Characterization of an early growth response gene, which encodes a zinc finger transcription factor, potentially involved in cell cycle regulation

Molecular Endocrinology
L J BlokD J Tindall

Abstract

Using differential display polymerase chain reaction, early growth response gene alpha (EGR alpha) was first isolated as a 291-base pair 3'-cDNA clone, which was highly expressed in the androgen-independent prostate carcinoma cell lines PC3 and DU145, as compared with the androgen-responsive prostate carcinoma cell line LNCaP. Full length cloning of the EGR alpha coding region revealed that EGR alpha was a new member of an important subfamily of nuclear zinc finger transcription factors (others members e.g. Sp1, EGR-2, and Wilms' tumor gene). Moreover, it was observed that EGR alpha, as with most Sp1 subfamily members, was conserved between mammalian species ranging from human to rabbit. Two hormones important for prostate development and differentiation were found to be potent regulators of EGR alpha mRNA expression. Androgens were observed to induce a down-regulation of EGR alpha mRNA expression (70% in 72 h), while epidermal growth factor induced a rapid transient up-regulation (6-fold in 100 min). The up-regulation was controlled at the transcriptional level and effectively blocked by staurosporine (which suggests the involvement of the protein kinase C pathway). Functional analysis demonstrated that EGR alpha could bind to...Continue Reading

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