RGD Reference Report - Activation of the cytochrome c gene by electrical stimulation in neonatal rat cardiac myocytes. Role of NRF-1 and c-Jun. - Rat Genome Database

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Activation of the cytochrome c gene by electrical stimulation in neonatal rat cardiac myocytes. Role of NRF-1 and c-Jun.

Authors: Xia, Y  Buja, LM  McMillin, JB 
Citation: Xia Y, etal., J Biol Chem. 1998 May 15;273(20):12593-8.
RGD ID: 2302406
Pubmed: PMID:9575220   (View Abstract at PubMed)

Activation of cytochrome c (cyt c) transcription in electrically stimulated neonatal rat cardiac myocytes is preceded by transient expression of the activating protein-1 family of transcription factors, c-Fos, c-Jun, and JunB, as well as nuclear respiratory factor-1 (NRF-1). Mutations in either the NRF-1 or in the two cyclic AMP response elements on the cyt c promoter significantly reduce cyt c promoter activation produced either by electrical stimulation (Xia, Y., Buja, L. M., Scarpulla, R. C., and McMillin, J. B. (1997) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 94, 11399-11404) or by transfection of c-jun into nonpaced cardiac myocytes. Electrical stimulation of cardiac myocytes activates the c-Jun N-terminal kinase (McDonough, P. M., Hanford, D. S., Sprenkle, A. B., Mellon, N. R., and Glembotski, C. C. (1997) J. Biol. Chem. 272, 24046-24053) so that the fold-activation of the cyt c promoter is increased by pacing when either c-jun or c-fos/c-jun were cotransfected. Physical association of NRF-1 protein with the NRF-1 enhancer element and of c-Jun with the cyclic AMP response element binding sites on the cyt c promoter was demonstrated by gel shift competition assays and by antibody super shifts. This is the first demonstration that induction of NRF-1 and c-Jun by pacing of cardiac myocytes directly mediates cyt c gene expression and mitochondrial proliferation in response to hypertrophic stimuli in the heart.

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Biological Process
TermQualifierEvidenceWithReferenceNotesSourceOriginal Reference(s)
response to electrical stimulus  IDA 2302406 RGD 

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Genes (Rattus norvegicus)
Nrf1  (nuclear respiratory factor 1)


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