Role of the glucocorticoid receptor for regulation of hypoxia-dependent gene expression.
Glucocorticoids are secreted from the adrenal glands and act as a peripheral effector of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, playing an essential role in stress response and homeostatic regulation. In target cells, however, it remains unknown how glucocorticoids fine-tune the cellular pathways mediating tissue and systemic adaptation. Recently, considerable evidence indicates that ... adaptation to hypoxic environments is influenced by glucocorticoids and there is cross-talk between hypoxia-dependent signals and glucocorticoid-mediated regulation of gene expression. We therefore investigated the interaction between these important stress-responsive pathways, focusing on the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and hypoxia-inducible transcription factor HIF-1. Here we show that, under hypoxic conditions, HIF-1-dependent gene expression is further up-regulated by glucocorticoids via the GR. This up-regulation cannot be substituted by the other steroid receptors and is suggested to result from the interaction between the GR and the transactivation domain of HIF-1 alpha. Moreover, our results also indicate that the ligand binding domain of the GR is essential for this interaction, and the critical requirement for GR agonists suggests the importance of the ligand-mediated conformational change of the GR. Because these proteins are shown to colocalize in the distinct compartments of the nucleus, we suggest that these stress-responsive transcription factors have intimate communication in close proximity to each other, thereby enabling the fine-tuning of cellular responses for adaptation.
Mesh Terms:
Animals, Blotting, Western, COS Cells, Cell Nucleus, DNA-Binding Proteins, Dexamethasone, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Gene Expression Regulation, Genes, Reporter, Glucocorticoids, Green Fluorescent Proteins, HeLa Cells, Humans, Hypoxia, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, Ligands, Luminescent Proteins, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Nuclear Proteins, Plasmids, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Protein Structure, Tertiary, RNA, Receptors, Glucocorticoid, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Steroids, Stress, Physiological, Transcription Factors, Transcriptional Activation, Transfection, Up-Regulation
Animals, Blotting, Western, COS Cells, Cell Nucleus, DNA-Binding Proteins, Dexamethasone, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Gene Expression Regulation, Genes, Reporter, Glucocorticoids, Green Fluorescent Proteins, HeLa Cells, Humans, Hypoxia, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, Ligands, Luminescent Proteins, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Nuclear Proteins, Plasmids, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Protein Structure, Tertiary, RNA, Receptors, Glucocorticoid, Recombinant Fusion Proteins, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Steroids, Stress, Physiological, Transcription Factors, Transcriptional Activation, Transfection, Up-Regulation
J. Biol. Chem.
Date: Aug. 29, 2003
PubMed ID: 12810720
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