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. 1994 Feb 1;13(3):646–654. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1994.tb06303.x

Involvement of c-Jun in the control of glucocorticoid receptor transcriptional activity during development of chicken retinal tissue.

Y Berko-Flint 1, G Levkowitz 1, L Vardimon 1
PMCID: PMC394855  PMID: 7906225

Abstract

The ability of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) to induce gene expression in embryonic chicken retinal tissue increases dramatically during development, although the quantity of the receptor molecules does not change greatly with age. This study examines the possible involvement of c-Jun in the developmental control of GR activity. Expression of c-Jun in retinal tissue was high at early embryonic ages and declined during development. Elevation of c-Jun expression in retina of mid-developmental ages by treatment with 12-O-tetradecanoyl-phorbol-13-acetate (TPA), or by introduction of a c-Jun expression vector, caused a pronounced decline in the inducibility of the endogenous glutamine synthetase gene and the transiently transfected CAT constructs p delta G46TCO and pGS2.1CAT, that are controlled by a minimal consensus glucocorticoid response element (GRE) promoter and the glutamine synthetase promoter, respectively. The effect of c-Jun was dose dependent and could be reversed by overexpression of GR. C-Jun-evoked repression of GR activity could be relieved by overexpression of Jun D. Overexpression of Jun D could also elevate the responsiveness of early embryonic retina to glucocorticoids and cause a 5-fold increase in p delta G46TCO induction. The effect of Jun D could be reversed by overexpression of c-Jun. Expression of c-Jun might therefore be important for repression of GR activity at early embryonic ages.

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