whereas the recognition of c-Fos (a protein of the same family as Fra-1), MS2-polymerase (the protein in fusion) and β-galactosidase (a nonspecific protein that allows to control for nonspecific anti-Fra-1 reactivity as well as its reactivity to contaminating bacterial proteins) decreases. These results are confirmed by the Western blots shown in Figure 2, where anti-Fra-1 antiserum recognition...

Unstimulated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from corticosteroid-resistant (CR) but not corticosteroid-sensitive (CS) asthmatics demonstrate increased activating peptide-1 (AP-1)- and decreased glucocorticoid receptor (GR)-DNA binding. We test whether these abnormalities are associated with excessive generation of c-fos, the inducible component of AP-1. The c-fos transcription rate, ...

Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is a promising anticancer agent because it induces apoptosis in cancer cells but not in normal cells. Unfortunately, some cancer cells develop resistance to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Therefore, it is clinically relevant to determine the molecular mechanisms that differentiate between TRAIL-sensitive and TRAIL-resistant tumors. Previ...

The regulation of c-fos transcription by GH involves multiple factors, including CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP) beta. Knockdown of C/EBPbeta by RNA interference prevents stimulation of endogenous c-fos mRNA by GH, indicating a key role for C/EBPbeta in GH-stimulated c-fos transcription. GH rapidly increases the occupancy of both endogenous C/EBPbeta and p300 on the c-fos promoter in 3T3...

The p53 tumor suppressor gene is mutated in over 50% of human cancers, resulting in inactivation of the wild-type (wt) p53 protein. The most notable biochemical feature of p53 is its ability to act as a sequence-specific transcriptional activator. Through use of the suppression subtractive hybridization differential screening technique, we identified c-fos as a target for transcriptional stimul...

The immediate early gene c-fos, and its protein product c-Fos, are known to be induced in neurons of mammals and fish as a result of neuronal stimulation. The purpose of this study was to quantitatively examine CNS alterations in killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, in relation to harmful algal bloom (HAB) toxin exposure. c-Fos expression was visualized using immunocytochemistry in the brains of k...

Microinjection of p21ras induced c-fos protein accumulation in three types of 3T3 cells. The induction was rapid and efficient and persisted for many hours. In addition, anti-ras antibody dramatically reduced c-fos accumulation after serum stimulation of injected cells. However, cells which expressed p21ras continuously did not maintain a high level of c-fos expression.

OBJECTIVE To probe into the prelude marker of central nervous system injury in response to methyl mercury chloride (MMC) stimulation and the signal transduction molecular mechanism of injury in rat brain induced by MMC. METHODS The expression of c-fos mRNA in brain and the expression of c-FOS protein in cortex, hippocampus and ependyma were observed using reverse transcription polymerase chai...

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is known to be crucial for the development of peripheral vestibular neurons. However, the maturation profile of the BDNF signal transducing receptor, tyrosine kinase B (TrkB) in functionally activated otolith-related vestibular nuclear neurons of postnatal rats remains unexplored. In the present study, conscious Sprague-Dawley rats (P4 to adult) were sub...