scholarly journals Role of Dosage-Sensitive Sex Reversal, Adrenal Hypoplasia Congenita, Critical Region on the X Chromosome, Gene 1 in Protein Kinase A- and Protein Kinase C-Mediated Regulation of the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein Expression in Mouse Leydig Tumor Cells: Mechanism of Action

Endocrinology ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 150 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-199 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pulak R. Manna ◽  
Matthew T. Dyson ◽  
Youngah Jo ◽  
Douglas M. Stocco
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Tumor Cells ◽  
Orphan Nuclear Receptor ◽  
Star Protein ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Leydig Tumor Cells ◽  
Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory ◽  
Kinase A

Dosage-sensitive sex reversal, adrenal hypoplasia congenita, critical region on the X chromosome, gene 1 (DAX-1) is an orphan nuclear receptor that has been demonstrated to be instrumental to the expression of the steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein that regulates steroid biosynthesis in steroidogenic cells. However, its mechanism of action remains obscure. The present investigation was aimed at exploring the molecular involvement of DAX-1 in protein kinase A (PKA)- and protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated regulation of StAR expression and its concomitant impact on steroid synthesis using MA-10 mouse Leydig tumor cells. We demonstrate that activation of the PKA and PKC pathways, by a cAMP analog dibutyryl (Bu)2cAMP [(Bu)2cAMP] and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), respectively, markedly decreased DAX-1 expression, an event that was inversely correlated with StAR protein, StAR mRNA, and progesterone levels. Notably, the suppression of DAX-1 requires de novo transcription and translation, suggesting that the effect of DAX-1 in regulating StAR expression is dynamic. Chromatin immunoprecipitation studies revealed the association of DAX-1 with the proximal but not the distal region of the StAR promoter, and both (Bu)2cAMP and PMA decreased in vivo DAX-1-DNA interactions. EMSA and reporter gene analyses demonstrated the functional integrity of this interaction by showing that DAX-1 binds to a DNA hairpin at position −44/−20 bp of the mouse StAR promoter and that the binding of DAX-1 to this region decreases progesterone synthesis by impairing transcription of the StAR gene. In support of this, targeted silencing of endogenous DAX-1 elevated basal, (Bu)2cAMP-, and PMA-stimulated StAR expression and progesterone synthesis. Transrepression of the StAR gene by DAX-1 was tightly associated with expression of the nuclear receptors Nur77 and steroidogenic factor-1, demonstrating these factors negatively modulate the steroidogenic response. These findings provide insight into the molecular events by which DAX-1 influences the PKA and PKC signaling pathways involved in the regulation of the StAR protein and steroidogenesis in mouse Leydig tumor cells. The characterization of protein kinase A- and protein kinase C-mediated steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) expression and steroidogenesis suggests that the orphan nuclear receptor DAX-1 is an important regulator of the steroidogenic response in Leydig cells.

scholarly journals Regulation of Leydig cell steroidogenesis by extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2: role of protein kinase A and protein kinase C signaling

2007 ◽  
Vol 193 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pulak R Manna ◽  
Youngah Jo ◽  
Douglas M Stocco
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Kinase Inhibitor ◽  
Steroid Synthesis ◽  
Extracellular Signal Regulated Kinase ◽  
Star Protein ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Extracellular Signal ◽  
Kinase A

The steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein plays a central role in the regulation of steroid biosynthesis. While steroidogenesis is influenced by many processes, their modes of actions, in a few cases, remain obscure. In this study, we explored the mechanism of action of one such signaling pathway, the extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 (ERK1/2), in regulating StAR expression and steroidogenesis in conjunction with the protein kinase A (PKA) and protein kinase C (PKC) pathways. Using MA-10 mouse Leydig tumor cells, we demonstrate that the activation of PKC and PKA signaling, by phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) and dibutyryl cAMP (dbcAMP)/human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) respectively, was able to phosphorylate ERK1/2, an event markedly decreased by an upstream kinase inhibitor, U0126. Treatment with PMA enhanced StAR protein expression (associated with a slight increase in progesterone synthesis) but not its phosphorylation (P-StAR), which, in contrast, coordinately increased in response to dbcAMP/hCG. Inhibition of ERK1/2 activity by U0126 decreased PMA-treated StAR expression but increased dbcAMP/hCG-mediated StAR and P-StAR; however, progesterone levels were attenuated. U0126 was found to affect StAR expression and steroidogenesis both at the transcriptional and translational levels. Further studies demonstrated that the effect of U0126 on PMA- and dbcAMP/hCG-mediated StAR expression and steroid synthesis was tightly correlated with the expression of dosage-sensitive sex reversal, adrenal hypoplasia congenita, critical region on the X chromosome, gene 1 (DAX-1) and scavenger receptor class B type 1 (SR-B1). In fact, both DAX-1 and SR-B1 appear to play important roles in hormone-regulated steroidogenesis. These findings clearly demonstrate that the ERK1/2 signaling cascade involved in regulating StAR expression and steroid synthesis is mediated by multiple factors and pathways and is stimulus specific in mouse Leydig cells.

Phosphorylation of NADPH oxidase activator 1 (NOXA1) on serine 282 by MAP kinases and on serine 172 by protein kinase C and protein kinase A prevents NOX1 hyperactivation

2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (6) ◽  
pp. 2077-2092 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolande Kroviarski ◽  
Maya Debbabi ◽  
Rafik Bachoual ◽  
Axel Pe´rianin ◽  
Marie‐Anne Gougerot‐Pocidalo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Nadph Oxidase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Map Kinases ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Kinase A

scholarly journals Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide as a novel hypophysiotropic factor in fish

2000 ◽  
Vol 78 (3) ◽  
pp. 329-343 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anderson OL Wong ◽  
Wen Sheng Li ◽  
Eric KY Lee ◽  
Mei Yee Leung ◽  
Lai Yin Tse ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Hormone ◽  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Anterior Pituitary ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase ◽  
Pacap Receptors ◽  
Kinase A

Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP) is a novel member of the secretin-glucagon peptide family. In mammals, this peptide has been located in a wide range of tissues and is involved in a variety of biological functions. In lower vertebrates, especially fish, increasing evidence suggests that PACAP may function as a hypophysiotropic factor regulating pituitary hormone secretion. PACAP has been identified in the brain-pituitary axis of representative fish species. The molecular structure of fish PACAP is highly homologous to mammalian PACAP. The prepro-PACAP in fish, however, is distinct from that of mammals as it also contains the sequence of fish GHRH. In teleosts, the anterior pituitary is under direct innervation of the hypothalamus and PACAP nerve fibers have been identified in the pars distalis. Using the goldfish as a fish model, mRNA transcripts of PACAP receptors, namely the PAC1 and VPAC1 receptors, have been identified in the pituitary as well as in various brain areas. Consistent with the pituitary expression of PACAP receptors, PACAP analogs are effective in stimulating growth hormone (GH) and gonadotropin (GTH)-II secretion in the goldfish both in vivo and in vitro. The GH-releasing action of PACAP is mediated via pituitary PAC1 receptors coupled to the adenylate cyclase-cAMP-protein kinase A and phospholipase C-IP3-protein kinase C pathways. Subsequent stimulation of Ca2+ entry through voltage-sensitive Ca2+ channels followed by activation of Ca2+-calmodulin protein kinase II is likely the downstream mechanism mediating PACAP-stimulated GH release in goldfish. Although the PACAP receptor subtype(s) and the associated post-receptor signaling events responsible for PACAP-stimulated GTH-II release have not been characterized in goldfish, these findings support the hypothesis that PACAP is produced in the hypothalamus and delivered to the anterior pituitary to regulate GH and GTH-II release in fish.Key words: PACAP, VIP, PAC1 receptor, VPAC1 receptor, VPAC2 receptor, growth hormone, gonadotropin-II, cAMP, protein kinase A, protein kinase C, calcium, pituitary cells, goldfish, and teleost.

scholarly journals Phosphorylation of low molecular mass cytosolic proteins by protein kinase C and protein kinase A in the rabbit exocrine pancreas

1989 ◽  
Vol 185 (2) ◽  
pp. 461-468 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoine G. H. EDERVEEN ◽  
Jos V. M. LEEST ◽  
Sjenet E. EMST-DE VRIES ◽  
Jan Joep H. H. M. PONT
Keyword(s):  
Protein Kinase C ◽  
Protein Kinase ◽  
Molecular Mass ◽  
Protein Kinase A ◽  
Exocrine Pancreas ◽  
Cytosolic Proteins ◽  
Kinase C ◽  
Kinase A
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