Insulin stimulates placental leucine aminopeptidase/oxytocinase/insulin-regulated membrane aminopeptidase expression in BeWo choriocarcinoma cells |
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Authors: | Nakata Masayuki Nomura Seiji Ikoma Yoko Sumigama Seiji Shido Fumi Ito Tomomi Okada Mayumi Kikkawa Fumitaka Tsujimoto Masafumi Mizutani Shigehiko |
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Institution: | Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan. |
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Abstract: | Placental leucine aminopeptidase (P-LAP), a cystine aminopeptidase that is identical to insulin-regulated membrane aminopeptidase, hydrolyzes oxytocin, which results in the loss of oxytocin activity. We previously isolated genomic clones containing the human P-LAP promoter region, which included two sites homologous to the 10-bp-insulin responsive element (IRE) that was identified on the phosphoenolpyruvate carboxinase gene. We therefore postulated that insulin regulates P-LAP expression via these IREs and investigated this notion using BeWo choriocarcinoma trophoblastic cells cultured in the presence of insulin. Insulin increased P-LAP activity in a time- and dose-dependent manner. Physiological concentrations of insulin at 10(-7) M exhibited the most potent effect on P-LAP activity. Western blotting demonstrated that 10(-7) M insulin increased P-LAP protein levels. Semi-quantitative RT-PCR and Southern blotting showed that insulin also increased P-LAP mRNA, which was abrogated by prior exposure to cycloheximide. Luciferase assay did not reveal any regulatory regions within 1.1 kb upstream of the P-LAP gene that could explain the insulin-induced P-LAP mRNA accumulation. These findings indicate that insulin induces P-LAP expression in trophoblasts, and that it acts via de novo synthesis of other proteins, which partially contradicts our initial hypothesis. |
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