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Induction of ornithine decarboxylase by IL-3 is mediated by sequential c-Myc-independent and c-Myc-dependent pathways

Induction of ornithine decarboxylase by IL-3 is mediated by sequential c-Myc-independent and... Enforced c-Myc expression promotes continuous, growth factor-independent, cell cycle progression and activates expression of the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) gene and its promoter. c-Myc-responsiveness of murine ODC is mediated by two conserved c-Myc:Max E-boxes in ODC intron 1. c-Myc and ODC are both required for cell growth and their expression is sequentially induced in G0/G1 cells stimulated with mitogens, yet their expression is not modulated by the cell cycle in proliferating cells. Here we demonstrate that regulation of ODC and its promoter by Interleukin-3 (IL-3) in murine myeloid cells is mediated in part by c-Myc. c-Myc induced ODC through the same transcription start site as IL-3 and, in asynchronously growing cells, maximal activity of the ODC promoter required the intronic c-Myc binding sites. However, induction of ODC following IL-3 stimulation of quiescent cells is mediated by at least two pathways. The first phase of this response was independent of the intronic c-Myc:Max E-boxes and de novo protein synthesis. Sustained induction of the ODC promoter however required the c-Myc:Max binding sites and protein synthesis. Accumulation of c-Myc following stimulation of quiescent cells with IL-3 correlated with the delayed phase of the response. Consistent with a two pathway model of ODC regulation, inducible overexpression of dominant negative form of c-Myc (In373-Myc), which specifically inhibits the c-Myc-Max network, inhibited the delayed, but not immediate, induction of ODC promoter activity in response to IL-3. Dominant negative c-Myc protein also effectively suppressed induction of the endogenous ODC gene by IL-3. Therefore, c-Myc functions as a direct and required regulator of ODC. These results also suggest a model whereby c-Myc's role in regulating its targets may be to convert a transient, immediate-early, activation event into the persistent induction of gene expression. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Oncogene Springer Journals

Induction of ornithine decarboxylase by IL-3 is mediated by sequential c-Myc-independent and c-Myc-dependent pathways

Packham, Graham; Cleveland, John L
Oncogene , Volume 15 (10) – Dec 18, 1997
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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1997 by Macmillan Publishers Limited
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Medicine & Public Health; Medicine/Public Health, general; Internal Medicine; Cell Biology; Human Genetics; Oncology; Apoptosis
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0950-9232
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10.1038/sj.onc.1201273
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Abstract

Enforced c-Myc expression promotes continuous, growth factor-independent, cell cycle progression and activates expression of the ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) gene and its promoter. c-Myc-responsiveness of murine ODC is mediated by two conserved c-Myc:Max E-boxes in ODC intron 1. c-Myc and ODC are both required for cell growth and their expression is sequentially induced in G0/G1 cells stimulated with mitogens, yet their expression is not modulated by the cell cycle in proliferating cells. Here we demonstrate that regulation of ODC and its promoter by Interleukin-3 (IL-3) in murine myeloid cells is mediated in part by c-Myc. c-Myc induced ODC through the same transcription start site as IL-3 and, in asynchronously growing cells, maximal activity of the ODC promoter required the intronic c-Myc binding sites. However, induction of ODC following IL-3 stimulation of quiescent cells is mediated by at least two pathways. The first phase of this response was independent of the intronic c-Myc:Max E-boxes and de novo protein synthesis. Sustained induction of the ODC promoter however required the c-Myc:Max binding sites and protein synthesis. Accumulation of c-Myc following stimulation of quiescent cells with IL-3 correlated with the delayed phase of the response. Consistent with a two pathway model of ODC regulation, inducible overexpression of dominant negative form of c-Myc (In373-Myc), which specifically inhibits the c-Myc-Max network, inhibited the delayed, but not immediate, induction of ODC promoter activity in response to IL-3. Dominant negative c-Myc protein also effectively suppressed induction of the endogenous ODC gene by IL-3. Therefore, c-Myc functions as a direct and required regulator of ODC. These results also suggest a model whereby c-Myc's role in regulating its targets may be to convert a transient, immediate-early, activation event into the persistent induction of gene expression.

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Published: Dec 18, 1997

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