Lot1, a zinc finger transcription factor acting as a tumor suppressor gene on tumoral cells, is highly expressed during brain development. In developing rat cerebellum, Lot1 expression is high in cerebellar granule cells (CGC), a neuronal population undergoing postnatal neurogenesis. The time course of Lot1 cerebellar expression closely matches the expression of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) receptors coupled to adenylyl cyclase. The aim of this study was to ascertain whether Lot1 expression is regulated by cAMP-dependent pathways and to identify mechanisms of Lot1 activation in CGC cultures. Our results show that Lot1 expression in CGC is cAMP-dependent, as treatments with either forskolin or PACAP-38 induced an increase in its expression at both the mRNA and protein levels. This effect on Lot1 expression was mimicked by dibutyryl cAMP and suppressed by protein kinase A and MEK inhibitors. In parallel, we found that treatments with forskolin and PACAP-38 in precursor CGC inhibited bromodeoxyuridine incorporation by 25 and 35%, respectively, indicating a negative effect on neuronal precursor proliferation. Luciferase reporter analysis and mutagenesis of the Lot1 promoter region indicated a crucial role of the AP1-binding site (located at -268 bp) in cAMP-induced Lot1 transcription. In addition, cotransfection experiments indicated that the c-Fos/c-Jun heterodimer is responsible for cAMP-dependent Lot1 transcriptional activation. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that, in CGC, Lot1 is under the transcriptional control of cAMP through an AP1 site regulated by the c-Fos/c-Jun heterodimer and suggest that this gene may be an important element of the cAMP-mediated pathway that regulates neuronal proliferation through the protein kinase A-MEK signaling cascade.

Cyclic AMP-mediated regulation of transcription factor Lot1 expression in cerebellar granule cells.

CONTESTABILE, ANDREA;FILA, TATIANA;BARTESAGHI, RENATA;CIANI, ELISABETTA
2005

Abstract

Lot1, a zinc finger transcription factor acting as a tumor suppressor gene on tumoral cells, is highly expressed during brain development. In developing rat cerebellum, Lot1 expression is high in cerebellar granule cells (CGC), a neuronal population undergoing postnatal neurogenesis. The time course of Lot1 cerebellar expression closely matches the expression of pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide (PACAP) receptors coupled to adenylyl cyclase. The aim of this study was to ascertain whether Lot1 expression is regulated by cAMP-dependent pathways and to identify mechanisms of Lot1 activation in CGC cultures. Our results show that Lot1 expression in CGC is cAMP-dependent, as treatments with either forskolin or PACAP-38 induced an increase in its expression at both the mRNA and protein levels. This effect on Lot1 expression was mimicked by dibutyryl cAMP and suppressed by protein kinase A and MEK inhibitors. In parallel, we found that treatments with forskolin and PACAP-38 in precursor CGC inhibited bromodeoxyuridine incorporation by 25 and 35%, respectively, indicating a negative effect on neuronal precursor proliferation. Luciferase reporter analysis and mutagenesis of the Lot1 promoter region indicated a crucial role of the AP1-binding site (located at -268 bp) in cAMP-induced Lot1 transcription. In addition, cotransfection experiments indicated that the c-Fos/c-Jun heterodimer is responsible for cAMP-dependent Lot1 transcriptional activation. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that, in CGC, Lot1 is under the transcriptional control of cAMP through an AP1 site regulated by the c-Fos/c-Jun heterodimer and suggest that this gene may be an important element of the cAMP-mediated pathway that regulates neuronal proliferation through the protein kinase A-MEK signaling cascade.
2005
CONTESTABILE A.; FILA T.; BARTESAGHI R.; CIANI E.
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