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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 261: C124-C131, 1991;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 261, Issue 1 C124-C131, Copyright © 1991 by American Physiological Society

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Differential regulation of Na-K-ATPase isoform gene expression by T3 during rat brain development

I. Corthesy-Theulaz, A. M. Merillat, P. Honegger and B. C. Rossier
Institut de Pharmacologie de l'Universite, Lausanne, Switzerland.

A fetal rat telencephalon organotypic cell culture system was found to reproduce the developmental pattern of Na-K-adenosinetriphosphatase (ATPase) gene expression observed in vivo [Am. J. Physiol. 258 (Cell Physiol. 27): C1062-C1069, 1990]. We have used this culture system to study the effects of triiodothyronine (T3; 0.003-30 nM) on mRNA abundance and basal transcription rates of Na-K-ATPase isoforms. Steady-state mRNA levels were low at culture day 6 (corresponding to the day of birth) but distinct for each isoform alpha 3 much greater than beta 1 = beta 2 greater than alpha 2 greater than alpha 1. At culture day 6, T3 did not modify mRNA abundance of any isoform. At culture day 12 (corresponding to day 7 postnatal), T3 increased the mRNA level of alpha 2 (4- to 7-fold), beta 2 (4- to 5-fold), alpha 1 (3- to 6-fold), and beta 1 (1.5-fold), whereas alpha 3 mRNA levels remained unchanged. Interestingly, the basal transcription rate for each isoform differed strikingly (alpha 2 greater than alpha 1 much greater than beta 1 = beta 2 greater than alpha 3) but remained stable throughout 12 days of culture and was not regulated by T3. Thus we observed an inverse relationship between rate of transcription and rate of mRNA accumulation for each alpha-isoform, suggesting that alpha 1- and alpha 2-mRNA are turning over rapidly whereas alpha 3-mRNA is turning over slowly. Our data indicate that one of the mechanisms by which T3 selectively controls Na-K-ATPase gene expression during brain development in vitro occurs at the posttranscriptional level.


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