Métivier Raphaël, Gay Frédérique A, Hübner Michael R, Flouriot Gilles, Salbert Gilles, Gannon Frank, Kah Olivier, Pakdel Farzad
Equipe d'Endocrinologie Moléculaire de la Reproduction, UMR CNRS 6026, Université de Rennes I, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France.
EMBO J. 2002 Jul 1;21(13):3443-53. doi: 10.1093/emboj/cdf344.
The enhancement of the human estrogen receptor alpha (hER alpha, NR3A1) activity by the orphan nuclear receptor COUP-TFI is found to depend on the establishment of a tight hER alpha-COUP-TFI complex. Formation of this complex seems to involve dynamic mechanisms different from those allowing hER alpha homodimerization. Although the hER alpha-COUP-TFI complex is present in all cells tested, the transcriptional cooperation between the two nuclear receptors is restricted to cell lines permissive to hER alpha activation function 1 (AF-1). In these cells, the physical interaction between COUP-TFI and hER alpha increases the affinity of hER alpha for ERK2/p42(MAPK), resulting in an enhanced phosphorylation state of the hER alpha Ser118. hER alpha thus acquires a strengthened AF-1 activity due to its hyperphosphorylation. These data indicate an alternative interaction process between nuclear receptors and demonstrate a novel protein intercommunication pathway that modulates hER alpha AF-1.
研究发现,孤儿核受体COUP-TFI对人雌激素受体α(hERα,NR3A1)活性的增强作用依赖于紧密的hERα-COUP-TFI复合物的形成。该复合物的形成似乎涉及与hERα同二聚化不同的动态机制。尽管hERα-COUP-TFI复合物存在于所有测试细胞中,但这两种核受体之间的转录协同作用仅限于允许hERα激活功能1(AF-1)的细胞系。在这些细胞中,COUP-TFI与hERα之间的物理相互作用增加了hERα对ERK2/p42(MAPK)的亲和力,导致hERα Ser118的磷酸化状态增强。由于hERα的过度磷酸化,其AF-1活性因此增强。这些数据表明了核受体之间的另一种相互作用过程,并证明了一种调节hERα AF-1的新型蛋白质相互交流途径。