Integration of the non-genomic and genomic actions of estrogen. Membrane-initiated signaling by steroid to transcription and cell biology
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Integration of the non-genomic and genomic actions of estrogen. Membrane-initiated signaling by steroid to transcription and cell biology
Abstract
Estrogen binds to receptors that translocate to the plasma membrane and to the nucleus. The rapid, non-genomic actions of this sex steroid are attributed to membrane action, while gene transcription occurs through nuclear receptor function. However, gene transcription can also result from estrogen signaling initiated at the membrane, but the relative importance of this mechanism is not known. In vascular endothelial cells (EC), estradiol (E(2)) activates several kinase cascades, including phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate (PI3K)/Akt, a signaling pathway that impacts EC biology. We determined here by DNA microarray that 40-min exposure to E(2) significantly increased 250 genes in EC, up-regulation that was substantially prevented by the PI3K inhibitor, LY294002. This coincided with maximum E(2)-induced PI3K activity at 15-30 min. An important vascular gene strongly up-regulated by E(2) in our array produces cyclooxygenase-2 (Cox-2). In cultured EC, E(2) induced both Cox-2 gene expression and new Cox-2 protein synthesis by 40 and 60 min, respectively, and rapidly stimulated the secretion of prostaglandins PGI(2) and PGE(2). The up-regulation of gene expression reflected transcriptional transactivation, shown using Cox-2 promoter/luciferase reporters in the EC. Soluble inhibitors or dominant negative constructs for PI3K and Akt prevented all these actions of E(2). Functionally, EC migration was induced by the sex steroid, and this was significantly reversed by NS-398, a Cox-2 inhibitor. Gene transcription and cell biological effects of estrogen emanate from rapid and specific signaling, integrating cell surface and nuclear actions of this steroid.
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