scholarly journals Testosterone regulates the synthesis of major proteins in rat ventral prostate

1978 ◽  
Vol 170 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
M G Parker ◽  
G T Scrace ◽  
W I P Mainwaring
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Cyproterone Acetate ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Ventral Prostate ◽  
Cytosol Fraction ◽  
Rat Ventral Prostate ◽  
General Protein Synthesis ◽  
Alpha Beta ◽  
General Protein

The presence of three major proteins alpha, beta and gamma in rat ventral prostate was demonstrated by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels containing sodium dodecyl sulphate. Their regulation by androgens was studied by measuring the rates of synthesis of the proteins in minced prostatic tissue by using L-[35S]methionine. The three proteins account for 30-40% of the proteins synthesized in the gland. After castration, their rates of synthesis rapidly decline to about 1% that of normal animals, and this cannot be accounted for by the accompanying decrease in general protein synthesis. Testosterone reverses these changes in castrated animals, so that after 4 days normal synthesis is restored. The regulation is specific for androgens, since cyproterone acetate, an anti-androgen, is inhibitory and oestradiol-17beta and corticosterone are without effect. Preliminary characterization of the proteins indicates that protein alpha (mol.wt. 22000, pI unknown) is a glycoprotein containing glucose and/or mannose residues and occurs in both the mitochondrial and cytosol fractions. Protein beta (mol.wt. 12000, pI5.4) is also a glycoprotein, but is found exclusively in the cytosol fraction. Protein gamma (mol.wt. 8000, pI5.4) is also a glycoprotein, but is found exclusively in the cytosol fraction. Protein gamma (mol.wt. 8000, pI5.4) is also found exclusively in the cytosol fraction.

scholarly journals Androgen-sensitive spermine-binding protein of rat ventral prostate. Purification of the protein and characterization of the hormonal effect

1979 ◽  
Vol 184 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-440 ◽  
Author(s):  
G Mezzetti ◽  
R Loor ◽  
S Liao
Keyword(s):  
Binding Protein ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Deae Cellulose ◽  
Binding Activity ◽  
Ventral Prostate ◽  
Hormonal Effect ◽  
Rat Ventral Prostate ◽  
Acidic Fraction ◽  
Androgen Effect

The rat ventral prostate contains a cytosol protein that can non-covalently bind spermine much more tightly than spermidine or other natural diamines. The protein has been purified to homogeneity, as judged by electrophoresis in urea- and sodium dodecyl sulphate-containing polyacrylamide gels. The protein, with or without spermine bound to it, sediments at 3 S in a sucrose gradient with or without 0.4 M-KCl. The molecular weight of the protein is about 30 000. Each molecule of the binding protein can bind one molecule of spermine. In the prostate of rats injected with cycloheximide, the protein appears to have a half-life of about 3.5 h. The spermine-binding activity of an acidic fraction obtained by DEAE-cellulose chromatography of the prostate cytosol proteins is reduced by about 40–60% within 20–40 h after castration. This effect is reversed very rapidly within 15–30 min by intraperitoneal injection of 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone. The hormonal effect is androgen-specific and is not mimicked by dexamethasone or oestradiol-17 beta. The androgen effect was reduced significantly when rats were injected with cycloheximide or actinomycin D, suggesting that the acidic protein may be one of the earliest proteins induced by androgen in the rat ventral prostate.

scholarly journals Intracellular inactivation, reactivation and dynamic status of prostate androgen receptors

1982 ◽  
Vol 208 (2) ◽  
pp. 383-392 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Paolo Rossini ◽  
Shutsung Liao
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Androgen Receptor ◽  
Half Life ◽  
Ventral Prostate ◽  
Receptor Complex ◽  
Nuclear Chromatin ◽  
Cytosol Fraction ◽  
Receptor Complexes ◽  
Rat Ventral Prostate ◽  
Energy Dependent

The dynamic status of the androgen receptor in prostate cells was studied by incubation of rat ventral prostate with radioactive 17β-hydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one (5α-dihydrotestosterone) in the presence and absence of respiratory poisons and inhibitors of protein and RNA synthesis and also by isotope chasing of the radioactive androgen–receptor complexes. The androgen receptor in the prostate appears to go through a dynamic process of recycling between the cytoplasm and the nucleus as well as an inactivation process. The radioactive androgen–receptor complex, however, is maintained at a constant level for at least 2h during incubation at 37°C, even in the absence of new protein synthesis, suggesting that early androgen actions may not require a depletion of a major portion of cellular receptor. In the presence of 2,4-dinitrophenol, the androgen receptor is rapidly deactivated (half life, 2min). The inactive receptor can be reactivated efficiently by an energy-dependent process, even in the absence of protein synthesis. Receptor binding of androgen and nuclear chromatin binding of the androgen–receptor complex are fast processes; half-maximum binding can be achieved within 1 and 10min respectively. On the contrary, the overall process of the release of the receptor complex from nuclear chromatin and its reappearance in the cytosol fraction has a long half life of about 70min. This slow process may reflect the involvement of the steroid–receptor complex in a time-consuming mechanism that is essential for hormone responses. Actinomycin D can increase the nuclear receptor level by 50% or more. This increase is not due to a decrease in the rate of receptor release from nuclei or to inhibition of DNA degradation by the antibiotic.

scholarly journals Induction of carnitine acetyltransferase by clofibrate in rat liver

1981 ◽  
Vol 194 (1) ◽  
pp. 249-255 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Mittal ◽  
C K R Kurup
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Rat Liver ◽  
Time Lag ◽  
Mitochondrial Protein ◽  
Carnitine Acetyltransferase ◽  
Enzyme Protein ◽  
General Protein Synthesis ◽  
Liver And Kidney ◽  
General Protein

Administration of the anti-hypercholesterolaemic drug clofibrate to the rat increases the activity of carnitine acetyltransferase (acetyl-CoA-carnitine O-acetyltransferase, EC 2.3.1.7) in liver and kidney. The drug-mediated increase in enzyme activity in hepatic mitochondria shows a time lag during which the activity increases in the microsomal and peroxisomal fractions. The enzyme induced in the particulate fractions is identical with one normally present in mitochondria. The increase in enzyme activity is prevented by inhibitors of RNA and general protein synthesis. Mitochondrial protein-synthetic machinery does not appear to be involved in the process. Immunoprecipitation shows increased concentration of the enzyme protein in hepatic mitochondria isolated from drug-treated animals. In these animals, the rate of synthesis of the enzyme is increased 7-fold.

Effects of prolactin on testosterone-induced growth and protein synthesis in rat accessory sex glands

1983 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 407-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Jones ◽  
P. R. Riding ◽  
M. G. Parker
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Total Protein ◽  
Sodium Dodecyl ◽  
Chronic Administration ◽  
Specific Protein ◽  
Ventral Prostate ◽  
Plasma Prolactin ◽  
Accessory Sex Glands ◽  
Caput Epididymidis

The relative importance of testosterone and prolactin in regulating growth and protein synthesis in rat accessory sex glands has been investigated. Protein synthesis was measured by incubating tissue minces in vitro with [35S]methionine and analysing labelled proteins on polyacrylamide gels containing sodium dodecyl sulphate. Plasma prolactin was assayed by radioimmunoassay. Results showed that castration for 8 days significantly reduced wet weights and total protein synthesis in the ventral prostate, dorsolateral prostate and caput epididymidis, but that these effects could be reversed by exogenous testosterone. Similarly, the specific incorporation of [35S]methionine into four polypeptides in the ventral prostate, two polypeptides in the dorsolateral prostate and two polypeptides in the caput epididymidis was lowered by castration but markedly stimulated by testosterone. Acute or chronic administration of 2-bromo-α-ergocryptine to animals in combination with testosterone had no significant effect on any of the parameters measured, although the drug reduced circulating prolactin to undetectable levels. In addition, exogenous prolactin given alone, or in combination with testosterone, to hypophysectomized rats had no effect on general or specific protein synthesis. The induction of hyperprolactinaemia in immature or mature rats with pituitary homographs had no effect on testosterone-stimulated growth of any accessory gland, although it caused a significant stimulation of total protein synthesis in the dorsolateral prostate and coagulating glands. However, this was a generalized effect as it did not increase the specific incorporation of [35S]methionine into androgen-dependent proteins. The results do not indicate a major role for prolactin in regulating androgen responsiveness of male accessory sex glands in the rat.

scholarly journals Bmp Induces Osteoblast Differentiation through both Smad4 and mTORC1 Signaling

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Courtney M. Karner ◽  
Seung-Yon Lee ◽  
Fanxin Long
Keyword(s):  
Protein Synthesis ◽  
Intracellular Signaling ◽  
Osteoblast Differentiation ◽  
De Novo ◽  
Bmp Signaling ◽  
Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response ◽  
Versus Protein ◽  
Mtorc1 Signaling ◽  
General Protein Synthesis ◽  
General Protein

ABSTRACT The bone morphogenetic protein (Bmp) family of secreted molecules has been extensively studied in the context of osteoblast differentiation. However, the intracellular signaling cascades that mediate the osteoblastogenic function of Bmp have not been fully elucidated. By profiling mRNA expression in the bone marrow mesenchymal progenitor cell line ST2, we discover that BMP2 induces not only genes commonly associated with ossification and mineralization but also genes important for general protein synthesis. We define the two groups of genes as mineralization related versus protein anabolism signatures of osteoblasts. Although it induces the expression of several Wnt genes, BMP2 activates the osteogenic program largely independently of de novo Wnt secretion. Remarkably, although Smad4 is necessary for the activation of the mineralization-related genes, it is dispensable for BMP2 to induce the protein anabolism signature, which instead critically depends on the transcription factor Atf4. Upstream of Atf4, BMP2 activates mTORC1 to stimulate protein synthesis, resulting in an endoplasmic reticulum stress response mediated by Perk. Thus, Bmp signaling induces osteoblast differentiation through both Smad4- and mTORC1-dependent mechanisms.

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