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. 1990 Apr 17;70(2):165-74.
doi: 10.1016/0303-7207(90)90156-3.

Regulated expression of the human corticotropin releasing hormone gene by cyclic AMP

G K Adler  1 , C M Smas, M Fiandaca, D M Frim, J A Majzoub
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Regulated expression of the human corticotropin releasing hormone gene by cyclic AMP

G K Adler et al. Mol Cell Endocrinol. .

Abstract

The factors controlling the expression of the hypothalamic neuropeptide, corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH), are poorly understood. We have used a mouse anterior pituitary cell line, AtT-20, permanently transfected with the human CRH gene as a model for studying the regulation of the CRH gene by cyclic AMP. Previously, we demonstrated that in this system the CRH gene is correctly expressed and appropriately negatively regulated by glucocorticoids. Treatment of five CRH-producing cell lines with an activator of adenylate cyclase (forskolin, 0.1-50 microM for 24 h) caused a dose-dependent and specific increase in the amount of CRH mRNA and radioimmunoassay-detectable CRH peptide secreted into the medium. Ribonuclease protection analysis revealed that the CRH gene was transcribed from multiple transcriptional initiation sites located over several hundred nucleotides. Forskolin treatment resulted in a specific increase in the CRH mRNA transcripts initiating from one of these many transcriptional start sites.

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