Synthesis of the glycoprotein hormone .alpha. subunit and placental alkaline phosphatase by HeLa cells: effect of tunicamycin, 2-deoxyglucose, and sodium butyrate

Biochemistry ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 20 (17) ◽  
pp. 4893-4900 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Stanley Cox
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Sodium Butyrate ◽  
Hela Cells ◽  
Alpha Subunit ◽  
Placental Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Glycoprotein Hormone

scholarly journals The Promoter of the Rat Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Receptor Gene Directs the Expression of the Human Placental Alkaline Phosphatase Reporter Gene in Gonadotrope Cells in the Anterior Pituitary Gland as well as in Multiple Extrapituitary Tissues

Endocrinology ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 145 (2) ◽  
pp. 983-993 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne Granger ◽  
Valérie Ngô-Muller ◽  
Christian Bleux ◽  
Céline Guigon ◽  
Hanna Pincas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Reporter Gene ◽  
Transgene Expression ◽  
Pituitary Cells ◽  
Placental Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
R Gene ◽  
Glycoprotein Hormone ◽  
Steroidogenic Factor 1 ◽  
Functional Sites ◽  
Human Placental Alkaline Phosphatase

Abstract Previous studies dealing with the mechanisms underlying the tissue-specific and regulated expression of the GnRH receptor (GnRH-R) gene led us to define several cis-acting regulatory sequences in the rat GnRH-R gene promoter. These include functional sites for steroidogenic factor 1, activator protein 1, and motifs related to GATA and LIM homeodomain response elements as demonstrated primarily in transient transfection assays in mouse gonadotrope-derived cell lines. To understand these mechanisms in more depth, we generated transgenic mice bearing the 3.3-kb rat GnRH-R promoter linked to the human placental alkaline phosphatase reporter gene. Here we show that the rat GnRH-R promoter drives the expression of the reporter gene in pituitary cells expressing the LHβ and/or FSHβ subunit but not in TSHβ- or GH-positive cells. Furthermore, the spatial and temporal pattern of the transgene expression during the development of the pituitary was compatible with that characterizing the emergence of the gonadotrope lineage. In particular, transgene expression is colocalized with the expression of the glycoprotein hormone α-subunit at embryonic day 13.5 and with that of steroidogenic factor 1 at later stages of pituitary development. Transgene expression was also found in specific brain areas, such as the lateral septum and the hippocampus. A single promoter is thus capable of directing transcription in highly diverse tissues, raising the question of the different combinations of transcription factors that lead to such a multiple, but nevertheless cell-specific, expressions of the GnRH-R gene.

Induction of alkaline phosphatase activity in HeLa cells by sodium butyrate

In Vitro ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 15 (11) ◽  
pp. 861-864 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walker Wharton ◽  
Cathryn A. Hart ◽  
Barry Goz
Keyword(s):  
Alkaline Phosphatase ◽  
Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Alkaline Phosphatase Activity ◽  
Sodium Butyrate ◽  
Hela Cells

scholarly journals Dual effects of 2-deoxyglucose on synthesis of the glycoprotein hormone common alpha-subunit in butyrate-treated HeLa cells.

1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 1592-1601 ◽  
Author(s):  
G S Cox ◽  
D S McClure ◽  
D E Cosgrove
Keyword(s):  
Hela Cells ◽  
Chromatin Modification ◽  
Gel Filtration ◽  
Fold Increase ◽  
Alpha Subunit ◽  
Mrna Levels ◽  
Glycoprotein Hormone ◽  
Subunit Mrna ◽  
Histone Hyperacetylation ◽  
Induction Process

Sodium butyrate (Btr) (3 mM) causes a 10-fold increase in production of the glycoprotein hormone alpha-subunit in HeLa cells. The following report demonstrates that this response could be inhibited about 95% by 5 mM 2-deoxy-D-glucose (dGlc), whereas alpha-subunit production in uninduced cells was affected little or not at all. Addition of D-mannose restored the Btr induction of Hela-alpha in cultures that had been treated with dGlc. When the alpha-subunits secreted by cells cultured in Btr plus dGlc or in Btr alone were compared by gel filtration (Sephadex G-75) and lectin affinity (concanavalin A and ricin) chromatography, differences were noted that probably reflect changes in their carbohydrate moieties. Immunoprecipitation of [35S]methionine-labeled HeLa-alpha and incubation with endoglycosidase H indicated that the subunit secreted from cells in the presence of dGlc contained oligosaccharide side chains that were not processed to the complex type. Cells that were simultaneously treated with Btr plus dGlc showed no increase in alpha-subunit production over cells receiving Btr only; in contrast, cells that were preincubated with Btr for either 16 or 36 h before dGlc was added exhibited high levels of subunit synthesis. Measurement of alpha-mRNA levels at various times after Btr and dGlc were added to cultures indicated that Btr brought about a dramatic increase in alpha-specific mRNA about 24 h after being added to cultures. This increase could be prevented by dGlc when added simultaneously with Btr but not when added after a 24-h preincubation. Although dGlc prevented the induction of alpha-subunit and alpha-mRNA in response to Btr, it had no effect on histone hyperacetylation, suggesting that if this chromatin modification is necessary for the induction process, it is not in itself sufficient. Together, the data demonstrate that dGlc inhibits the accumulation of alpha-subunit mRNA normally produced in response to Btr and that the subunit produced contains altered oligosaccharide constituents.

Independent regulation by sodium butyrate of gonadotropin alpha gene expression and cell cycle progression in HeLa cells

1984 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. 829-839
Author(s):  
R B Darnell
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Cell Cycle ◽  
Sodium Butyrate ◽  
Hela Cells ◽  
Cell Cycle Progression ◽  
Direct Action ◽  
Cell Types ◽  
Neoplastic Cell ◽  
Alpha Subunit ◽  
Alpha Gene

Sodium butyrate alters the growth and gene expression of a variety of differentiating and neoplastic cell types. For example, addition of 5 mM butyrate to HeLa cells is reported to both induce gonadotropin alpha subunit biosynthesis and block cell cycling in G1. We have studied these two actions of butyrate on HeLa cells and found that they are regulated in distinct ways. The induction of alpha subunit synthesis was due to an increase in the rate of transcription of the alpha gene. Using synchronized populations of HeLa cells, we determined that butyrate stimulates alpha transcription throughout the cell cycle. In contrast, treated cells arrest in G1 only if exposed to butyrate for a discrete period during the previous S phase. We conclude that butyrate inhibits DNA synthesis through a cell cycle-specific action that is independent from its direct action to stimulate transcription of the gonadotropin alpha gene.

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