Egr-1 Is Necessary for Fibroblast Growth Factor-2-induced Transcriptional Activation of the Glial Cell Line-derived Neurotrophic Factor in Murine Astrocytes*
AUTOR(ES)
Shin, Soon Young
FONTE
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
RESUMO
Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (Gdnf) promotes neurite outgrowth and survival of neuronal cells, but its transcriptional regulation is poorly understood. Here, we sought to investigate the mechanism underlying fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF2) induction of Gdnf expression in astrocytes. We found that FGF2 stimulation of rat astrocytes induced expression of Egr-1 at a high level. Sequence analysis of the rat Gdnf gene identified three overlapping Egr-1-binding sites between positions −185 and −163 of the rat Gdnf promoter. Transfection studies using a series of deleted Gdnf promoters revealed that these Egr-1-binding sites are required for maximal activation of the Gdnf promoter by FGF2. Chromatin immunoprecipitation analysis indicated that Egr-1 binds to the Gdnf promoter. Furthermore, the induction of Gdnf expression by FGF2 is strongly attenuated both in C6 glioma cells stably expressing Egr-1-specific small interfering RNA and in primary cultured astrocytes from the Egr-1 knock-out mouse. Additionally, we found that stimulation of the ERK and JNK pathways by FGF2 is functionally linked to Gdnf expression through the induction of Egr-1. These data demonstrate that FGF2-induced Gdnf expression is mediated by the induction of Egr-1 through activation of the ERK and JNK/Elk-1 signaling pathways.
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