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Positive regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor in human T-cells sensitive to the cytolytic effects of glucocorticoids.
Eisen, L P; Elsasser, M S; Harmon, J M.
Afiliação
  • Eisen LP; Department of Pharmacology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799.
J Biol Chem ; 263(24): 12044-8, 1988 Aug 25.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-3261297
ABSTRACT
Regulation of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) protein and mRNA were examined in the human leukemic T-cell line CEM-C7. Unlike other cells in which GR regulation has been examined, the growth of these cells is inhibited by glucocorticoids, leading to cell death. Treatment of glucocorticoid-sensitive CEM-C7 cells with 1 microM dexamethasone for 18 h resulted in an increase in both cytoplasmic and nuclear GR protein, as determined by immunoblotting with anti-human GR antisera. Analysis of GR mRNA levels by Northern blotting revealed a corresponding increase in mRNA in steroid-treated cells. An increase in GR mRNA was detectable after as little as 3 h of treatment with dexamethasone, and GR mRNA concentration continued to increase for at least 18 h, well before the onset of growth arrest or cell death. GR mRNA concentration was not altered after dexamethasone treatment of the glucocorticoid-resistant mutant cell line ICR27TK.3, which lacks functional GR. Thus, the increase in GR seen in glucocorticoid-sensitive cells is a GR-mediated response. These results are in sharp contrast to the down-regulation of GR reported in other cells and tissues, and suggest that regulation of the GR by its cognate ligand may be tissue-specific.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 1988 Tipo de documento: Article
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Tipo de estudo: Diagnostic_studies Limite: Humans Idioma: En Ano de publicação: 1988 Tipo de documento: Article