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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
34
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-9-15
pubmed:abstractText
Glucocorticoids inhibit NF-kappaB signaling by interfering with the NF-kappaB transcription factor RelA. Previous studies have identified the DNA-binding domain (DBD) in the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) as the major region responsible for this repressive activity. Using GR mutants with chimeric DBDs the repressive function was found to be located in the C-terminal zinc finger. As predicted from these results the mineralocorticoid receptor that contains a C-terminal zinc finger identical to that of the GR was also able to repress RelA-dependent transcription. Mutation of a conserved arginine or a lysine in the second zinc finger of the GR DBD (Arg-488 or Lys-490 in the rat GR) abolished the ability of GR to inhibit RelA activity. In contrast, C-terminal zinc finger GR mutants with mutations in the dimerization box or mutations necessary for full transcriptional GR activity were still able to repress RelA-dependent transcription. In addition, we found that the steroid analog ZK98299 known to induce GR transrepression of AP-1 had no inhibitory effect on RelA activity. In summary, these results demonstrate that the inhibition of NF-kappaB by glucocorticoids involves two critical amino acids in the C-terminal zinc finger of the GR. Furthermore, the results from the use of mineralocorticoid receptor and anti-glucocorticoids suggest that the mechanisms for GR-mediated repression of NF-kappaB and AP-1 are different.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Arginine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Dexamethasone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glucocorticoids, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Gonanes, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Lysine, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Mifepristone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NF-kappa B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Glucocorticoid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Receptors, Thyroid Hormone, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Recombinant Fusion Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Repressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factor RelA, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/onapristone
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
272
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
21467-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Arginine, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-COS Cells, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Dexamethasone, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Glucocorticoids, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Gonanes, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Lysine, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Mifepristone, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-NF-kappa B, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Receptors, Glucocorticoid, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Receptors, Thyroid Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Recombinant Fusion Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Structure-Activity Relationship, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Transcription Factor RelA, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:9261164-Zinc Fingers
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
A new function for the C-terminal zinc finger of the glucocorticoid receptor. Repression of RelA transactivation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Novum F60, S-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't