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Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology (J.N.W., G.D.H.) and Department of Internal Medicine (G.D.H.), Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0678
Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Gary D. Hammer, M.D., Ph.D., 1150 West Medical Center Drive, Office 5560A MSRB II, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0678. E-mail: ghammer{at}umich.edu.
Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) is an orphan nuclear receptor that has emerged as a critical mediator of endocrine function at multiple levels of the hypothalamic-pituitary-steroidogenic axis. Within the adrenal cortex, ACTH-dependent transcriptional responses, including transcriptional activation of several key steroidogenic enzymes within the steroid biosynthetic pathway, are largely dependent upon SF-1 action. The absence of a bona fide endogenous eukaryotic ligand for SF-1 suggests that signaling pathway activation downstream of the melanocortin 2 receptor (Mc2r) modulates this transcriptional response. We have used the chromatin immunoprecipitation assay to examine the temporal formation of ACTH-dependent transcription complexes on the Mc2r gene promoter. In parallel, ACTH-dependent signaling events were examined in an attempt to correlate transcriptional events with the upstream activation of signaling pathways. Our results demonstrate that ACTH-dependent signaling cascades modulate the temporal dynamics of SF-1-dependent complex assembly on the Mc2r promoter. Strikingly, the pattern of SF-1 recruitment and the subsequent attainment of active rounds of transcription support a kinetic model of SF-1 transcriptional activation, a model originally established in the context of ligand-dependent transcription by several classical nuclear hormone receptors. An assessment of the major ACTH-dependent signaling pathways highlights pivotal roles for the MAPK as well as the cAMP-dependent protein kinase A pathway in the entrainment of SF-1-mediated transcriptional events. In addition, the current study demonstrates that specific enzymatic activities are capable of regulating distinct facets of a highly ordered transcriptional response.
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