Synergy between activin A and gonadotropin-releasing hormone in transcriptional activation of the rat follicle-stimulating hormone-beta gene

Molecular Endocrinology
Susan J GregoryUrsula B Kaiser

Abstract

Both activin and GnRH can independently stimulate expression of the FSHbeta subunit gene. In this study, we used the gonadotrope-derived LbetaT2 cell line to investigate the potential interaction between activin and GnRH in regulating the transcriptional activity of the rat FSHbeta gene promoter. Activin A and GnRH synergistically enhanced rat FSHbeta transcriptional activity. Overexpression of SMAD3 (mediator of decapentaplegic-related protein 3), but not of SMAD2, increased transcriptional activation of the rat (r) FSHbeta gene promoter, which was further enhanced by the combined overexpression of SMAD3 and 4 (3+4). The stimulatory effects of SMAD3 overexpression were localized to -472/-256 of the rFSHbeta gene promoter, and activin- and GnRH-responsive proteins were shown to bind to region -284/-252. Sequence analysis identified a consensus palindromic SMAD-binding site at -266/-259 of the rFSHbeta gene promoter. Mutation of two bases located in the center of this palindrome effectively abrogated SMAD4 binding, markedly reduced SMAD3 and 3+4 stimulation of the rFSHbeta gene promoter, and significantly decreased the synergistic enhancement of promoter activity by both activin A and GnRH, and SMAD3 and GnRH. Blockade of the MA...Continue Reading

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