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Functional interaction of estrogen receptor alpha and caveolin isoforms in neuronal SK-N-MC cells

Lookup NU author(s): Dr Nadhim Bayatti

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Abstract

Estrogen receptors (ERs) are expressed in neuronal cells and exhibit a wide variety of activities in the central nervous system. The actions of ERs are regulated in a hormone-dependent manner as well as by a number of co-activators and -repressors. A recently identified co-activator of ERalpha is caveolin-1 which has been shown to mediate the ligand-independent activation of this steroid receptor. In the present study we have demonstrated that neuronal SK-N-MC cells lacking functional ERalpha show high levels of caveolin-1/-2 specific transcripts and proteins. Ectopic expression of ERalpha in SK-N-MC cells leads to the transcriptional suppression of caveolin-1 and -2 genes. This silencing event is accompanied by changes in the methylation pattern of the caveolin-1 promoter. Certain CpG dinucleotides were methylated in the caveolin-1 promoter region of the SK-ERalpha cells whereas the same sites were non-methylated in control SK-N-MC cells, implicating a gene silencing mechanism including hypermethylation of DNA. In addition, inhibitors of methyltransferases or histone deacetylases, enzymes involved in the establishment and maintenance of silenced chromatin status, partially restored caveolin transcription in SK-ERalpha cells. In conclusion, our observations provide a possible mechanism of negative feedback regulation of ERalpha co-activator caveolin by the steroid receptor itself in this cellular model.


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Author(s): Bayatti N; Zschocke J; Manthey D; Behl C

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Year: 2003

Volume: 84

Issue: 2-3

Pages: 167-170

ISSN (print): 0960-0760

ISSN (electronic): 1879-1220

Publisher: Pergamon

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0960-0760(03)00026-8

DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(03)00026-8


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