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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
14
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-2
pubmed:abstractText
Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) plays an important role in attracting monocytes to sites of inflammation and is the dominant mediator of macrophage accumulation in atherosclerotic plaques. We have previously shown that glucocorticoids inhibit the secretion of MCP-1 in arterial smooth muscle cells (SMC) by markedly decreasing MCP-1 mRNA stability. We now report that the destabilization of MCP-1 mRNA is mediated by the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). The GR antagonist, RU486, blocked the effect of the glucocorticoid dexamethasone (Dex) on MCP-1 mRNA stability in SMC culture. Using a previously reported in vitro mRNA gel shift and stability assay, antibodies to the GR blocked the ability of cytoplasmic extracts from Dex-treated SMC to decay MCP-1 mRNA. Recombinant human GR (rhGR) bound in a concentration-dependent manner to in vitro transcribed MCP-1 mRNA, whereas other members of the steroid hormone receptor family did not. Binding of GR to MCP-1 mRNA was specific as it was not found to bind other mRNAs. Immunoprecipitation of GR in extracts from Dex-treated SMC followed by real-time reverse transcription-PCR demonstrated that endogenous GR was bound specifically to MCP-1 mRNA. The addition of exogenous rhGR blocked the ability of extracts from Dex-treated SMC to degrade MCP-1 mRNA, suggesting that exogenous rhGR can compete with an endogenous GR-containing degradative complex. These data suggest a novel role for the GR in binding to and facilitating mRNA degradation. These results provide novel insights into GR function and may provide a new approach to attenuate the inflammatory response mediated by MCP-1.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
6
pubmed:volume
282
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
10146-52
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-10-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Anti-Inflammatory Agents, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Atherosclerosis, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Cell-Free System, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Chemokine CCL2, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Dexamethasone, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Hormone Antagonists, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Inflammation, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Male, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Mifepristone, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Muscle, Smooth, Vascular, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Myocytes, Smooth Muscle, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-RNA Stability, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:17276989-Receptors, Glucocorticoid
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
A novel role for the glucocorticoid receptor in the regulation of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 mRNA stability.
pubmed:affiliation
Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14620, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural