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Differential gene regulation during programmed death (apoptosis) versus proliferation of prostatic glandular cells induced by androgen manipulation.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  8243289     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
By manipulating the circulating blood level of androgen, it is possible to induce either the programmed death (apoptosis) or proliferation of prostatic glandular cells. To examine the role of differential gene regulation in these two procedure, the expression of the mRNA of a series of genes was quantitated on a per cell basis during the androgen ablation-induced programmed death of rat prostatic glandular cells. These results were then compared to quantitative analysis of the mRNA expression of these same series of genes during the proliferative regrowth of prostatic glandular cells induced in rats castrated for 1 week before being treated with exogenous androgen replacement. These comparisons demonstrated that androgen ablation-induced programmed death of prostatic glandular cells share several (i.e. c-myc, H-ras, and tissue transglutaminase), but not most, of the epigenetic changes associated with androgen-stimulated proliferation of these cells. No enhancement of the mRNA expression of several genes required for entrance of prostatic glandular cells into the S-phase of the proliferative cycle (i.e. histone-H4, c-fos, p53, and ornithine decarboxylase) occurred during androgen ablation-induced programmed death of these cells. These results demonstrated that neither entrance into the S-phase nor progression through a defective proliferative cell cycle is involved in androgen ablation-induced programmed death of prostatic glandular cells. This was further supported by the observation that there is a set of genes (i.e. TRPM-2, transforming growth factor-beta 1, alpha-prothymosin, and calmodulin) in which mRNA expression is only enhanced during programmed cell death and not during proliferation of prostatic glandular cells induced by androgen replacement. These results demonstrate that prostatic programmed cell death is a distinct pathway from cell proliferation involving differential gene regulation.
Authors:
Y Furuya; J T Isaacs
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Endocrinology     Volume:  133     ISSN:  0013-7227     ISO Abbreviation:  Endocrinology     Publication Date:  1993 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1994-01-06     Completed Date:  1994-01-06     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0375040     Medline TA:  Endocrinology     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2660-6     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, Maryland.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Androgens / pharmacology,  physiology*
Animals
Apoptosis / physiology*
Calmodulin / genetics,  metabolism
Cell Division / drug effects
Gene Expression Regulation*
Male
Orchiectomy
Prostate / cytology*,  physiology*
RNA, Messenger / metabolism
Radioimmunoassay
Rats
Rats, Inbred Strains
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
CA-50661/CA/NCI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Androgens; 0/Calmodulin; 0/RNA, Messenger

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