Faculty Research 1990 - 1999

Expression of cyr61, a growth factor-inducible immediate-early gene.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1990

Keywords

Animal, Base-Sequence, Cell-Division, Cell-Line, Cells-Cultured, Culture-Media, DNA: ge, Gene-Expression, Genes: de, Growth-Substances: ge, Human, Mice, Molecular-Sequence-Data, Platelet-Derived-Growth-Factor, Proteins: ge, Restriction-Mapping, RNA-Messenger: ge, SUPPORT-NON-U-S-GOVT, SUPPORT-U-S-GOVT-P-H-S, Transcription-Genetic, Translation-Genetic

First Page

3569

Last Page

3577

JAX Source

Mol Cell Biol 1990 Jul;10(7):3569-77

Grant

R01CA46565/CA/NCI, R01CA52220/CA/NCI

Abstract

A set of immediate-early genes that are rapidly activated by serum or purified platelet-derived growth factor in mouse 3T3 fibroblasts has been previously identified. Among these genes, several are related to known or putative transcription factors and growth factors, supporting the notion that some of these genes encode regulatory molecules important to cell growth. We show here that a member of this set of genes, cyr61 (originally identified by its cDNA 3CH61), encodes a 379-amino-acid polypeptide rich in cysteine residues. cyr61 can be induced through protein kinase C-dependent and -independent pathways. Unlike many immediate-early genes that are transiently expressed, the cyr61 mRNA is accumulated from the G0/G1 transition through mid-G1. This expression pattern is due to persistent transcription, while the mRNA is rapidly turned over during the G0/G1 transition and in mid-G1 at the same rate. In logarithmically growing cells, the cyr61 mRNA level is constant throughout the cell cycle. Cyr61 contains an N-terminal secretory signal sequence; however, it is not detected in the culture medium by immunoprecipitation. Cyr61 is synthesized maximally at 1 to 2 h after serum stimulation and has a short half-life within the cell.

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