Estrogen enhances gonadotropin-releasing hormone-stimulated transcription of the luteinizing hormone subunit promoters via altered expression of stimulatory and suppressive transcription factors - PubMed (original) (raw)
. 2007 Dec;148(12):6083-91.
doi: 10.1210/en.2007-0407. Epub 2007 Sep 6.
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Estrogen enhances gonadotropin-releasing hormone-stimulated transcription of the luteinizing hormone subunit promoters via altered expression of stimulatory and suppressive transcription factors
Takanori Kowase et al. Endocrinology. 2007 Dec.
Abstract
Transcription of the LH subunit genes is stimulated by GnRH and may be modulated physiologically by steroids such as 17beta-estradiol (E). We found that E treatment amplified GnRH stimulation of the rat LHbeta and alpha-subunit promoters, and expression of the endogenous mRNA, in LbetaT2 gonadotrope cells 2- to 5-fold above GnRH alone. We examined gene expression in LbetaT2 cells after E and/or GnRH treatment, and found that E suppressed expression of transcription factor Zfhx1a, and enhanced GnRH stimulation of Egr-1 mRNA and protein. E effects were abolished in the presence of antiestrogen. Egr-1 is critical for LHbeta expression; however, the role of Zfhx1a, which binds to E-box sequences, was untested. We found E-box motifs in both the rat LHbeta (-381, -182, and -15 bp) and alpha-subunit (-292, -64, -58 bp) promoters. Zfhx1a overexpression suppressed basal and GnRH-stimulated activity of both promoters. Mutation of the alpha-subunit promoter E boxes at either -64 or -58 bp eliminated Zfhx1a suppression, whereas mutation of the -292 bp E box had no effect. Gel shift assays demonstrated that Zfhx1a bound to the -64 and -58, but not -292, bp E-box DNA. Similarly, mutation of LHbeta promoter E boxes at either -381 or -182, but not -15, bp reduced Zfhx1a suppression, correlating with binding of Zfhx1a. The -381 bp LHbeta E box overlaps with an Sp1 binding site in the distal GnRH-stimulatory region, and increased Sp1 expression overcame Zfhx1a suppression. Thus, one mechanism by which E may enhance GnRH-stimulated LH subunit promoter activity is through regulation of both activators and suppressors of transcription.
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