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  • Prominent expression of spinocerebellar ataxia type-1 (SCA1) gene encoding ataxin-1 in LH-producing cells, LßT2
    Ogawa, Satoshi ...
    The LH-producing cell line, LßT2, and non LH-producing cell line, [alfa]T3-1 cells, established from pituitary tumor, were employed for cDNA subtraction cloning to identity genes with expression ... unique to LH producing cells. Several cDNAs that code for for known as well as for many unidentified clones were discovered. Most clones were spinocerebellar ataxia type-1 (SCA1) gene encoding ataxin-1, the abnormality of which causes neurodegeneration and loss of cerebellar Purkinje cells. We examined whether the expression of SCA1 gene in LßT2 cells is related to hormone production. We also compared the expression of SCA1 with that in various other pituitary tumor derived cell lines, and confirmed the prominent expression of SCA1 in LßT2 cells. The effect of gonadal factor(s) for SCA1 gene expression was examined. The expression level in femate rats was low and did not change during the estrus cycle, but increased significantly after ovariectomy and did not return to the normal level under low and high doses of estrogen. In the male pituitary SCA1 gene expression increased markedly after castration and was not decreased by estrogen or testosterone. The ontogeny of SCA1 gene expression was investigated in porcine fetal and postnatal pituitaries and reveaed biphasic and sexually dimorphic expression. Transient expression of SCA1 gene was observed at fetal day 50 and 65 in males and day 40 in females, followed by a decline and increased expression before birth in both genders. Thus the expression of SCA1 gene is prominent in LH-producing cells and is not under direct control of gonadal factor(s) in both genders. In addition to the variable expression of SCA1 gene during the fetus period, the present results provide a novel aspect to the understanding of Boucher-Neuhauser syndrome (Ataxia Hypogonadism Choroidal Dystrophy).
    Vir: Journal of reproduction and development. - ISSN 0916-8818 (Letn. 50, št. 5, 2004, str. 557-563)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del
    Leto - 2004
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 1650824

vir: Journal of reproduction and development. - ISSN 0916-8818 (Letn. 50, št. 5, 2004, str. 557-563)

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