Androgen regulation of c-myc messenger ribonucleic acid levels in rat ventral prostate

Molecular Endocrinology
V E QuarmbyF S French

Abstract

Androgens regulate growth of the rat ventral prostate gland. In a search for possible mediators of androgen stimulated growth we have studied c-myc proto-oncogene expression in ventral prostate after androgen withdrawal and replacement. Steady state levels of c-myc mRNA were determined by Northern hybridization and compared with mRNA levels for prostatein, the major androgen dependent protein of ventral prostate. C-myc mRNA in ventral prostate increased nearly 4-fold within 1 day and 6- to 7-fold within 2 days after castration. Administration of androgen at the time of castration prevented this increase in c-myc mRNA levels. Androgen treatment of 4-day castrate rats caused c-myc mRNA levels to decrease within 4 h. Cycloheximide increased c-myc mRNA severalfold within 2 h. The net increase in c-myc mRNA after cycloheximide treatment was greater in the castrate than in the noncastrate or in androgen-treated castrate rats. These results suggest that androgen may influence both transcription and turnover of c-myc mRNA. Prostatein C3 mRNA decreased rapidly after castration and increased after androgen treatment of the castrate but was only slightly influenced by cycloheximide. Steady state levels of c-myc mRNA were higher in the 10-...Continue Reading

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