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Tan J, Li F, Liu L, Zhang J, Gui P, He M, Zhou X. Effect-Targeted Mapping of Potential Estrogenic Agonists and Antagonists in Wastewater via a Conformation-Specific Reporter-Mediated Biosensor. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2023; 57:15617-15626. [PMID: 37802504 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c03223] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
Abstract
Wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) are regarded as the main sources of estrogens that reach the aquatic environment. Hence, continuous monitoring of potential estrogenic-active compounds by a biosensor is an appealing approach. However, existing biosensors cannot simultaneously distinguish and quantify estrogenic agonists and antagonists. To overcome the challenge, we developed an estrogen receptor-based biosensor that selectively screened estrogenic agonists and antagonists by introducing rationally designed agonist/antagonist conformation-specific reporters. The double functional conformation-specific reporters consist of a Cy5.5-labeled streptavidin moiety and a peptide moiety, serving as signal recognition and signal transduction elements. In addition, the conformation recognition mechanism was further validated at the molecular level through molecular docking. Based on the two-step "turn-off" strategy, the biosensor exhibited remarkable sensitivity, detecting 17β-estradiol-binding activity equivalent (E2-BAE) at 7 ng/L and 4-hydroxytamoxifen-binding activity equivalent (4-OHT-BAE) at 91 ng/L. To validate its practicality, the biosensor was employed in a case study involving wastewater samples from two full-scale WWTPs across different treatment stages to map their estrogenic agonist and antagonist binding activities. Comparison with the yeast two-hybrid bioassay showed a strong liner relationship (r2 = 0.991, p < 0.0001), indicating the excellent accuracy and reliability of this technology in real applications.
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- Jisui Tan
- State Key Joint Laboratory of ESPC, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of ESPC, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Ecology and Environmental Science, Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou 450001, China
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- Key Laboratory of Water Safety for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region of Ministry of Water Resources, China Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower Research, Beijing 100038, China
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- China Academy of Urban Planning & Design, Beijing 100037, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of ESPC, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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- State Key Joint Laboratory of ESPC, School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
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Hatakeyama D, Sunada H, Totani Y, Watanabe T, Felletár I, Fitchett A, Eravci M, Anagnostopoulou A, Miki R, Okada A, Abe N, Kuzuhara T, Kemenes I, Ito E, Kemenes G. Molecular and functional characterization of an evolutionarily conserved CREB-binding protein in the Lymnaea CNS. FASEB J 2022; 36:e22593. [PMID: 36251357 PMCID: PMC9828244 DOI: 10.1096/fj.202101225rr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2021] [Revised: 08/30/2022] [Accepted: 09/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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In eukaryotes, CREB-binding protein (CBP), a coactivator of CREB, functions both as a platform for recruiting other components of the transcriptional machinery and as a histone acetyltransferase (HAT) that alters chromatin structure. We previously showed that the transcriptional activity of cAMP-responsive element binding protein (CREB) plays a crucial role in neuronal plasticity in the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis. However, there is no information on the molecular structure and HAT activity of CBP in the Lymnaea central nervous system (CNS), hindering an investigation of its postulated role in long-term memory (LTM). Here, we characterize the Lymnaea CBP (LymCBP) gene and identify a conserved domain of LymCBP as a functional HAT. Like CBPs of other species, LymCBP possesses functional domains, such as the KIX domain, which is essential for interaction with CREB and was shown to regulate LTM. In-situ hybridization showed that the staining patterns of LymCBP mRNA in CNS are very similar to those of Lymnaea CREB1. A particularly strong LymCBP mRNA signal was observed in the cerebral giant cell (CGC), an identified extrinsic modulatory interneuron of the feeding circuit, the key to both appetitive and aversive LTM for taste. Biochemical experiments using the recombinant protein of the LymCBP HAT domain showed that its enzymatic activity was blocked by classical HAT inhibitors. Preincubation of the CNS with such inhibitors blocked cAMP-induced synaptic facilitation between the CGC and an identified follower motoneuron of the feeding system. Taken together, our findings suggest a role for the HAT activity of LymCBP in synaptic plasticity in the feeding circuitry.
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- Dai Hatakeyama
- Sussex NeuroscienceSchool of Life Sciences, University of SussexBrightonUK,Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesTokushima Bunri UniversityTokushimaJapan
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- Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri UniversitySanukiJapan,Present address:
Advanced Medicine, Innovation and Clinical Research CentreTottori University HospitalYonagoJapan
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- Department of BiologyWaseda UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Sussex NeuroscienceSchool of Life Sciences, University of SussexBrightonUK
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- Sussex NeuroscienceSchool of Life Sciences, University of SussexBrightonUK
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- Sussex NeuroscienceSchool of Life Sciences, University of SussexBrightonUK
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- Sussex NeuroscienceSchool of Life Sciences, University of SussexBrightonUK,Present address:
School of Life SciencesUniversity of WestminsterLondonUK
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesTokushima Bunri UniversityTokushimaJapan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesTokushima Bunri UniversityTokushimaJapan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesTokushima Bunri UniversityTokushimaJapan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical SciencesTokushima Bunri UniversityTokushimaJapan
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- Sussex NeuroscienceSchool of Life Sciences, University of SussexBrightonUK
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- Kagawa School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tokushima Bunri UniversitySanukiJapan,Department of BiologyWaseda UniversityTokyoJapan
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- Sussex NeuroscienceSchool of Life Sciences, University of SussexBrightonUK
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Homeostatic Regulation of Glucocorticoid Receptor Activity by Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1: From Physiology to Clinic. Cells 2021; 10:cells10123441. [PMID: 34943949 PMCID: PMC8699886 DOI: 10.3390/cells10123441] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Revised: 12/02/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Glucocorticoids (GCs) represent a well-known class of lipophilic steroid hormones biosynthesised, with a circadian rhythm, by the adrenal glands in humans and by the inter-renal tissue in teleost fish (e.g., zebrafish). GCs play a key role in the regulation of numerous physiological processes, including inflammation, glucose, lipid, protein metabolism and stress response. This is achieved through binding to their cognate receptor, GR, which functions as a ligand-activated transcription factor. Due to their potent anti-inflammatory and immune-suppressive action, synthetic GCs are broadly used for treating pathological disorders that are very often linked to hypoxia (e.g., rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory, allergic, infectious, and autoimmune diseases, among others) as well as to prevent graft rejections and against immune system malignancies. However, due to the presence of adverse effects and GC resistance their therapeutic benefits are limited in patients chronically treated with steroids. For this reason, understanding how to fine-tune GR activity is crucial in the search for novel therapeutic strategies aimed at reducing GC-related side effects and effectively restoring homeostasis. Recent research has uncovered novel mechanisms that inhibit GR function, thereby causing glucocorticoid resistance, and has produced some surprising new findings. In this review we analyse these mechanisms and focus on the crosstalk between GR and HIF signalling. Indeed, its comprehension may provide new routes to develop novel therapeutic targets for effectively treating immune and inflammatory response and to simultaneously facilitate the development of innovative GCs with a better benefits-risk ratio.
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Bothe M, Buschow R, Meijsing SH. Glucocorticoid signaling induces transcriptional memory and universally reversible chromatin changes. Life Sci Alliance 2021; 4:4/10/e202101080. [PMID: 34446533 PMCID: PMC8403771 DOI: 10.26508/lsa.202101080] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Revised: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Glucocorticoids are stress hormones that elicit various cellular responses. These responses are typically reversible; however, in some instances, a previous exposure is “remembered” and influences the response to a subsequent hormone encounter. Glucocorticoids are stress hormones that elicit cellular responses by binding to the glucocorticoid receptor, a ligand-activated transcription factor. The exposure of cells to this hormone induces wide-spread changes in the chromatin landscape and gene expression. Previous studies have suggested that some of these changes are reversible whereas others persist even when the hormone is no longer around. However, when we examined chromatin accessibility in human airway epithelial cells after hormone washout, we found that the hormone-induced changes were universally reversed after 1 d. Moreover, priming of cells by a previous exposure to hormone, in general, did not alter the transcriptional response to a subsequent encounter of the same cue except for one gene, ZBTB16, that displays transcriptional memory manifesting itself as a more robust transcriptional response upon repeated hormone stimulation. Single-cell analysis revealed that the more robust response is driven by a higher probability of primed cells to activate ZBTB16 and by a subset of cells that express the gene at levels that are higher than the induction levels observed for naïve cells.
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- Melissa Bothe
- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany .,Max Planck Unit for the Science of Pathogens, Berlin, Germany
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Martins CS, de Castro M. Generalized and tissue specific glucocorticoid resistance. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2021; 530:111277. [PMID: 33864884 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2021.111277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2020] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 03/31/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones that influence several physiologic functions and are among the most frequently prescribed drugs worldwide. Resistance to GCs has been observed in the context of the familial generalized GC resistance (Chrousos' syndrome) or tissue specific GC resistance in chronic inflammatory states. In this review, we have summarized the major factors that influence individual glucocorticoid sensitivity/resistance. The fine-tuning of GC action is determined in a tissue-specific fashion that includes the combination of different GC receptor promoters, translation initiation sites, splice isoforms, interacting proteins, post-translational modifications, and alternative mechanisms of signal transduction.
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- Clarissa Silva Martins
- Department of Internal Medicine - Ribeirao Preto Medical School - University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil; School of Medicine, Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Ribeirao Preto Medical School - University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, SP, Brazil.
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Gohda K, Iguchi Y, Masuda A, Fujimori K, Yamashita Y, Teno N. Design and identification of a new farnesoid X receptor (FXR) partial agonist by computational structure-activity relationship analysis: Ligand-induced H8 helix fluctuation in the ligand-binding domain of FXR may lead to partial agonism. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2021; 41:128026. [PMID: 33839252 DOI: 10.1016/j.bmcl.2021.128026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Revised: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 04/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Farnesoid X receptor (FXR) controls gene-expression relevant to various diseases including nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and has become a drug target to regulate metabolic aberrations. However, some side effects of FXR agonists reported in clinical development such as an increase in blood cholesterol levels incentivize the development of partial agonists to minimize side effects. In this study, to identify a new partial agonist, we analyzed the computational structure-activity relationship (SAR) of FXR agonists previously developed in our laboratories using molecular dynamics simulations. SAR analysis showed that fluctuations in the H8 helix, by ligand binding, of the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of FXR may influence agonistic activity. Based on this observation, 6 was newly designed as a partial agonist and synthesized. As a result of biological evaluations, 6 showed weak agonistic activity (40.0% relative agonistic activity to the full-agonist GW4064) and a potent EC50 value (55.5 nM). The successful identification of the new potent partial agonist 6 suggested that helix fluctuation in the LBD induced by ligands could be one way to develop partial agonists.
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- Keigo Gohda
- Computer-aided Molecular Modeling Research Center, Kansai (CAMM-Kansai), 3-32-302, Tsuto-Otsuka, Nishinomiya 663-8241, Japan.
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, 5-1-1 Hirokoshingai, Kure, Hiroshima 737-0112, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, 5-1-1 Hirokoshingai, Kure, Hiroshima 737-0112, Japan
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- Department of Pathobiochemistry, Osaka University of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 4-20-1 Nasahara, Takatsuki, Osaka 569-1094, Japan
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- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, 5-1-1 Hirokoshingai, Kure, Hiroshima 737-0112, Japan
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- Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, 5-1-1 Hirokoshingai, Kure, Hiroshima 737-0112, Japan; Faculty of Clinical Nutrition, Hiroshima International University, 5-1-1 Hirokoshingai, Kure, Hiroshima 737-0112, Japan
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Flach KD, Periyasamy M, Jadhav A, Dorjsuren D, Siefert JC, Hickey TE, Opdam M, Patel H, Canisius S, Wilson DM, Donaldson Collier M, Prekovic S, Nieuwland M, Kluin RJC, Zakharov AV, Wesseling J, Wessels LFA, Linn SC, Tilley WD, Simeonov A, Ali S, Zwart W. Endonuclease FEN1 Coregulates ERα Activity and Provides a Novel Drug Interface in Tamoxifen-Resistant Breast Cancer. Cancer Res 2020; 80:1914-1926. [PMID: 32193286 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-19-2207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/17/2019] [Revised: 01/30/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Estrogen receptor α (ERα) is a key transcriptional regulator in the majority of breast cancers. ERα-positive patients are frequently treated with tamoxifen, but resistance is common. In this study, we refined a previously identified 111-gene outcome prediction-classifier, revealing FEN1 as the strongest determining factor in ERα-positive patient prognostication. FEN1 levels were predictive of outcome in tamoxifen-treated patients, and FEN1 played a causal role in ERα-driven cell growth. FEN1 impacted the transcriptional activity of ERα by facilitating coactivator recruitment to the ERα transcriptional complex. FEN1 blockade induced proteasome-mediated degradation of activated ERα, resulting in loss of ERα-driven gene expression and eradicated tumor cell proliferation. Finally, a high-throughput 465,195 compound screen identified a novel FEN1 inhibitor, which effectively blocked ERα function and inhibited proliferation of tamoxifen-resistant cell lines as well as ex vivo-cultured ERα-positive breast tumors. Collectively, these results provide therapeutic proof of principle for FEN1 blockade in tamoxifen-resistant breast cancer. SIGNIFICANCE: These findings show that pharmacologic inhibition of FEN1, which is predictive of outcome in tamoxifen-treated patients, effectively blocks ERα function and inhibits proliferation of tamoxifen-resistant tumor cells.
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- Koen D Flach
- Division of Oncogenomics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Oncode Institute, the Netherlands.,Division of Gene Regulation, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Oncogenomics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Oncode Institute, the Netherlands
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- Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories, Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, NIH, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Oncogenomics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Oncode Institute, the Netherlands
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- Division of Oncogenomics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Oncode Institute, the Netherlands
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- Genomics Core Facility, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Genomics Core Facility, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Oncode Institute, the Netherlands.,Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Molecular Pathology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories, Adelaide Medical School, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
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- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Division of Oncogenomics, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. .,Oncode Institute, the Netherlands.,Laboratory of Chemical Biology and Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, the Netherlands
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Liberman AC, Budziñski ML, Sokn C, Gobbini RP, Ugo MB, Arzt E. SUMO conjugation as regulator of the glucocorticoid receptor-FKBP51 cellular response to stress. Steroids 2020; 153:108520. [PMID: 31604074 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2019.108520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/01/2019] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
In order to adequately respond to stressful stimuli, glucocorticoids (GCs) target almost every tissue of the body. By exerting a negative feedback loop in the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis GCs inhibit their own synthesis and restore homeostasis. GCs actions are mostly mediated by the GC receptor (GR), a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily. Alterations of the GR activity have been associatedto different diseases including mood disorders and can lead to severe complication. Therefore, understanding the molecular complexity of GR modulation is mandatory for the development of new and effective drugs for treating GR-associated disorders. FKBP51 is a GR chaperone that has gained much attention because it is a strong inhibitor of GR activity and has a crucial role in psychiatric diseases. Both GR and FKBP51 activity are regulated by SUMOylation, a posttranslational (PTM). In this review, we focus on the impact of SUMO-conjugation as a regulator of this pathway.
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- Ana C Liberman
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA)- CONICET - Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires C1425FQD, Argentina.
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- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA)- CONICET - Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires C1425FQD, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA)- CONICET - Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires C1425FQD, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA)- CONICET - Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires C1425FQD, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA)- CONICET - Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires C1425FQD, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA)- CONICET - Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires C1425FQD, Argentina; Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires C1428EGA, Argentina.
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Zhang X, Cui S, Pan L, Dong W, Ma M, Liu W, Zhuang S. The molecular mechanism of the antagonistic activity of hydroxylated polybrominated biphenyl (OH-BB80) toward thyroid receptor β. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2019; 697:134040. [PMID: 31476509 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2019] [Revised: 08/19/2019] [Accepted: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
Abstract
Polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs) were widely used as additive brominated flame retardants. Their hydroxylated products (OH-PBBs) have been detected frequently in various marine mammals, causing an increased health risk. Till now, there lacks information on the potential disruption of OH-PBBs toward thyroid hormone receptor (TR) and the molecular characteristics of their interactions remain largely unknown. We herein in vitro and in silico evaluated the disrupting effect of 3,3',5,5'-tetrabromobiphenyl (BB80) and its metabolite 2,2'-dihydroxy- 3,3',5,5'-tetrabromobiphenyl (OH-BB80) toward human TR. The recombinant human TRβ two-hybrid yeast assay reveals the moderate antagonistic activity of OH-BB80 with IC20 at 2 μmol/L, while BB80 shows no agonistic or antagonistic activity. OH-BB80 binds at the binding cavity of TRβ ligand binding domain (LBD) and forms one hydrogen bond with Phe272. Electrostatic interactions and hydrophobic interactions contribute much to their interactions. The binding of OH-BB80 quenches the intrinsic fluorescence of TRβ LBD at static quenching mode. Our study extends knowledge on the endocrine disrupting effect of OH-PBBs and suggests the full consideration of the biotransformation for further health risk assessment of PBBs and related structurally similar emerging contaminants.
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- Xiaofang Zhang
- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Hubei Province Environmental Monitoring Center, Wuhan 430072, China
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- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- Key Laboratory of Drinking Water Science and Technology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China; College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100085, China
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- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China
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- College of Environmental and Resource Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
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Holding AN, Giorgi FM, Donnelly A, Cullen AE, Nagarajan S, Selth LA, Markowetz F. VULCAN integrates ChIP-seq with patient-derived co-expression networks to identify GRHL2 as a key co-regulator of ERa at enhancers in breast cancer. Genome Biol 2019; 20:91. [PMID: 31084623 PMCID: PMC6515683 DOI: 10.1186/s13059-019-1698-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND VirtUaL ChIP-seq Analysis through Networks (VULCAN) infers regulatory interactions of transcription factors by overlaying networks generated from publicly available tumor expression data onto ChIP-seq data. We apply our method to dissect the regulation of estrogen receptor-alpha activation in breast cancer to identify potential co-regulators of the estrogen receptor's transcriptional response. RESULTS VULCAN analysis of estrogen receptor activation in breast cancer highlights the key components of the estrogen receptor complex alongside a novel interaction with GRHL2. We demonstrate that GRHL2 is recruited to a subset of estrogen receptor binding sites and regulates transcriptional output, as evidenced by changes in estrogen receptor-associated eRNA expression and stronger estrogen receptor binding at active enhancers after GRHL2 knockdown. CONCLUSIONS Our findings provide new insight into the role of GRHL2 in regulating eRNA transcription as part of estrogen receptor signaling. These results demonstrate VULCAN, available from Bioconductor, as a powerful predictive tool.
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- Andrew N Holding
- CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK.
- The Alan Turing Institute, 96 Euston Road, Kings Cross, London, NW1 2DB, UK.
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- CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Via Selmi 3, Bologna, Italy
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- CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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- Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories and Freemasons Foundation Centre for Men's Health, Adelaide Medical School, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
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- CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge, Robinson Way, Cambridge, CB2 0RE, UK
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Saha T, Makar S, Swetha R, Gutti G, Singh SK. Estrogen signaling: An emanating therapeutic target for breast cancer treatment. Eur J Med Chem 2019; 177:116-143. [PMID: 31129450 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2019.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 04/29/2019] [Accepted: 05/06/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Breast cancer, a most common malignancy in women, was known to be associated with steroid hormone estrogen. The discovery of estrogen receptor (ER) gave us not only a powerful predictive and prognostic marker, but also an efficient target for the treatment of hormone-dependent breast cancer with various estrogen ligands. ER consists of two subtypes i.e. ERα and ERβ, that are mostly G-protein-coupled receptors and activated by estrogen, specially 17β-estradiol. The activation is followed by translocation into the nucleus and binding with DNA to modulate activities of different genes. ERs can manage synthesis of RNA through genomic actions without directly binding to DNA. Receptors are tethered by protein-protein interactions to a transcription factor complex to communicate with DNA. Estrogens also exhibit nongenomic actions, a characteristic feature of steroid hormones, which are so rapid to be considered by the activation of RNA and translation. These are habitually related to stimulation of different protein kinase cascades. Majority of post-menopausal breast cancer is estrogen dependent, mostly potent biological estrogen (E2) for continuous growth and proliferation. Estrogen helps in regulating the differentiation and proliferation of normal breast epithelial cells. In this review we have investigated the important role of ER in development and progression of breast cancer, which is complicated by receptor's interaction with co-regulatory proteins, cross-talk with other signal transduction pathways and development of treatment strategies viz. selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs), selective estrogen receptor down regulators (SERDs), aromatase and sulphatase inhibitors.
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- Tanmay Saha
- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, 221005, U.P, India
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, 221005, U.P, India
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, 221005, U.P, India
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, 221005, U.P, India
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- Pharmaceutical Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering & Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, 221005, U.P, India.
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Molecular Cloning and Transient Expression of Recombinant Human PPARγ in HEK293T Cells Under an Inducible Tet-on System. Mol Biotechnol 2019; 61:427-431. [PMID: 30941576 DOI: 10.1007/s12033-019-00173-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is involved in the regulation of lipid and glucose homeostasis and inflammation. PPARγ expression level has been widely studied in multiple tissues; however, there are few reports of preceding attempts to produce full-length human PPARγ (hPPARγ) in cellular models, and generally, expression level is not known or measurable. We propose an alternative strategy to express recombinant hPPARγ1, using a transient transfection with an inducible Tet-On 3G system where target and reporter gene were cloned in the same open reading frame. We transiently co-transfected human embryonic kidney 293T (HEK293T) cells with pTRE-ZsGreen1-IRES2-hPPARγ1 and pCMV-TET3G for inducible expression of hPPARγ1. Relative expression of the transcript was evaluated by RT-qPCR 48 h after transfection, obtaining a high expression level of hPPARγ (530-fold change, p < 0.002) in co-transfected HEK293T cells in the presence of doxycycline (1 μg/mL); also a significantly increased production of the reporter protein ZsGreen1 (3.6-fold change, p < 0.05) was determined by fluorescence analysis. These data indicated that HEK293T cells were successfully co-transfected and it could be an alternative model for hPPARγ expression in vitro. Additionally, this model will help to validate the quantification of inducible hPPARγ expression in vivo models for future research.
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Du J, Qiu M, Guo L, Yao X. Computational study of the binding mechanism between farnesoid X receptor α and antagonist N-benzyl-N-(3-(tertbutyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2,6-dichloro-4-(dimethylamino) benzamide. J Biomol Struct Dyn 2018; 37:1628-1640. [PMID: 29633919 DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2018.1462735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Farnesoid X receptor α (FXRα) is a bile acid-activated transcription factor, which plays important roles in the regulation of multiple metabolic processes. Development of FXR antagonist has revealed great potential for the treatment of metabolic disorders. The compound N-Benzyl-N-(3-(tertbutyl)-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2,6-dichloro-4-(dimethylamino). Benzamide (NDB) was recently determined as a selective antagonist of FXRα, while the detailed interaction mechanism is not well understood. In this study, the combined computational methods including molecular dynamics simulations, binding free energy calculation, and principal component analysis were utilized to investigate the effect of NDB on the dynamics behaviors and dimerization of FXRα The binding free energy calculation indicated that the protein dimerization increases NDB affinity and the binding of NDB also stabilizes the interaction between two subunits of FXRα. Further decomposition of the overall binding free energies into individual residues identifies several residues significant for NDB binding, including Leu291, Met294, Ala295, His298, Met332, Ser336, Ala452, and Leu455. It also suggests that the interactions of L289(A)-W458(B), W458(A)-L289(B), R459(A)-N461(B), and N461(A)-R459(B) are important for the dimer stabilization. This study provides a molecular basis for the understanding of binding mechanism between antagonist NDB and FXRα and valuable information for the novel FXR modulators design for the treatment of metabolic syndrome.
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- Juan Du
- a Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Applied Mycology, College of Life Science , Qingdao Agricultural University, Changcheng Road 700#, Chengyang District, Qingdao 266109 , Shandong , China
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- a Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Applied Mycology, College of Life Science , Qingdao Agricultural University, Changcheng Road 700#, Chengyang District, Qingdao 266109 , Shandong , China
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- a Shandong Province Key Laboratory of Applied Mycology, College of Life Science , Qingdao Agricultural University, Changcheng Road 700#, Chengyang District, Qingdao 266109 , Shandong , China
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- b College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering , Lanzhou University , Lanzhou , China
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Cottone E, Orso F, Biglia N, Sismondi P, De Bortoli M. Role of Coactivators and Corepressors in Steroid and Nuclear Receptor Signaling: Potential Markers of Tumor Growth and Drug Sensitivity. Int J Biol Markers 2018; 16:151-66. [PMID: 11605727 DOI: 10.1177/172460080101600301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Nuclear receptors regulate target gene expression in response to steroid and thyroid hormones, retinoids, vitamin D and other ligands. These ligand-dependent transcription factors function by contacting various nuclear cooperating proteins, called coactivators and corepressors, which mediate local chromatin remodeling as well as communication with the basal transcriptional apparatus. Nuclear receptors and their coregulatory proteins play a role in cancer and other diseases, one leading example being the estrogen receptor pathway in breast cancer. Coregulators are often present in limiting amounts in cell nuclei and modifications of their level of expression and/or structure lead to alterations in nuclear receptor functioning, which may be as pronounced as a complete inversion of signaling, i.e. from stimulating to repressing certain genes in response to an identical stimulus. In addition, hemizygous knock-out of certain coactivator genes has been demonstrated to produce cancer-prone phenotypes in mice. Thus, assessment of coactivator and corepressor expression and structure in tumors may turn out to be essential to determine the role of nuclear receptors in cancer and to predict prognosis and response to therapy.
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- E Cottone
- Department of Animal and Human Biology, University of Turin, Italy
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Cartwright JA, Gow AG, Milne E, Drummond D, Smith S, Handel I, Mellanby RJ. Vitamin D Receptor Expression in Dogs. J Vet Intern Med 2018; 32:764-774. [PMID: 29469965 PMCID: PMC5866978 DOI: 10.1111/jvim.15052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Revised: 11/11/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2018] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Background There is growing evidence linking low blood vitamin D concentration to numerous diseases in people and in dogs. Vitamin D influences cellular function by signaling through the vitamin D receptor (VDR). Little is known about which non‐skeletal tissues express the VDR or how inflammation influences its expression in the dog. Objectives To define which non‐skeletal canine tissues express the VDR and to investigate expression in inflamed small intestine. Animals Thirteen non‐skeletal tissues were collected prospectively from 6 control dogs. Thirty‐five dogs diagnosed with a chronic enteropathy (CE) and 24 control dogs were prospectively enrolled and duodenal biopsies were evaluated for VDR expression. Methods Prospective; blinded assessment of canine intestinal VDR. Dogs with CE were included once other identifiable causes of intestinal disease were excluded. Age matched controls were included with no intestinal clinical signs. VDR expression was assessed immunohistochemically in all samples, using a Rat IgG VDR monoclonal antibody. Quantitative real‐time polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) was also used for duodenal biopsies. Results VDR expression as assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) was highest in the kidney, duodenum, skin, ileum and spleen, and weak in the colon, heart, lymph node, liver, lung, and ovary. Gastric and testicular tissue did not express the VDR. There was no statistical difference in duodenal VDR expression between the 24 healthy dogs and 34 dogs with CE when quantified by either qPCR (P = 0.87) or IHC (P = 0.099). Conclusions and Clinical Importance The lack of down regulation of VDR expression in inflamed intestine contrasts with previous studies in humans. Our findings support future studies to investigate whether vitamin D and its analogues can be used to modulate intestinal inflammation in the dog.
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- J A Cartwright
- Division of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, Hospital for Small Animals, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, United Kingdom
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- Division of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, Hospital for Small Animals, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, United Kingdom
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- Division of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, Hospital for Small Animals, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, United Kingdom
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- Division of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, Hospital for Small Animals, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, United Kingdom
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- Division of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, Hospital for Small Animals, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, United Kingdom
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- Division of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, Hospital for Small Animals, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, United Kingdom
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- Division of Veterinary Clinical Studies, Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, Hospital for Small Animals, Easter Bush Veterinary Centre, The University of Edinburgh, Roslin, United Kingdom
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Liberman AC, Budziñski ML, Sokn C, Gobbini RP, Steininger A, Arzt E. Regulatory and Mechanistic Actions of Glucocorticoids on T and Inflammatory Cells. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne) 2018; 9:235. [PMID: 29867767 PMCID: PMC5964134 DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2018.00235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2018] [Accepted: 04/25/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Glucocorticoids (GCs) play an important role in regulating the inflammatory and immune response and have been used since decades to treat various inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. Fine-tuning the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) activity is instrumental in the search for novel therapeutic strategies aimed to reduce pathological signaling and restoring homeostasis. Despite the primary anti-inflammatory actions of GCs, there are studies suggesting that under certain conditions GCs may also exert pro-inflammatory responses. For these reasons the understanding of the GR basic mechanisms of action on different immune cells in the periphery (e.g., macrophages, dendritic cells, neutrophils, and T cells) and in the brain (microglia) contexts, that we review in this chapter, is a continuous matter of interest and may reveal novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of immune and inflammatory response.
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- Ana C. Liberman
- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA) – CONICET – Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA) – CONICET – Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA) – CONICET – Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA) – CONICET – Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA) – CONICET – Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Investigación en Biomedicina de Buenos Aires (IBioBA) – CONICET – Partner Institute of the Max Planck Society, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Departamento de Fisiología y Biología Molecular y Celular, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- *Correspondence: Eduardo Arzt,
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Chen Q, Wang X, Shi W, Yu H, Zhang X, Giesy JP. Identification of Thyroid Hormone Disruptors among HO-PBDEs: In Vitro Investigations and Coregulator Involved Simulations. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2016; 50:12429-12438. [PMID: 27737548 DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b02029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Some hydroxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers (HO-PBDEs), that have been widely detected in the environment and tissues of humans and wildlife, bind to thyroid hormone (TH) receptor (TR) and can disrupt functioning of systems modulated by the TR. However, mechanisms of TH disrupting effects are still equivocal. Here, disruption of functions of TH modulated pathways by HO-PBDEs was evaluated by assays of competitive binding, coactivator recruitment, and proliferation of GH3 cells. In silico simulations considering effects of coregulators were carried out to investigate molecular mechanisms and to predict potencies for disrupting functions of the TH. Some HO-PBDEs were able to bind to TR with moderate affinities but were not agonists. In GH3 proliferation assays, 13 out of 16 HO-PBDEs were antagonists for the TH. In silico simulations of molecular dynamics revealed that coregulators were essential for identification of TH disruptors. Among HO-PBDEs, binding of passive antagonists induced repositioning of H12, blocking AF-2 (transactivation function 2) and preventing recruitment of the coactivator. Binding of active antagonists exposed the coregulator binding site, which tended to bind to the corepressor rather than the coactivator. By considering both passive and active antagonisms, anti-TH potencies of HO-PBDEs could be predicted from free energy of binding.
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- Qinchang Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, PR China
- Multiphase Chemistry Department, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry , 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Resources Reuse, School of the Environment, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, PR China
- Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences and Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5B4, Canada
- Department of Zoology and Center for Integrative Toxicology, Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Hong Kong , Hong Kong, SAR, China
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Takeuchi Y, Yahagi N, Aita Y, Murayama Y, Sawada Y, Piao X, Toya N, Oya Y, Shikama A, Takarada A, Masuda Y, Nishi M, Kubota M, Izumida Y, Yamamoto T, Sekiya M, Matsuzaka T, Nakagawa Y, Urayama O, Kawakami Y, Iizuka Y, Gotoda T, Itaka K, Kataoka K, Nagai R, Kadowaki T, Yamada N, Lu Y, Jain MK, Shimano H. KLF15 Enables Rapid Switching between Lipogenesis and Gluconeogenesis during Fasting. Cell Rep 2016; 16:2373-86. [PMID: 27545894 PMCID: PMC5031553 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2016.07.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2016] [Revised: 07/08/2016] [Accepted: 07/25/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Hepatic lipogenesis is nutritionally regulated (i.e., downregulated during fasting and upregulated during the postprandial state) as an adaptation to the nutritional environment. While alterations in the expression level of the transcription factor SREBP-1c are known to be critical for nutritionally regulated lipogenesis, upstream mechanisms governing Srebf1 expression remain unclear. Here, we show that the fasting-induced transcription factor KLF15, a key regulator of gluconeogenesis, forms a complex with LXR/RXR, specifically on the Srebf1 promoter. This complex recruits the corepressor RIP140 instead of the coactivator SRC1, resulting in reduced Srebf1 and thus downstream lipogenic enzyme expression during the early and euglycemic period of fasting prior to hypoglycemia and PKA activation. Through this mechanism, KLF15 overexpression specifically ameliorates hypertriglyceridemia without affecting LXR-mediated cholesterol metabolism. These findings reveal a key molecular link between glucose and lipid metabolism and have therapeutic implications for the treatment of hyperlipidemia.
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- Yoshinori Takeuchi
- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan.
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Nutrigenomics Research Group, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8655, Japan
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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- Case Cardiovascular Research Institute, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Case Cardiovascular Research Institute, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism), Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8575, Japan
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McKenna NJ. Research Resources for Nuclear Receptor Signaling Pathways. Mol Pharmacol 2016; 90:153-9. [PMID: 27216565 DOI: 10.1124/mol.116.103713] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Nuclear receptor (NR) signaling pathways impact cellular function in a broad variety of tissues in both normal physiology and disease states. The complex tissue-specific biology of these pathways is an enduring impediment to the development of clinical NR small-molecule modulators that combine therapeutically desirable effects in specific target tissues with suppression of off-target effects in other tissues. Supporting the important primary research in this area is a variety of web-based resources that assist researchers in gaining an appreciation of the molecular determinants of the pharmacology of a NR pathway in a given tissue. In this study, selected representative examples of these tools are reviewed, along with discussions on how current and future generations of tools might optimally adapt to the future of NR signaling research.
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- Neil J McKenna
- Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology and Nuclear Receptor Signaling Atlas Bioinformatics Resource, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
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The Interactome of the Glucocorticoid Receptor and Its Influence on the Actions of Glucocorticoids in Combatting Inflammatory and Infectious Diseases. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 2016; 80:495-522. [PMID: 27169854 DOI: 10.1128/mmbr.00064-15] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Glucocorticoids (GCs) have been widely used for decades as a first-line treatment for inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. However, their use is often hampered by the onset of adverse effects or resistance. GCs mediate their effects via binding to glucocorticoid receptor (GR), a transcription factor belonging to the family of nuclear receptors. An important aspect of GR's actions, including its anti-inflammatory capacity, involves its interactions with various proteins, such as transcription factors, cofactors, and modifying enzymes, which codetermine receptor functionality. In this review, we provide a state-of-the-art overview of the protein-protein interactions (PPIs) of GR that positively or negatively affect its anti-inflammatory properties, along with mechanistic insights, if known. Emphasis is placed on the interactions that affect its anti-inflammatory effects in the presence of inflammatory and microbial diseases.
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Flach KD, Zwart W. The first decade of estrogen receptor cistromics in breast cancer. J Endocrinol 2016; 229:R43-56. [PMID: 26906743 DOI: 10.1530/joe-16-0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 02/23/2016] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The advent of genome-wide transcription factor profiling has revolutionized the field of breast cancer research. Estrogen receptor α (ERα), the major drug target in hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, has been known as a key transcriptional regulator in tumor progression for over 30 years. Even though this function of ERα is heavily exploited and widely accepted as an Achilles heel for hormonal breast cancer, only since the last decade we have been able to understand how this transcription factor is functioning on a genome-wide scale. Initial ChIP-on-chip (chromatin immunoprecipitation coupled with tiling array) analyses have taught us that ERα is an enhancer-associated factor binding to many thousands of sites throughout the human genome and revealed the identity of a number of directly interacting transcription factors that are essential for ERα action. More recently, with the development of massive parallel sequencing technologies and refinements thereof in sample processing, a genome-wide interrogation of ERα has become feasible and affordable with unprecedented data quality and richness. These studies have revealed numerous additional biological insights into ERα behavior in cell lines and especially in clinical specimens. Therefore, what have we actually learned during this first decade of cistromics in breast cancer and where may future developments in the field take us?
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- Koen D Flach
- Division of Molecular PathologyThe Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Molecular PathologyThe Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Chang HS, Lee SH, Lee JU, Park JS, Chung IY, Park CS. Functional Characterization of Exonic Variants of the PPARGC1B Gene in Coregulation of Estrogen Receptor Alpha. DNA Cell Biol 2016; 35:314-21. [PMID: 27027322 DOI: 10.1089/dna.2015.3195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1 beta (PPARGC1B) is a coactivator of estrogen receptor (ER)α and ERβ. We previously demonstrated a significant association between a variant of exon 5 of the PPARGC1B gene (+102525 G>A, R265Q) and airway hyperreactivity (AHR). The aims of the study were to evaluate the genetic effects of variants of the PPARGC1B gene on the function of ERs. PPARGC1B +102525G and A gene constructs were generated using PCR and cloned into a pCMV4 promoter vector. A luciferase reporter assay was undertaken in 293T cells cotransfected with one of the PPARGC1B +102525G>A constructs, ERα, and an estrogen response element (ERE) containing a luciferase construct after treatment with 17β-estradiol. According to the luciferase reporter assay, the +102525A allele showed higher ERα activity than the +102525G allele in response to stimulation with 17β-estradiol. In addition, the interaction between ERα and PPARGC1B was evaluated by coprecipitation assay. Human influenza hemagglutinin-tagged PPARGC1B coprecipitated more intensely with ERα in the +102525A than the +102525G construct after 17β estradiol treatment. The variant +102525A allele enhances the activity of ERα to a greater degree than the +102525G allele of PPARGC1B.
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- Hun Soo Chang
- 1 Department of Medical Bioscience, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University , Asan, Republic of Korea
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- 1 Department of Medical Bioscience, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University , Asan, Republic of Korea
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- 1 Department of Medical Bioscience, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University , Asan, Republic of Korea
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- 2 Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital , Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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- 3 Division of Molecular and Life Sciences, College of Science and Technology, Hanyang University , Ansan, Republic of Korea
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- 1 Department of Medical Bioscience, Graduate School, Soonchunhyang University , Asan, Republic of Korea.,2 Division of Allergy and Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Bucheon Hospital , Bucheon, Republic of Korea
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Judes G, Rifaï K, Ngollo M, Daures M, Bignon YJ, Penault-Llorca F, Bernard-Gallon D. A bivalent role of TIP60 histone acetyl transferase in human cancer. Epigenomics 2015; 7:1351-63. [PMID: 26638912 DOI: 10.2217/epi.15.76] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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Acetylation is a major modification that is required for gene regulation, genome maintenance and metabolism. A dysfunctional acetylation plays an important role in several diseases, including cancer. A group of enzymes-lysine acetyltransferases are responsible for this modification and act in regulation of transcription as cofactors and by acetylation of histones and other proteins. Tip60, a member of MYST family, is expressed ubiquitously and is the acetyltransferase catalytic subunit of human NuA4 complex. This HAT has a well-characterized involvement in many processes, such as cellular signaling, DNA damage repair, transcriptional and cellular cycle. Aberrant lysine acetyltransferase functions promote or suppress tumorigenesis in different cancers such as colon, breast and prostate tumors. Therefore, Tip60 might be a potential and important therapeutic target in the cancer treatment; new histone acetyl transferase inhibitors were identified and are more selective inhibitors of Tip60.
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- Gaëlle Judes
- Department of Oncogenetics, Centre Jean Perrin, CBRV, 28 place Henri Dunant, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France.,EA 4677 'ERTICA', University of Auvergne, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Oncogenetics, Centre Jean Perrin, CBRV, 28 place Henri Dunant, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France.,EA 4677 'ERTICA', University of Auvergne, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Oncogenetics, Centre Jean Perrin, CBRV, 28 place Henri Dunant, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France.,EA 4677 'ERTICA', University of Auvergne, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Oncogenetics, Centre Jean Perrin, CBRV, 28 place Henri Dunant, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France.,EA 4677 'ERTICA', University of Auvergne, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Oncogenetics, Centre Jean Perrin, CBRV, 28 place Henri Dunant, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France.,EA 4677 'ERTICA', University of Auvergne, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- EA 4677 'ERTICA', University of Auvergne, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France.,Centre Jean Perrin, Laboratory of Biopathology, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Department of Oncogenetics, Centre Jean Perrin, CBRV, 28 place Henri Dunant, 63001 Clermont-Ferrand, France.,EA 4677 'ERTICA', University of Auvergne, 63011 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Mitkov M, Joseph R, Copland J. Steroid hormone influence on melanomagenesis. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2015; 417:94-102. [PMID: 26415591 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2015.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Disparities in the prognosis and incidence of melanoma between male and female patients have led clinicians to explore the influence of steroid hormones on the development and progression of this malignancy. A better understanding of the disparities of melanoma behavior between sexes and ages could lead to improved prevention and treatment options. There are multiple themes in the literature that unify the physiologic functions of estrogen and androgen receptors; herein we discuss and map their pathways. Overall, it is important to understand that the differences in melanoma behavior between the sexes are multifactorial and likely involve interactions between the immune system, endocrine system, and environment, namely UV-radiation. Melanoma deserves a spot among hormone-sensitive tumors, and if tamoxifen is re-introduced for future therapy, tissue ratios of estrogen receptors should be obtained beforehand to assess their therapeutic predictive value. Because androgens, estrogens, and their receptors are involved in signaling of commonly mutated melanoma pathways, potential synergistic properties of the recently developed molecular kinase inhibitors that target those pathways may exist.
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- Mario Mitkov
- Mayo Clinic Department of Dermatology, Jacksonville, FL, USA; Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA.
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- Mayo Clinic Department of Oncology, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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- Mayo Clinic Department of Cancer Biology, Jacksonville, FL, USA
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Sepe V, Distrutti E, Fiorucci S, Zampella A. Farnesoid X receptor modulators (2011 – 2014): a patent review. Expert Opin Ther Pat 2015; 25:885-96. [DOI: 10.1517/13543776.2015.1045413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Design, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation of Novel Nonsteroidal Farnesoid X Receptor (FXR) Antagonists: Molecular Basis of FXR Antagonism. ChemMedChem 2015; 10:1184-99. [DOI: 10.1002/cmdc.201500136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Stachowiak MK, Birkaya B, Aletta JM, Narla ST, Benson CA, Decker B, Stachowiak EK. "Nuclear FGF receptor-1 and CREB binding protein: an integrative signaling module". J Cell Physiol 2015; 230:989-1002. [PMID: 25503065 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2014] [Accepted: 12/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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In this review we summarize the current understanding of a novel integrative function of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor-1 (FGFR1) and its partner CREB Binding Protein (CBP) acting as a nuclear regulatory complex. Nuclear FGFR1 and CBP interact with and regulate numerous genes on various chromosomes. FGFR1 dynamic oscillatory interactions with chromatin and with specific genes, underwrites gene regulation mediated by diverse developmental signals. Integrative Nuclear FGFR1 Signaling (INFS) effects the differentiation of stem cells and neural progenitor cells via the gene-controlling Feed-Forward-And-Gate mechanism. Nuclear accumulation of FGFR1 occurs in numerous cell types and disruption of INFS may play an important role in developmental disorders such as schizophrenia, and in metastatic diseases such as cancer. Enhancement of INFS may be used to coordinate the gene regulation needed to activate cell differentiation for regenerative purposes or to provide interruption of cancer stem cell proliferation.
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- Michal K Stachowiak
- Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, Western New York Stem Cells Culture and Analysis Center, State University of New York, Buffalo
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Feng S, Xu S, Wen Z, Zhu Y. Retinoic acid-related orphan receptor RORβ, circadian rhythm abnormalities and tumorigenesis (Review). Int J Mol Med 2015; 35:1493-500. [PMID: 25816151 DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.2015.2155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Accepted: 03/12/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Nuclear receptors are a superfamily of transcription factors including the steroid hormone receptors, non-steroid hormone receptors and the orphan nuclear receptor family. Retinoic acid-related orphan receptor (ROR)β, as a member of the orphan nuclear receptor family, plays an important regulatory role in the maintenance of a variety of physiological and pathological processes. RORβ has been determined to act as an osteogenic repressor in regulating bone formation, and is involved in regulating circadian rhythm. The findings of recent studies concerning the association between tumorigenesis and circadian rhythm have shown that an aberrant circadian rhythm may promote tumorigenesis and tumor progression. The mechanisms discussed in this review demonstrate how aberrant RORβ-induced circadian rhythm may become a new direction for future studies on tumorigenesis and strategy design for cancer prevention.
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- Shujiong Feng
- Laboratory of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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- Laboratory of Gastroenterology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University, School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310009, P.R. China
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Imran M, Park JS, Lim IK. Stress-induced NF-κB activation differentiates promyelocytic leukemia cells to macrophages in response to all-trans-retinoic acid. Cell Signal 2015; 27:694-706. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cellsig.2014.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2014] [Revised: 11/15/2014] [Accepted: 11/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Meijsing SH. Mechanisms of Glucocorticoid-Regulated Gene Transcription. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2015. [PMID: 26215990 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2895-8_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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One fascinating aspect of glucocorticoid signaling is their broad range of physiological and pharmacological effects. These effects are at least in part a consequence of transcriptional regulation by the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Activation of GR by glucocorticoids results in tissue-specific changes in gene expression levels with some genes being activated whereas others are repressed. This raises two questions: First, how does GR regulate different subsets of target genes in different tissues? And second, how can GR both activate and repress the expression of genes?To answer these questions, this chapter will describe the function of the various "components" and how they cooperate to mediate the transcriptional responses to glucocorticoids. The first "component" is GR itself. The second "component" is the chromatin and its role in specifying where in the genome GR binds. Binding to the genome however is just the first step in regulating the expression of genes and transcriptional regulation by GR depends on the recruitment of coregulator proteins that either directly or indirectly influence the recruitment and or activity of RNA polymerase II. Ultimately, the integration of inputs including GR isoform, DNA sequence, chromatin and cooperation with coregulators determines which genes are regulated and the direction of their regulation.
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- Sebastiaan H Meijsing
- Department of Computational Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biology, Ihnestrasse 63-73, Berlin, 14195, Germany,
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Arya N, Kharjul MD, Shishoo CJ, Thakare VN, Jain KS. Some molecular targets for antihyperlipidemic drug research. Eur J Med Chem 2014; 85:535-68. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2014.08.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2014] [Revised: 08/01/2014] [Accepted: 08/05/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Hsu HT, Chi CW. Emerging role of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma in hepatocellular carcinoma. J Hepatocell Carcinoma 2014; 1:127-35. [PMID: 27508182 PMCID: PMC4918273 DOI: 10.2147/jhc.s48512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the major leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Hepatitis B virus, hepatitis C virus, alcohol consumption, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, and diabetes are the major risks for developing HCC. Until now, recurrence and metastasis are the major cause of death in HCC patients. Therefore, identification of new effective molecular targets is an urgent need for treatment of HCC. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ (PPARγ) is a ligand-activated nuclear receptor which could be activated by PPARγ agonists such as thiazolidinediones, and natural PPARγ ligand (such as 15-deoxy-Δ12,14-prostaglandin J2, 15d-PGJ2). Increasing in vitro and in vivo evidence has demonstrated that PPARγ agonists exhibit an inhibitory role on tumor cell growth, migration, and invasion, suggesting that PPARγ activation may play an important role in the regulation of growth of HCC. It has been reported that PPARγ activation by thiazolidinediones or overexpression of PPARγ by virus-mediated gene transfer has shown growth inhibitory effects in hepatoma cells, but the expression level of PPARγ in HCC tissues still remains conflicting. Notably, a novel PPARγ agonist, honokiol, has recently been found to activate the PPARγ/RXR heterodimer, and has also exhibited significant anti-cancer effects in hepatoma cells. In the present review, we summarized studies on the role and the molecular regulation of PPARγ in HCC development in vitro and in vivo. PPARγ has the potential to be a therapeutic target for future treatment of HCC.
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- Hui-Tzu Hsu
- Department and Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department and Institute of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan; Department of Medical Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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James AW, Shen J, Khadarian K, Pang S, Chung G, Goyal R, Asatrian G, Velasco O, Kim J, Zhang X, Ting K, Soo C. Lentiviral delivery of PPARγ shRNA alters the balance of osteogenesis and adipogenesis, improving bone microarchitecture. Tissue Eng Part A 2014; 20:2699-710. [PMID: 24785569 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2013.0736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Skeletal aging is associated not only with alterations in osteoblast (OB) and osteoclast (OC) number and activity within the basic metabolic unit, but also with increased marrow adiposity. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ) is commonly considered the master transcriptional regulator of adipogenesis, however, it has known roles in osteoblast and osteoclast function as well. Here, we designed a lentiviral delivery system for PPARγ shRNA, and examined its effects in vitro on bone marrow stromal cells (BMSC) and in a mouse intramedullary injection model. METHODS PPARγ shRNA was delivered by a replication-deficient lentiviral vector, after in vitro testing to confirm purity, concentration, and efficacy for Pparg transcript reduction. Next, control green fluorescent protein lentivirus or PPARγ shRNA expressing lentivirus were delivered by intramedullary injection into the femoral bone marrow of male SCID mice. Analyses included daily monitoring of animal health, and postmortem analysis at 4 weeks. Postmortem analyses included high resolution microcomputed tomography (microCT) reconstructions and analysis, routine histology and histomorphometric analysis, quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction analysis of Pparg transcript levels, and immunohistochemical analysis for markers of adipocytes (PPARγ, fatty acid binding protein 4 [FABP4]), osteoblasts (alkaline phosphatase [ALP], osteocalcin [OCN]), and osteoclasts (tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase [TRAP], Cathepsin K). RESULTS In vitro, PPARγ shRNA delivery significantly reduced Pparg expression in mouse BMSC, accompanied by a significant reduction in lipid droplet accumulation. In vivo, a near total reduction in mature marrow adipocytes was observed at 4 weeks postinjection. This was accompanied by significant reductions in adipocyte-specific markers. Parameters of trabecular bone were significantly increased by both microCT and histomorphometric analysis. By immunohistochemical staining and semi-quantification, a significant increase in OCN+osteoblasts and decrease in TRAP+multinucleated osteoclasts was observed with PPARγ shRNA treatment. DISCUSSION These findings suggest that acute loss of PPARγ in the bone marrow compartment has a significant role beyond anti-adipose effects. Specifically, we found pro-osteoblastogenic, anti-osteoclastic effects after PPARγ shRNA treatment, resulting in improved trabecular bone architecture. Future studies will examine the isolated and direct effects of PPARγ shRNA on OB and OC cell types, and it may help determine whether PPARγ antagonists are potential therapeutic agents for osteoporotic bone loss.
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- Aaron W James
- 1 Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California , Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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Lee HS, Sasagawa SI, Kato S, Fukuda R, Horiuchi H, Ohta A. Yeast Two-Hybrid Detection Systems That Are Highly Sensitive to a Certain Kind of Endocrine Disruptors. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2014; 70:521-4. [PMID: 16495672 DOI: 10.1271/bbb.70.521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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We tested the effects of several combinations of bait and fish components of the yeast two-hybrid detection system for estrogenic activity. A combination of the full-length human estrogen receptor alpha with the nuclear receptor-binding domain of co-activator steroid receptor co-activator-1 (SRC-1) or transcriptional intermediate factor-2 (TIF-2) was most effective for estrogen-dependent induction of the chromosome-integrated UAS(GAL)-CYC1(p)-lacZ reporter construct among the two-hybrid systems so far tested.
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Kim H, Ye J. Cellular responses to excess fatty acids: focus on ubiquitin regulatory X domain-containing protein 8. Curr Opin Lipidol 2014; 25:118-24. [PMID: 24378746 DOI: 10.1097/mol.0000000000000048] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW Although fatty acids are crucial for cell survival, their overaccumulation triggers lipotoxicity that leads to metabolic syndrome. Thus, cells maintain their homeostasis by multiple feedback regulatory systems. This review focuses on how cells regulate the level of fatty acids by these systems. RECENT FINDINGS Ubiquitin regulatory X domain-containing protein 8 has been identified as a specific sensor for unsaturated fatty acids that regulates lipogenic activity. SUMMARY Together with the previously identified peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors and liver X receptor, these proteins sense the presence of unsaturated fatty acids and initiate reactions preventing their overaccumulation. Understanding the mechanism of the signal transduction pathways mediated by these proteins may offer new strategies to treat metabolic syndrome.
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- Hyeonwoo Kim
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA
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Epigenetics of estrogen receptor signaling: role in hormonal cancer progression and therapy. Cancers (Basel) 2013; 3:1691-707. [PMID: 21814622 PMCID: PMC3147309 DOI: 10.3390/cancers3021691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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Estrogen receptor (ERα) signaling plays a key role in hormonal cancer progression. ERα is a ligand-dependent transcription factor that modulates gene transcription via recruitment to the target gene chromatin. Emerging evidence suggests that ERα signaling has the potential to contribute to epigenetic changes. Estrogen stimulation is shown to induce several histone modifications at the ERα target gene promoters including acetylation, phosphorylation and methylation via dynamic interactions with histone modifying enzymes. Deregulation of enzymes involved in the ERα-mediated epigenetic pathway could play a vital role in ERα driven neoplastic processes. Unlike genetic alterations, epigenetic changes are reversible, and hence offer novel therapeutic opportunities to reverse ERα driven epigenetic changes. In this review, we summarize current knowledge on mechanisms by which ERα signaling potentiates epigenetic changes in cancer cells via histone modifications.
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Byrne C, Miclet E, Broutin I, Gallo D, Pelekanou V, Kampa M, Castanas E, Leclercq G, Jacquot Y. Identification of polyproline II regions derived from the proline-rich nuclear receptor coactivators PNRC and PNRC2: new insights for ERα coactivator interactions. Chirality 2013; 25:628-42. [PMID: 23925889 DOI: 10.1002/chir.22188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2012] [Accepted: 04/12/2013] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Protein-protein interactions are crucial for signal transductions required for cell differentiation and proliferation. Their modulation is therefore key to the development of therapeutic alternatives, particularly in the context of cancer. According to literature data, the polyproline-rich nuclear receptor coactivators PNRC and PNRC2 interact with estrogen receptor (ERα) through their PxxP SH3-binding motifs. In a search to identify the molecular features governing this interaction, we explored using electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectroscopy and molecular dynamics (MD) calculations, the capacity of a range of putative biologically active peptides derived from these proteins and containing this PxxP motif(s) to form polyproline II (PPII) domains. An additional more exhaustive structural study on a lead PPII peptide was also performed using 2D nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. With the exception of one of all the investigated peptides (PNRC-D), binding assays failed to detect any affinity for Grb2 SH3 domains, suggesting that PPII motifs issued from Grb2 antagonists have a binding mode distinct from those derived from Grb2 agonists. Instead, the peptides revealed a competitive binding ability against a synthetic peptide (ERα17p) with a putative PPII-cognate domain located within a coregulator recruitment region of ERα (AF-2 site). Our work, which constitutes the first structure-related interaction study concerning PNRC and PNRC2, supports not only the existence of PxxP-induced PPII sequences in these coregulators, but also confirms the presence of a PPII recognition site in the AF-2 of the steroid receptor ERα, a region important for transcription regulation.
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- C Byrne
- Laboratoire des BioMolécules (LBM), CNRS - UMR 7203, Ecole Normale Supérieure / Université Pierre et Marie Curie 24, rue Lhomond, 75231, Paris Cedex 05, France; Fondation Pierre-Gilles de Gennes pour la Recherche, 29, rue d'Ulm, 75005, Paris, France
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Di Leva FS, Festa C, D'Amore C, De Marino S, Renga B, D'Auria MV, Novellino E, Limongelli V, Zampella A, Fiorucci S. Binding mechanism of the farnesoid X receptor marine antagonist suvanine reveals a strategy to forestall drug modulation on nuclear receptors. Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of novel ligands. J Med Chem 2013; 56:4701-17. [PMID: 23656455 DOI: 10.1021/jm400419e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Here, we report suvanine, a marine sponge sesterterpene, as an antagonist of the mammalian bile acid sensor farnesoid-X-receptor (FXR). Using suvanine as a template, we shed light on the molecular bases of FXR antagonism, identifying the essential conformational changes responsible for the transition from the agonist to the antagonist form. Molecular characterization of the nuclear corepressor NCoR and coactivator Src-1 revealed that receptor conformational changes are associated with a specific dynamic of recruitment of these cofactors to the promoter of OSTα, a FXR regulated gene. Using suvanine as a novel hit, a library of semisynthetic derivatives has been designed and prepared, leading to pharmacological profiles ranging from agonism to antagonism toward FXR. Deep pharmacological evaluation demonstrated that derivative 19 represents a new chemotype of FXR modulator, whereas alcohol 6, with a simplified molecular scaffold, exhibits excellent antagonistic activity.
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- Francesco Saverio Di Leva
- Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy
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Liu J, Ormö M, Nyström AC, Claesson J, Giordanetto F. Transient expression, purification and characterisation of human full-length PPARγ2 in HEK293 cells. Protein Expr Purif 2013; 89:189-95. [PMID: 23562662 DOI: 10.1016/j.pep.2013.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Revised: 03/19/2013] [Accepted: 03/25/2013] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Effective anti-diabetic drugs known as thiazolidinediones (e.g. rosiglitazone, pioglitazone) exert their therapeutic effects through their agonistic activity at the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ). As a multidomain transcription factor, PPARγ forms heterodimers with different retinoid X receptors (RXRs) to modulate target gene expression at the transcriptional level in response to natural or synthetic ligands. Difficulties in producing either of the two major human PPARγ isoforms (PPARγ1 and PPARγ2) as pure full-length proteins in adequate quantity has hindered detailed mechanistic studies of PPARγ and its ancillary protein partners. Here we report an efficient transient expression system to produce recombinant human full-length PPARγ2 protein. The DNA encoding the human full-length PPARγ2 was cloned into a mammalian episomal vector and transiently expressed in human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293-6E) cells with an expression level of 10mg/L culture. Identity of the purified recombinant PPARγ2 protein was confirmed by mass spectrometry analysis. The purified PPARγ2 protein was active in ligand binding and could be phosphorylated in vitro by Cdk5/p25 at Ser 273. Further studies showed that selected PPARγ modulators inhibited Cdk5-mediated PPARγ2 Ser 273 phosphorylation in vitro. Our results demonstrate the feasibility of producing large quantities of pure and functional human full-length PPARγ2 suitable for drug discovery applications.
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- Jianming Liu
- Discovery Sciences, AstraZeneca R&D, Pepparedsleden 1, 43183 Mölndal, Sweden.
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James AW. Review of Signaling Pathways Governing MSC Osteogenic and Adipogenic Differentiation. SCIENTIFICA 2013; 2013:684736. [PMID: 24416618 PMCID: PMC3874981 DOI: 10.1155/2013/684736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 309] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2013] [Accepted: 11/21/2013] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are multipotent cells, functioning as precursors to a variety of cell types including adipocytes, osteoblasts, and chondrocytes. Between osteogenic and adipogenic lineage commitment and differentiation, a theoretical inverse relationship exists, such that differentiation towards an osteoblast phenotype occurs at the expense of an adipocytic phenotype. This balance is regulated by numerous, intersecting signaling pathways that converge on the regulation of two main transcription factors: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor- γ (PPAR γ ) and Runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2). These two transcription factors, PPAR γ and Runx2, are generally regarded as the master regulators of adipogenesis and osteogenesis. This review will summarize signaling pathways that govern MSC fate towards osteogenic or adipocytic differentiation. A number of signaling pathways follow the inverse balance between osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation and are generally proosteogenic/antiadipogenic stimuli. These include β -catenin dependent Wnt signaling, Hedgehog signaling, and NELL-1 signaling. However, other signaling pathways exhibit more context-dependent effects on adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation. These include bone morphogenic protein (BMP) signaling and insulin growth factor (IGF) signaling, which display both proosteogenic and proadipogenic effects. In summary, understanding those factors that govern osteogenic versus adipogenic MSC differentiation has significant implications in diverse areas of human health, from obesity to osteoporosis to regenerative medicine.
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- Aaron W. James
- Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, CHS A3-251, Los Angeles, CA 90077, USA
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Khurana S, Bruggeman LA, Kao HY. Nuclear hormone receptors in podocytes. Cell Biosci 2012; 2:33. [PMID: 22995171 PMCID: PMC3543367 DOI: 10.1186/2045-3701-2-33] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/06/2012] [Accepted: 08/10/2012] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Nuclear receptors are a family of ligand-activated, DNA sequence-specific transcription factors that regulate various aspects of animal development, cell proliferation, differentiation, and homeostasis. The physiological roles of nuclear receptors and their ligands have been intensively studied in cancer and metabolic syndrome. However, their role in kidney diseases is still evolving, despite their ligands being used clinically to treat renal diseases for decades. This review will discuss the progress of our understanding of the role of nuclear receptors and their ligands in kidney physiology with emphasis on their roles in treating glomerular disorders and podocyte injury repair responses.
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- Simran Khurana
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) and the Comprehensive Cancer Center of CWRU, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA.
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Yang N, Ray DW, Matthews LC. Current concepts in glucocorticoid resistance. Steroids 2012; 77:1041-9. [PMID: 22728894 DOI: 10.1016/j.steroids.2012.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2012] [Revised: 05/24/2012] [Accepted: 05/29/2012] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Glucocorticoids (GCs) are the most potent anti-inflammatory agents known. A major factor limiting their clinical use is the wide variation in responsiveness to therapy. The high doses of GC required for less responsive patients means a high risk of developing very serious side effects. Variation in sensitivity between individuals can be due to a number of factors. Congenital, generalized GC resistance is very rare, and is due to mutations in the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) gene, the receptor that mediates the cellular effects of GC. A more common problem is acquired GC resistance. This localized, disease-associated GC resistance is a serious therapeutic concern and limits therapeutic response in patients with chronic inflammatory disease. It is now believed that localized resistance can be attributed to changes in the cellular microenvironment, as a consequence of chronic inflammation. Multiple factors have been identified, including alterations in both GR-dependent and -independent signaling downstream of cytokine action, oxidative stress, hypoxia and serum derived factors. The underlying mechanisms are now being elucidated, and are discussed here. Attempts to augment tissue GC sensitivity are predicted to permit safe and effective use of low-dose GC therapy in inflammatory disease.
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- Nan Yang
- Endocrine Sciences Research Group, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK
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Kumar R, McEwan IJ. Allosteric modulators of steroid hormone receptors: structural dynamics and gene regulation. Endocr Rev 2012; 33:271-99. [PMID: 22433123 PMCID: PMC3596562 DOI: 10.1210/er.2011-1033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Steroid hormones are synthesized from cholesterol primarily in the adrenal gland and the gonads and play vital roles in normal physiology, the control of development, differentiation, metabolic homeostasis, and reproduction. The actions of these small lipophilic molecules are mediated by intracellular receptor proteins. It is just over 25 yr since the first cDNA for steroid receptors were cloned, a development that led to the birth of a superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors: the nuclear receptors. The receptor proteins share structurally and functionally related ligand binding and DNA-binding domains but possess distinct N-terminal domains and hinge regions that are intrinsically disordered. Since the original cloning experiments, considerable progress has been made in our understanding of the structure, mechanisms of action, and biology of this important class of ligand-activated transcription factors. In recent years, there has been interest in the structural plasticity and function of the N-terminal domain of steroid hormone receptors and in the allosteric regulation of protein folding and function in response to hormone, DNA response element architecture, and coregulatory protein binding partners. The N-terminal domain can exist as an ensemble of conformers, having more or less structure, which prime this region of the receptor to rapidly respond to changes in the intracellular environment through hormone binding and posttranslation modifications. In this review, we address the question of receptor structure and function dynamics with particular emphasis on the structurally flexible N-terminal domain, intra- and interdomain communications, and the allosteric regulation of receptor action.
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- Raj Kumar
- Department of Basic Sciences, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18510, USA
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Sun M, Isaacs GD, Hah N, Heldring N, Fogarty EA, Kraus WL. Estrogen regulates JNK1 genomic localization to control gene expression and cell growth in breast cancer cells. Mol Endocrinol 2012; 26:736-47. [PMID: 22446103 DOI: 10.1210/me.2011-1158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Steroid hormone and MAPK signaling pathways functionally intersect, but the molecular mechanisms of this cross talk are unclear. Here, we demonstrate a functional convergence of the estrogen and c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1) signaling pathways at the genomic level in breast cancer cells. We find that JNK1 binds to many promoters across the genome. Although most of the JNK1-binding sites are constitutive, a subset is estrogen regulated (either induced on inhibited). At the estrogen-induced sites, estrogen receptor (ER)α is required for the binding of JNK1 by promoting its recruitment to estrogen response elements or other classes of DNA elements through a tethering mechanism, which in some cases involves activating protein-1. At estrogen-regulated promoters, JNK1 functions as a transcriptional coregulator of ERα in a manner that is dependent on its kinase activity. The convergence of ERα and JNK1 at target gene promoters regulates estrogen-dependent gene expression outcomes, as well as downstream estrogen-dependent cell growth responses. Analysis of existing gene expression profiles from breast cancer biopsies suggests a role for functional interplay between ERα and JNK1 in the progression and clinical outcome of breast cancers.
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- Miao Sun
- Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-8511, USA
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Kumar R, Thompson EB. Folding of the glucocorticoid receptor N-terminal transactivation function: dynamics and regulation. Mol Cell Endocrinol 2012; 348:450-6. [PMID: 21501657 DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.03.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2010] [Revised: 03/14/2011] [Accepted: 03/31/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) mediates biological effects of glucocorticoids at the level of gene regulation, and plays important roles in many aspects of physiology. In recent years, it has become quite evident that GR behaves very dynamically, controlled by its reversible interactions with a variety of coregulatory proteins at various DNA and non-DNA sites. The N-terminal activation function domain (AF1) of the GR exists in an intrinsically disordered (ID) state, which promotes molecular recognition by providing surfaces capable of binding specific target molecules. Several studies suggest that when in action, the GR AF1 gains structure. Thus, it is hypothesized that the GR AF1 domain may be structured in vivo, at least when directly involved in transcriptional activation. Our recent work supports this conclusion. We propose that by allowing AF1 to rapidly and reversibly adopt various configurations through structural arrangements, AF1 can create protein surfaces that are readily available for selective binding to coregulatory proteins, resulting in GR-mediated transcriptional regulation of target genes.
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- R Kumar
- Department of Basic Sciences, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, PA-18510, USA.
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Kim JW, Jang SM, Kim CH, An JH, Kang EJ, Choi KH. New molecular bridge between RelA/p65 and NF-κB target genes via histone acetyltransferase TIP60 cofactor. J Biol Chem 2012; 287:7780-91. [PMID: 22249179 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m111.278465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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The nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) family is involved in the expressions of numerous genes, in development, apoptosis, inflammatory responses, and oncogenesis. In this study we identified four NF-κB target genes that are modulated by TIP60. We also found that TIP60 interacts with the NF-κB RelA/p65 subunit and increases its transcriptional activity through protein-protein interaction. Although TIP60 binds with RelA/p65 using its histone acetyltransferase domain, TIP60 does not directly acetylate RelA/p65. However, TIP60 maintained acetylated Lys-310 RelA/p65 levels in the TNF-α-dependent NF-κB signaling pathway. In chromatin immunoprecipitation assay, TIP60 was primarily recruited to the IL-6, IL-8, C-IAP1, and XIAP promoters in TNF-α stimulation followed by acetylation of histones H3 and H4. Chromatin remodeling by TIP60 involved the sequential recruitment of acetyl-Lys-310 RelA/p65 to its target gene promoters. Furthermore, we showed that up-regulated TIP60 expression was correlated with acetyl-Lys-310 RelA/p65 expressions in hepatocarcinoma tissues. Taken together these results suggest that TIP60 is involved in the NF-κB pathway through protein interaction with RelA/p65 and that it modulates the transcriptional activity of RelA/p65 in NF-κB-dependent gene expression.
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- Jung-Woong Kim
- From the School of Biological Sciences, Chung-Ang University, Seoul 156-756, South Korea
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Kumar R, Calhoun WJ. Differential regulation of the transcriptional activity of the glucocorticoid receptor through site-specific phosphorylation. Biologics 2011; 2:845-54. [PMID: 19707462 PMCID: PMC2727889 DOI: 10.2147/btt.s3820] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation are known to play an important role in the gene regulation by the transcription factors including the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily of which the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) is a member. Protein phosphorylation often switches cellular activity from one state to another. Like many other transcription factors, the GR is a phosphoprotein, and phosphorylation plays an important role in the regulation of GR activity. Cell signaling pathways that regulate phosphorylation of the GR and its associated proteins are important determinants of GR function under various physiological conditions. While the role of many phosphorylation sites in the GR is still not fully understood, the role of others is clearer. Several aspects of transcription factor function, including DNA binding affinity, interaction of transactivation domains with the transcription initiation complex, and shuttling between the cytoplasmic compartments, have all been linked to site-specific phosphorylation. All major phosphorylation sites in the human GR are located in the N-terminal domain including the major transactivation domain, AF1. Available literature clearly indicates that many of these potential phosphorylation sites are substrates for multiple kinases, suggesting the potential for a very complex regulatory network. Phosphorylated GR interacts favorably with critical coregulatory proteins and subsequently enhances transcriptional activity. In addition, the activities and specificities of coregulators may be subject to similar regulation by phosphorylation. Regulation of the GR activity due to phosphorylation appears to be site-specific and dependent upon specific cell signaling cascade. Taken together, site-specific phosphorylation and related kinase pathways play an important role in the action of the GR, and more precise mechanistic information will lead to fuller understanding of the complex nature of gene regulation by the GR- and related transcription factors. This review provides currently available information regarding the role of GR phosphorylation in its action, and highlights the possible underlying mechanisms of action.
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Khan SH, Ling J, Kumar R. TBP binding-induced folding of the glucocorticoid receptor AF1 domain facilitates its interaction with steroid receptor coactivator-1. PLoS One 2011; 6:e21939. [PMID: 21760925 PMCID: PMC3131385 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2011] [Accepted: 06/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The precise mechanism by which glucocorticoid receptor (GR) regulates the transcription of its target genes is largely unknown. This is, in part, due to the lack of structural and functional information about GR's N-terminal activation function domain, AF1. Like many steroid hormone receptors (SHRs), the GR AF1 exists in an intrinsically disordered (ID) conformation or an ensemble of conformers that collectively appears to be unstructured. The GR AF1 is known to recruit several coregulatory proteins, including those from the basal transcriptional machinery, e.g., TATA box binding protein (TBP) that forms the basis for the multiprotein transcription initiation complex. However, the precise mechanism of this process is unknown. We have earlier shown that conditional folding of the GR AF1 is the key for its interactions with critical coactivator proteins. We hypothesize that binding of TBP to AF1 results in the structural rearrangement of the ID AF1 domain such that its surfaces become easily accessible for interaction with other coactivators. To test this hypothesis, we determined whether TBP binding-induced structure formation in the GR AF1 facilitates its interaction with steroid receptor coactivator-1 (SRC-1), a critical coactivator that is important for GR-mediated transcriptional activity. Our data show that stoichiometric binding of TBP induces significantly higher helical content at the expense of random coil configuration in the GR AF1. Further, we found that this induced AF1 conformation facilitates its interaction with SRC-1, and subsequent AF1-mediated transcriptional activity. Our results may provide a potential mechanism through which GR and by large other SHRs may regulate the expression of the GR-target genes.
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- Shagufta H. Khan
- Department of Basic Sciences, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, The Commonwealth Medical College, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Tan SK, Lin ZH, Chang CW, Varang V, Chng KR, Pan YF, Yong EL, Sung WK, Sung WK, Cheung E. AP-2γ regulates oestrogen receptor-mediated long-range chromatin interaction and gene transcription. EMBO J 2011; 30:2569-81. [PMID: 21572391 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2011.151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Accepted: 04/15/2011] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Oestrogen receptor α (ERα) is key player in the progression of breast cancer. Recently, the cistrome and interactome of ERα were mapped in breast cancer cells, revealing the importance of spatial organization in oestrogen-mediated transcription. However, the underlying mechanism of this process is unclear. Here, we show that ERα binding sites (ERBS) identified from the Chromatin Interaction Analysis-Paired End DiTag of ERα are enriched for AP-2 motifs. We demonstrate the transcription factor, AP-2γ, which has been implicated in breast cancer oncogenesis, binds to ERBS in a ligand-independent manner. Furthermore, perturbation of AP-2γ expression impaired ERα DNA binding, long-range chromatin interactions, and gene transcription. In genome-wide analyses, we show that a large number of AP-2γ and ERα binding events converge together across the genome. The majority of these shared regions are also occupied by the pioneer factor, FoxA1. Molecular studies indicate there is functional interplay between AP-2γ and FoxA1. Finally, we show that most ERBS associated with long-range chromatin interactions are colocalized with AP-2γ and FoxA1. Together, our results suggest AP-2γ is a novel collaborative factor in ERα-mediated transcription.
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- Si Kee Tan
- Cancer Biology and Pharmacology, Genome Institute of Singapore, A STAR (Agency for Science, Technology and Research), Singapore
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