1. Biphasic Roles of Clock Genes and Bone Morphogenetic Proteins in Gonadotropin Expression by Mouse Gonadotrope Cells
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Takahiro Nada, Yasuhiro Nakano, Fumio Otsuka, Yoshiaki Soejima, Atsuhito Suyama, Nahoko Iwata, and Koichiro Yamamoto
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endocrine system ,QH301-705.5 ,medicine.drug_class ,MAP Kinase Signaling System ,CLOCK Proteins ,Stimulation ,Gonadotrophs ,Gonadotropic cell ,Bone morphogenetic protein ,Catalysis ,Article ,Cell Line ,Inorganic Chemistry ,Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone ,Mice ,Clock ,medicine ,Animals ,mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) ,RNA, Messenger ,Biology (General) ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,QD1-999 ,Molecular Biology ,Spectroscopy ,Chemistry ,bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) ,Organic Chemistry ,ARNTL Transcription Factors ,luteinizing hormone and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) ,General Medicine ,Period Circadian Proteins ,Luteinizing Hormone ,Computer Science Applications ,Gonadotropin secretion ,Cell biology ,CLOCK ,PER2 ,Cryptochromes ,Gene Expression Regulation ,Bone Morphogenetic Proteins ,Gonadotropin ,Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases ,Luteinizing hormone ,hormones, hormone substitutes, and hormone antagonists ,gonadotropins - Abstract
Roles of Clock genes and the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) system in the regulation of gonadotropin secretion by gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) were investigated using mouse gonadotropin L beta T2 cells. It was found that luteinizing hormone (LH)beta mRNA expression level in L beta T2 cells changed gradually over time, with LH beta expression being suppressed in the early phase up to 12 h and then elevated in the late phase 24 h after GnRH stimulation. In addition, the mRNA expression levels of Clock genes, including Bmal1, Clock, Per2, and Cry1, also showed temporal changes mimicking the pattern of LH beta expression in the presence and absence of GnRH. Notably, the expression levels of Bmal1 and Clock showed strong positive correlations with LH beta mRNA expression levels. Moreover, a functional link of the ERK signaling of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) in the suppression of LH beta mRNA expression, as well as Bmal1 and Clock mRNA expression by GnRH at the early phase, was revealed. Inhibition of Bmal1 and Clock expression using siRNA was involved in the reduction in LH beta mRNA levels in the late phase 24 h after GnRH stimulation. Furthermore, in the presence of BMP-6 and -7, late-phase Bmal1 and LH beta mRNA expression after GnRH stimulation was significantly attenuated. Collectively, the results indicated that LH expression in gonadotrope cells exhibits Bmal1/Clock-dependent fluctuations under the influence of GnRH and that the fluctuations are regulated by ERK and BMPs in the early and late stages, respectively, in a phase-dependent manner after GnRH stimulation.
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- 2021
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