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ArticleMolecular and cellular endocrinology2007

Calcium influx and DREAM protein are required for GnRH gene expression pulse activity.

Gilles M Leclerc, Fredric R Boockfor

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Article in Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Gene expression regulation by CaCellular & molecular biology letters · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Gilles M LeclercLaboratory of Molecular Dynamics, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy Medical University of South Carolina, 173 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425, USA.
Fredric R Boockfor
Medical University of South Carolina · US

Funding

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS APPROACH TO GNRH PULSATILITYR01HD037657 · NICHD · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI BOOCKFOR, FREDRIC ROSS · 1999 to 2006
$1.8M
NICHD NIH HHS HD-37657NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD037657
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent evidence using GT1-7 cells indicates that GnRH pulsatility depends on exocytotic-release and gene transcription events. To determine whether calcium or DREAM may play a role in linking these processes, we used an L-type Ca(2+)-blocker (nimodipine) and found that not only GnRH gene expression (GnRH-GE) pulse activity was abolished but also that binding of proteins to OCT1BS-a (essential site for GnRH-GE pulses) was reduced. We further found that only EF-hand forms of DREAM were expressed in GT1-7 and that DREAM was part of the complex binding to OCT1BS-a. Finally, microinjection of DREAM antibody into cells abolished GnRH-GE pulses demonstrating its importance in pulsatility. These results reveal that calcium and DREAM may bridge cytoplasmic and nuclear events enabling temporal coordination of intermittent activity. Expression of DREAM in various cell types coupled with the universal role of calcium raise the possibility that these factors may play similar role in other secretory cells.

Indexed as

Calcium SignalingGene Expression RegulationPhotonsAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsBase SequenceBinding SitesCalcium Channels, L-TypeDNA, ComplementaryElectrophoretic Mobility Shift AssayEnhancer Elements, GeneticGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneKv Channel-Interacting ProteinsMiceMolecular Sequence DataNeutralization TestsCalcium Channels, L-TypeCsen protein, mouseDNA, ComplementaryGonadotropin-Releasing HormoneKv Channel-Interacting ProteinsNimodipineRepressor Proteins

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PMID17241740
PMCPMC1852481
OpenAlexW2046504633

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