IntroducciÓn: La proteína de respuesta temprana a crecimiento 1 (EGR-1) es un factor de transcripción involucrado en la diferenciación y la proliferación celulares, cuya expresión es regulada por su promotor en respuesta a diversos factores físicos y químicos, y a fármacos. Aquí se describen algunos de los principales efectos de los fármacos esteroides y del factor de crecimiento epitelial 1 (EGF-1) sobre la actividad del promotor, mediante un sistema reportero transducido por el adenovirus AdΔegr-1-Luc7 en fibroblastos primarios humanos.
MÉtodo: Los fibroblastos primarios humanos fueron cultivados en pase 5, transducidos con AdΔegr-1-Luc7 y expuestos a betametasona, hidrocortisona, dexametasona, testosterona, beta-estradiol y EGF-1 durante 1, 3 y 6 horas. La actividad de reportero fue cuantificada por luminometría y ajustada a la concentración de proteínas totales.
Resultados: La actividad del promotor en presencia de betametasona, hidrocortisona, dexametasona, testosterona y beta-estradiol fue similar a la actividad basal del promotor a las 1, 3 y 6 horas. El control positivo mostró una actividad 17.8 veces mayor a las 6 horas (p ≤ 0.05). De manera similar, las células expuestas a EGF-1 mostraron una actividad 22.07 veces mayor que las células sin fármaco.
ConclusiÓn: La actividad del promotor Egr-1 en fibroblastos humanos es regulada negativamente por los fármacos esteroides y positivamente por el EGF-1.
Introduction: The early growth response protein (EGR-1) is a transcription factor involved in cell differentiation and proliferation, whose expression is regulated by its promoter in response to various physical, chemical and drug factors. Hereby, we describe some of the main effects of steroid drugs and EGF-1 on promoter activity, through a reporter system transduced by AdΔegr-1-Luc7 in human primary fibroblasts (HPF).
Methods: Human primary fibroblasts transduced with AdΔegr-1-Luc7 were exposed to betamethasone, hydrocortisone, dexamethasone, testosterone, beta-estradiol, and EGF-1 during 1, 3 and 6 h. Reporter assay was quantified by luminometry.
Results: The activity of the promoter in presence of betamethasone, hydrocortisone, dexamethasone, testosterone and beta-estradiol were similar to the basal activity of the promoter at 1, 3 and 6 h. The positive control showed an activity 17.8 folds higher (p ≤ 0.05) at 6 h. EGF-1 showed activity of 22.07 folds greater than cells without drug.
Conclusion: The activity of the EGR-1 promoter in human fibroblasts is negatively regulated by steroid drugs and positively by the EGF-1.
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