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Intracellular proteolytic cleavage of 9-cis-retinoic acid receptor alpha by cathepsin L-type protease is a potential mechanism for modulating thyroid hormone action.

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Nagaya, T; Murata, Y; Yamaguchi, S; Nomura, Y; Ohmori, S; Fujieda, M; Katunuma, N; Yen, PM; Chin, WW; Seo, H
Published in: J Biol Chem
December 11, 1998

We previously reported that the responsiveness of hepatocytes to thyroid hormone is markedly attenuated when they were cultured as monolayers rather than spheroids. To elucidate the mechanisms underlying the altered responsiveness, thyroid hormone receptor auxiliary proteins in the hepatocytes were analyzed by electrophoretic mobility shift assay. The major thyroid hormone receptor auxiliary protein was identified as 9-cis-retinoic acid receptor alpha (RXRalpha) in the hepatocytes regardless of the culture conditions. The cytoplasmic fraction was shown to contain a protease(s) that cleaves RXRalpha at its amino terminus. The presence of the protease in the cytosol, but not in the nucleus, was ascertained by incubating full-length 35S-labeled RXRalpha with each fraction. Using various protease inhibitors, it was shown that cathepsin L-type protease could participate in the cleavage of the RXRalpha. The enzyme activity was much higher in the monolayers than the spheroids. Inhibition of this enzyme activity in the monolayer hepatocyte resulted in the increase of nuclear RXRalpha protein and the augmentation of T3-dependent induction of spot 14 mRNA. These results suggest that the changes in cathepsin L-type protease activity in the cytosol may alter the turnover of RXRalpha in the nucleus and modify the function of steroid receptor superfamilies that heterodimerize with RXRalpha.

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J Biol Chem

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ISSN

0021-9258

Publication Date

December 11, 1998

Volume

273

Issue

50

Start / End Page

33166 / 33173

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transcription Factors
  • Thyroid Hormones
  • Retinoid X Receptors
  • Receptors, Retinoic Acid
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Rats
  • Male
  • Liver
  • Hydrolysis
  • Endopeptidases
 

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Nagaya, T., Murata, Y., Yamaguchi, S., Nomura, Y., Ohmori, S., Fujieda, M., … Seo, H. (1998). Intracellular proteolytic cleavage of 9-cis-retinoic acid receptor alpha by cathepsin L-type protease is a potential mechanism for modulating thyroid hormone action. J Biol Chem, 273(50), 33166–33173. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.273.50.33166
Nagaya, T., Y. Murata, S. Yamaguchi, Y. Nomura, S. Ohmori, M. Fujieda, N. Katunuma, P. M. Yen, W. W. Chin, and H. Seo. “Intracellular proteolytic cleavage of 9-cis-retinoic acid receptor alpha by cathepsin L-type protease is a potential mechanism for modulating thyroid hormone action.J Biol Chem 273, no. 50 (December 11, 1998): 33166–73. https://doi.org/10.1074/jbc.273.50.33166.
Nagaya T, Murata Y, Yamaguchi S, Nomura Y, Ohmori S, Fujieda M, et al. Intracellular proteolytic cleavage of 9-cis-retinoic acid receptor alpha by cathepsin L-type protease is a potential mechanism for modulating thyroid hormone action. J Biol Chem. 1998 Dec 11;273(50):33166–73.
Nagaya, T., et al. “Intracellular proteolytic cleavage of 9-cis-retinoic acid receptor alpha by cathepsin L-type protease is a potential mechanism for modulating thyroid hormone action.J Biol Chem, vol. 273, no. 50, Dec. 1998, pp. 33166–73. Pubmed, doi:10.1074/jbc.273.50.33166.
Nagaya T, Murata Y, Yamaguchi S, Nomura Y, Ohmori S, Fujieda M, Katunuma N, Yen PM, Chin WW, Seo H. Intracellular proteolytic cleavage of 9-cis-retinoic acid receptor alpha by cathepsin L-type protease is a potential mechanism for modulating thyroid hormone action. J Biol Chem. 1998 Dec 11;273(50):33166–33173.

Published In

J Biol Chem

DOI

ISSN

0021-9258

Publication Date

December 11, 1998

Volume

273

Issue

50

Start / End Page

33166 / 33173

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Transcription Factors
  • Thyroid Hormones
  • Retinoid X Receptors
  • Receptors, Retinoic Acid
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Rats
  • Male
  • Liver
  • Hydrolysis
  • Endopeptidases