TY - JOUR
T1 - Nicotine regulates mRNA level of tyrosine hydroxylase gene but not that of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor genes in PC12 cells
AU - Ishiguro, Hiroshi
AU - Ichino, Naohiro
AU - Yamada, Kouji
AU - Nagatsu, Toshiharu
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank to Ms. Chieko Ando for technical assistance. This work was supported by a grant-in-aid from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, and Culture of Japan, and by the Smoking Research Foundation.
PY - 1997/5/30
Y1 - 1997/5/30
N2 - To understand the molecular mechanism of nicotine addiction, we examined the mRNA level of the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene and that of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) genes by long term nicotine treatment. The transcript levels of the four subunit genes of the nAChR (α3, α5, α7, and β4) were down-regulated by the treatment with forskolin, whereas the mRNA levels of the TH gene was increased in PC12 cells. By long- term nicotine treatment, the mRNA level of the nAChR genes did not change, but transcript levels of α3, α5, α7, and β4 nAChR genes were still negatively regulated by forskolin. However, the mRNA level of TH gene did not change by forskolin under long-term nicotine treatment. The TH gene may be regulated by a nicotine-related signaling pathway, whereas α3, α5, α7, and β4 nAChR genes may be further regulated by a protein kinase A (PKA) pathway under long-term nicotine treatment.
AB - To understand the molecular mechanism of nicotine addiction, we examined the mRNA level of the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) gene and that of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) genes by long term nicotine treatment. The transcript levels of the four subunit genes of the nAChR (α3, α5, α7, and β4) were down-regulated by the treatment with forskolin, whereas the mRNA levels of the TH gene was increased in PC12 cells. By long- term nicotine treatment, the mRNA level of the nAChR genes did not change, but transcript levels of α3, α5, α7, and β4 nAChR genes were still negatively regulated by forskolin. However, the mRNA level of TH gene did not change by forskolin under long-term nicotine treatment. The TH gene may be regulated by a nicotine-related signaling pathway, whereas α3, α5, α7, and β4 nAChR genes may be further regulated by a protein kinase A (PKA) pathway under long-term nicotine treatment.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00360-1
DO - 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00360-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 9197282
AN - SCOPUS:0030753886
SN - 0304-3940
VL - 228
SP - 37
EP - 40
JO - Neuroscience Letters
JF - Neuroscience Letters
IS - 1
ER -