the liver showed that an NP-polluted diet also elicits the expression of ERα in the liver which is known to be related to VTG synthesis in Podarcis.
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- Mariailaria Verderame
- Department of Biological Sciences, Evolutionary and Comparative Biology Division, University Federico II of Naples, Via Mezzocannone 8, 80134 Naples, Italy
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Vickers CE, Possell M, Nicholas Hewitt C, Mullineaux PM. Genetic structure and regulation of isoprene synthase in Poplar (Populus spp.). PLANT MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 2010; 73:547-558. [PMID: 20467886 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-010-9642-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2010] [Accepted: 04/26/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Isoprene is a volatile 5-carbon hydrocarbon derived from the chloroplastic methylerythritol 2-C-methyl-D: -erythritol 4-phosphate isoprenoid pathway. In plants, isoprene emission is controlled by the enzyme isoprene synthase; however, there is still relatively little known about the genetics and regulation of this enzyme. Isoprene synthase gene structure was analysed in three poplar species. It was found that genes encoding stromal isoprene synthase exist as a small gene family, the members of which encode virtually identical proteins and are differentially regulated. Accumulation of isoprene synthase protein is developmentally regulated, but does not differ between sun and shade leaves and does not increase when heat stress is applied. Our data suggest that, in mature leaves, isoprene emission rates are primarily determined by substrate (dimethylallyl diphosphate, DMADP) availability. In immature leaves, where isoprene synthase levels are variable, emission levels are also influenced by the amount of isoprene synthase protein. No thylakoid isoforms could be identified in Populus alba or in Salix babylonica. Together, these data show that control of isoprene emission at the genetic level is far more complicated than previously assumed.
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- Claudia E Vickers
- Department of Biological Sciences, Essex University, Colchester C043SQ, UK.
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Ing NH. Steroid hormones regulate gene expression posttranscriptionally by altering the stabilities of messenger RNAs. Biol Reprod 2005; 72:1290-6. [PMID: 15728791 DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.105.040014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Hormones exert powerful effects on reproductive physiology by regulating gene expression. Recent discoveries in hormone action emphasize that regulation of gene expression is not restricted to their alterations of the rate of gene transcription. On the contrary, hormonal effects on the stability of a specific mRNA can profoundly alter its steady-state concentration. The mRNAs encoding hormone receptors are commonly regulated by their own hormones to create autoregulatory feedback loops. Negative and positive autoregulatory feedback loops serve to limit or augment hormonal responses, respectively. After introducing the topics of mRNA degradation and regulated stability, this review focuses on steroid hormone effects on mRNA stabilities. Autoregulation of the mRNAs encoding estrogen, progesterone, androgen, and glucocorticoid receptors by the steroid hormones in reproductive tissues is discussed. In addition, steroid hormone effects on the stabilities of many other mRNAs that are important to reproductive biology are reviewed. These include mRNAs that encode gonadotropin hormones, integrins, growth factors, and inflammatory response proteins. Through these posttranscriptional effects, steroid hormones impact the expression of a large population of genes. Studies of the molecular mechanisms of hormonally regulated mRNA stabilities continue to identify critical mRNA sequence elements and their interactions with proteins. Increased understanding of how hormones affect mRNA stability may yield novel approaches to the therapeutic control of hormone effects, including those essential to reproductive physiology in animals.
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- Nancy H Ing
- Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-2471, USA.
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Bardin A, Moll F, Margueron R, Delfour C, Chu ML, Maudelonde T, Cavailles V, Pujol P. Transcriptional and posttranscriptional regulation of fibulin-1 by estrogens leads to differential induction of messenger ribonucleic acid variants in ovarian and breast cancer cells. Endocrinology 2005; 146:760-8. [PMID: 15528301 DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-1239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Fibulin-1 is an extracellular matrix protein overexpressed in epithelial ovarian and breast cancers. In estrogen receptor (ER)-positive ovarian and breast cancer cell lines, fibulin-1 mRNA levels are markedly increased by estrogens. Transfection experiments using fibulin-1 promoter constructs indicate that 17beta-estradiol (E2) increases fibulin-1 gene transcription and that ERalpha is more potent than ERbeta to mediate E2 regulation of the transfected fibulin-1 promoter. Using SL2 cells devoid of specificity protein 1 (Sp1) and site-directed mutagenesis of GC boxes, we evidenced that the E2 regulation occurs through a proximal specificity protein 1 binding site. In addition, we show that fibulin-1C and -1D mRNAs, the two major fibulin-1 splicing variants, are differentially induced by E2. The induction of both mRNAs variants is direct and independent of a newly synthesized protein intermediate. Interestingly, actinomycin D chase experiments demonstrate that E2 treatment selectively shortens the fibulin-1D mRNA half-life. This indicates that estrogens affect differentially the stability of fibulin-1 variants and may explain the lower accumulation of fibulin-1D mRNA on E2 treatment. In conclusion, our data show that estrogens, via ERalpha, are key regulators of fibulin-1 expression at both the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. The preferential induction of the fibulin-1C variant, which is overexpressed in ovarian and breast cancer, might play an important role in estrogen-promoted carcinogenesis.
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- A Bardin
- Unité Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montpellier, Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve, 34095 Montpellier, France
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