Independent regulation by sodium butyrate of gonadotropin alpha gene expression and cell cycle progression in HeLa cells.

AUTOR(ES)

Darnell, R B

RESUMO

Sodium butyrate alters the growth and gene expression of a variety of differentiating and neoplastic cell types. For example, addition of 5 mM butyrate to HeLa cells is reported to both induce gonadotropin alpha subunit biosynthesis and block cell cycling in G1. We have studied these two actions of butyrate on HeLa cells and found that they are regulated in distinct ways. The induction of alpha subunit synthesis was due to an increase in the rate of transcription of the alpha gene. Using synchronized populations of HeLa cells, we determined that butyrate stimulates alpha transcription throughout the cell cycle. In contrast, treated cells arrest in G1 only if exposed to butyrate for a discrete period during the previous S phase. We conclude that butyrate inhibits DNA synthesis through a cell cycle-specific action that is independent from its direct action to stimulate transcription of the gonadotropin alpha gene.

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