Interaction of nuclear receptor zinc finger DNA binding domains with histone deacetylase.

A direct interaction between the nuclear receptor TR2 and histone deacetylases (HDACs) 3 and 4 is mediated by the DNA binding domain (DBD) of TR2. To test if this interaction is common to members of the nuclear receptor family, the Cys2-Cys2 type zinc finger (ZF) DBDs were subcloned from several ...
nuclear receptors (mRARalpha, mRXRbeta, mTR2, mTR4, RAR, mPPARdelta, and mPPARgamma2). Using GST pull-downs, both HDACs 3 and 4 were found to interact directly with the core DBD from each receptor. The three-dimensional structure of the ZF domains was essential for this interaction as disruption by zinc chelation precluded interaction with HDACs. The results suggest that the ZFs of nuclear receptors provide a general interaction interface for HDACs 3 and 4. Functional significance of this interaction was demonstrated using ChIP assays where a truncated TR2 protein (lacking the LBD) recruited HDACs 3 and 4 to the target DNA causing demonstrable histone deacetylation. GST pull-downs and mammalian two-hybrid interaction tests were then used to define the interaction domains of HDAC3 with TR2. Both the N- and C-terminal portions of HDAC3 showed interaction with the TR2 DBD. Thus, multiple domains of HDAC3 form the interaction surface for the DBD of nuclear receptors.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Binding Sites, Cloning, Molecular, DNA-Binding Proteins, Histone Deacetylases, Humans, Mice, Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 2, Group C, Member 1, Protein Binding, Protein Interaction Mapping, Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, Receptors, Thyroid Hormone, Repressor Proteins, Zinc Fingers
Mol. Cell. Endocrinol.
Date: Aug. 29, 2003
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