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Endocrinology Vol. 141, No. 11 3923-3930
Copyright © 2000 by The Endocrine Society

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Novel Cyclic Adenosine 3',5'-Monophosphate (cAMP) Response Element Modulator {theta} Isoforms Expressed by Two Newly Identified cAMP-Responsive Promoters Active in the Testis1

Philip B. Daniel, Leanne Rohrbach and Joel F. Habener2

Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Joel F. Habener, M.D., Laboratory of Molecular Endocrinology, Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, WEL320, Boston, Massachusetts 02114. E-mail: jhabener{at}partners.org

cAMP signaling contributes to the control of the developmental progression of germ cells during the spermatogenic cycle. Genes regulated by cAMP include those encoding transcription factors such as the cAMP-responsive element modulator (CREM). The disruption of CREM gene expression in crem null mice results in arrest of spermatogenesis and infertility. The transcriptional control of the CREM gene is attributed to two promoters, P1 and P2. The P1 promoter constitutively activates the synthesis of messenger RNAs encoding activator ({tau}) and repressor ({alpha}) forms of CREM, whereas the cAMP-responsive P2 promoter activates the formation of messenger RNAs encoding the inducible cAMP early repressor. Here we report the identification of two additional promoters in the CREM gene, P3 and P4, that in the rat testis encode two novel transcriptional activator CREM isoforms, termed CREM {theta}1 and CREM {theta}2, respectively. Notably, the P3 and P4 promoters are activated by cAMP-dependent protein kinase, thereby providing cAMP-regulated transcription of CREM activators in addition to the established cAMP-regulated inducible cAMP early repressor. Analysis ex vivo of CREM gene expression in temporally staged segments of the seminiferous tubule during the spermatogenic cycle shows that the activities of the P1, P3, and P4 promoters are independently regulated. Our identification of the cAMP-activated P3 and P4 promoters that direct expression of the novel {theta}1 and {theta}2 activator isoforms of CREM brings further insight into the complex expression of the CREM gene during germ cell development and may have implications in understanding the control of fertility.




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