Identification of Taxreb 107 as a lactogenic hormone responsive gene in mammary epithelial cells

Wittlin, S; Sutherland, KD; Visvader, JE; Lindeman, GJ

Author(s): Wittlin, S; Sutherland, KD; Visvader, JE; Lindeman, GJ;
Details: Publication Year 2003-10-21,Volume 1642,Issue #3,Page 139-147
Journal Title: BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH
Publication Type: Journal Article
Abstract: Mammary gland development and differentiation is regulated by a number of growth factors and hormones. Milk protein gene expression represents a hallmark of functional mammary epithelial differentiation and is coordinated by the lactogenic hormone prolactin and glucocorticoids. To date, few 'early-response' genes transcriptionally activated by lactogenic hormones have been described. We have used representational difference analysis (RDA) to search for lactogenic-responsive genes in SCp2 mouse mammary epithelial cells. One of the cDNAs identified encoded the DNA-binding protein Taxreb 107, originally identified as a HTLV-1 Tax responsive element binding protein. Increased Taxreb 107 expression was confirmed following prolactin and dexamethasone-induced differentiation of SCp2 and HC I I mammary epithelial cells. Taxreb 107 RNA levels were developmentally regulated in the mouse mammary gland, where levels increased substantially during mid- and late pregnancy and persisted during lactation. Overexpression of an antisense Taxreb 107 cDNA construct or antisense oligonucleotide in HC I I mammary epithelial cells attenuated milk protein gene expression following prolactin and dexamethasone treatment. These findings indicate a role for Taxreb107 as a lactogenic hormone-responsive gene during differentiation of the mammary gland. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Publisher: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
Keywords: REPRESENTATIONAL DIFFERENCE ANALYSIS; RIBOSOMAL-PROTEIN L6; NB2 LYMPHOMA-CELLS; GLAND DEVELOPMENT; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; BREAST-CANCER; DNA-BINDING; PROLACTIN; EXPRESSION; MOUSE
Publisher's Version: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-4889(03)00121-6
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Creation Date: 2003-10-21 12:00:00