Vitamin D receptors repress basal transcription and exert dominant negative activity on triiodothyronine-mediated transcriptional activity.
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Journal Article
We have examined vitamin D receptor (VDR), thyroid hormone receptor (TR), and retinoid X receptor beta (RXR beta) binding to vitamin D response elements (VDREs), two thyroid hormone response elements (TREs) (DR4 and F2), and a retinoic acid response element (DR5). VDR/RXR bound well to the VDREs and to DR4 and DR5 using the electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Surprisingly, VDR/RXR also bound well to F2, which contains half-sites arranged as an inverted palindrome. In co-transfection experiments using CV-1 cells, we observed that VDR repressed basal transcription in the absence of ligand on DR3 and osteopontin VDREs and F2, but had no effect on DR4 or DR5. VDR selectively mediated ligand-dependent transcription on only VDREs. VDR also exhibited dominant negative activity as it blocked triiodothyronine (T3)-mediated transcriptional activity on DR4 and F2. These results demonstrate that VDR/RXR heterodimers can bind promiscuously to a wide range of hormone response elements, including inverted palindromes. Moreover, they show that unliganded VDRs, similar to TRs and retinoic acid receptors, can repress basal transcription. Last, they also suggest a novel repressor function of VDR on T3-mediated transcription which may be significant in tissues where VDR and TR are co-expressed.
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Duke Authors
Cited Authors
- Yen, PM; Liu, Y; Sugawara, A; Chin, WW
Published Date
- May 3, 1996
Published In
Volume / Issue
- 271 / 18
Start / End Page
- 10910 - 10916
PubMed ID
- 8631908
Pubmed Central ID
- 8631908
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
- 0021-9258
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
- 10.1074/jbc.271.18.10910
Language
- eng
Conference Location
- United States