Glucocorticoid receptor properties and glucocorticoid regulation of glutamine synthetase activity in sensitive C6 and resistant C6H glial cells

Journal of Neuroscience Research
N J HolbrookJ F Hackney

Abstract

The relationship between induction of glutamine synthetase activity by dexamethasone and binding of the steroid to cytosolic glucocorticoid receptors was examined in sensitive C6 and resistant C6H glial cell cultures. Glutamine synthetase activity increased 3-4-fold when C6 cultures were exposed to 7.6 x 10(-6) M dexamethasone. This inductive response was reversible, dose-dependent (ED50 approximately 2 x 10(-8) M), required de novo protein and RNA synthesis, and was elicited only by glucocorticoid steroids. Progesterone, but not epicortisol, antagonized the dexamethasone-induced enzyme increase. In contrast, only a slight inductive effect was observed in dexamethasone-treated C6H cells. Competitive binding assays demonstrated that specific binding of [3H]-dexamethasone to cytosolic receptors was also dose-dependent. The ED50 was approximately 10(-8) M for both C6 and C6H cells. Scatchard analysis revealed that each C6 cell contained approximately 10,800 receptor sites and that the equilibrium dissociation constant (Kd) was 4.5 x 10(-9) M. Each C6H cell possessed approximately 12,200 sites, and the Kd was 6.7 x 10(-9) M. Unlabeled dexamethasone and cortisol (but not epicortisol) competed effectively with [3H]-dexamethasone for ...Continue Reading

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