Misra Jagannath, Chanda Dipanjan, Kim Don-Kyu, Cho Seung-Rye, Koo Seung-Hoi, Lee Chul-Ho, Back Sung Hoon, Choi Hueng-Sik
National Creative Research Initiatives Center for Nuclear Receptor Signals, Hormone Research Center, School of Biological Sciences and Technology, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
Division of Life Sciences, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
PLoS One. 2014 Jan 22;9(1):e86342. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0086342. eCollection 2014.
The orphan nuclear receptor estrogen-related receptor-γ (ERRγ) is a constitutively active transcription factor regulating genes involved in several important cellular processes, including hepatic glucose metabolism, alcohol metabolism, and the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress response. cAMP responsive element-binding protein H (CREBH) is an ER-bound bZIP family transcription factor that is activated upon ER stress and regulates genes encoding acute-phase proteins whose expression is increased in response to inflammation. Here, we report that ERRγ directly regulates CREBH gene expression in response to ER stress. ERRγ bound to the ERRγ response element (ERRE) in the CREBH promoter. Overexpression of ERRγ by adenovirus significantly increased expression of CREBH as well as C-reactive protein (CRP), whereas either knockdown of ERRγ or inhibition of ERRγ by ERRγ specific inverse agonist, GSK5182, substantially inhibited ER stress-mediated induction of CREBH and CRP. The transcriptional coactivator PGC1α was required for ERRγ mediated induction of the CREBH gene as demonstrated by the chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP) assay showing binding of both ERRγ and PGC1α on the CREBH promoter. The ChIP assay also revealed that histone H3 and H4 acetylation occurred at the ERRγ and PGC1α binding site. Moreover, chronic alcoholic hepatosteatosis, as well as the diabetic obese condition significantly increased CRP gene expression, and this increase was significantly attenuated by GSK5182 treatment. We suggest that orphan nuclear receptor ERRγ directly regulates the ER-bound transcription factor CREBH in response to ER stress and other metabolic conditions.
孤儿核受体雌激素相关受体γ(ERRγ)是一种组成型活性转录因子,可调节参与多种重要细胞过程的基因,包括肝脏葡萄糖代谢、酒精代谢和内质网(ER)应激反应。cAMP反应元件结合蛋白H(CREBH)是一种与ER结合的bZIP家族转录因子,在ER应激时被激活,并调节编码急性期蛋白的基因,这些蛋白的表达在炎症反应中会增加。在此,我们报告ERRγ在ER应激反应中直接调节CREBH基因的表达。ERRγ与CREBH启动子中的ERRγ反应元件(ERRE)结合。腺病毒介导的ERRγ过表达显著增加了CREBH以及C反应蛋白(CRP)的表达,而ERRγ的敲低或ERRγ特异性反向激动剂GSK5182对ERRγ的抑制作用,均显著抑制了ER应激介导的CREBH和CRP的诱导。染色质免疫沉淀(ChIP)分析表明ERRγ和PGC1α均与CREBH启动子结合,这证明转录共激活因子PGC1α是ERRγ介导的CREBH基因诱导所必需的。ChIP分析还显示,在ERRγ和PGC1α结合位点发生了组蛋白H3和H4的乙酰化。此外,慢性酒精性肝脂肪变性以及糖尿病肥胖状态均显著增加了CRP基因的表达,而GSK5182处理可显著减弱这种增加。我们认为,孤儿核受体ERRγ在ER应激和其他代谢条件下直接调节与ER结合的转录因子CREBH。