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. 2018 Mar 15;8:4655. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-23092-0

Figure 10.

Figure 10

Summary of the signaling pathways involved in PACAP stimulation of PRL promoter activity in αT3-1 Cells via PAC1 receptor. In αT3-1 cells, PACAP stimulate PRL promoter activity through PAC1 receptor. PACAP induction of grass carp promoter activity was mediated by AC/cAMP/PKA pathway, with a crosstalk to the CaM/CaM K-II cascade via VSCC activation and [Ca2+]e entry. Intracellular Ca2+ release followed by PLC/IP3 activation also mediates the regulation of CaM/CaM K-II on PRL gene transcription. Moreover, PI3K/Akt and p70S6K signaling was involved in the post-receptor signaling of PACAP induction of PRL gene transcription. These signaling cascades triggered by PACAP stimulation could induce PRL promoter activation via the transcription factor CREB.