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D Maciejewski, PD Crowe, EB De Souza and DP Behan
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., San Diego, California, USA.
The regulation of brain corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)-binding protein (BP), an endogenous modulator of the CRF family of neuropeptides, has been difficult to pursue due to a lack of basal expression in a known cell line or primary cells in vitro. In light of the ability of intracellular factors to modulate neuronal and glial function, we examined the effects of a variety of signal transduction modulators on CRF-BP expression in cultured astrocytes. In particular, the effect of agents that stimulate protein kinase A and protein kinase C pathways was evaluated. CRF-BP was measured using a ligand immunoradiometric assay. Forskolin, dibutyryl cyclic AMP and 3-isobutyl- 1-methylxanthine treatment resulted in a dose-dependent increase in CRF- BP levels detected in the medium from astrocytes and neurons. The increase in CRF-BP expression was not due to increased cell proliferation as measured by [3H]thymidine incorporation. In addition, treatment of the astrocytes with phorbol myristate acetate, a protein kinase C activator, caused a robust increase in CRF-BP levels in the medium. Steroids such as dexamethasone, corticosterone, hydrocortisone and, to a lesser extent, dehydroepiandosterone inhibited the stimulated release of CRF-BP from astrocytes. These data define a primary role for intracellular messengers in regulating CRF-BP expression in neurons and astrocytes.
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