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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-10-31
pubmed:abstractText
Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR), a member of the bHLH-PAS family, is a ligand-activated transcription factor which plays an important role in normal liver development and in mediating the toxicity of polycyclic and halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon pollutants such as 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Phosphorylation is known to regulate the transformation process of unliganded AhR into functionally active AhR/ARNT heterodimer that has high affinity for dioxin-responsive elements (DRE) and transactivation activity. Here, we report that DRE binding activity of the AhR is regulated by phosphorylation on the AhR/ARNT complex itself. Studies with specific protein phosphatases indicated that tyrosine phosphorylation is involved in this modulation. In addition, the AhR is phosphorylated at tyrosine residue(s) as determined by anti-phosphotyrosine immunoblot analysis. These results suggest that tyrosine phosphorylation on the AhR is required for its DNA binding activity and may provide mammalian cells with another layer of control mechanism that allows cell type specific and developmental stage specific induction of the AhR target genes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-9861
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
381
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
302-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor Nuclear Translocator, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Liver, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Phosphorylation, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Rabbits, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:11032419-Tyrosine
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Regulation of DNA binding activity of the ligand-activated aryl hydrocarbon receptor by tyrosine phosphorylation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Rochester, New York 14642, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.