PMID- 10629053 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000214 LR - 20210526 IS - 0270-7306 (Print) IS - 1098-5549 (Electronic) IS - 0270-7306 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 3 DP - 2000 Feb TI - Orphan receptor COUP-TF is required for induction of retinoic acid receptor beta, growth inhibition, and apoptosis by retinoic acid in cancer cells. PG - 957-70 AB - Retinoic acid receptor beta (RARbeta) plays a critical role in mediating the anticancer effects of retinoids. Expression of RARbeta is highly induced by retinoic acid (RA) through a RA response element (betaRARE) that is activated by heterodimers of RARs and retinoid X receptors (RXRs). However, RARbeta induction is often lost in cancer cells despite expression of RARs and RXRs. In this study, we provide evidence that orphan receptor COUP-TF is required for induction of RARbeta expression, growth inhibition, and apoptosis by RA in cancer cells. Expression of COUP-TF correlates with RARbeta induction in a variety of cancer cell lines. In addition, stable expression of COUP-TF in COUP-TF-negative cancer cells restores induction of RARbeta expression, growth inhibition, and apoptosis by RA, whereas inhibition of COUP-TF by expression of COUP-TF antisense RNA represses the RA effects. In a transient transfection assay, COUP-TF strongly induced transcriptional activity of the RARbeta promoter in a RA- and RARalpha-dependent manner. By mutation analysis, we demonstrate that the effect of COUP-TF requires its binding to a DR-8 element present in the RARbeta promoter. The binding of COUP-TF to the DR-8 element synergistically increases the RA-dependent RARalpha transactivation function by enhancing the interaction of RARalpha with its coactivator CREB binding protein. These results demonstrate that COUP-TF, by serving as an accessory protein for RARalpha to induce RARbeta expression, plays a critical role in regulating the anticancer activities of retinoids. FAU - Lin, B AU - Lin B AD - Cancer Research Center, The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, California 92037, USA. FAU - Chen, G Q AU - Chen GQ FAU - Xiao, D AU - Xiao D FAU - Kolluri, S K AU - Kolluri SK FAU - Cao, X AU - Cao X FAU - Su, H AU - Su H FAU - Zhang, X K AU - Zhang XK LA - eng GR - R01 CA060988/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA51933/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - CA60988/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Mol Cell Biol JT - Molecular and cellular biology JID - 8109087 RN - 0 (COUP Transcription Factor I) RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (NR2F1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Receptors, Glucocorticoid) RN - 0 (Receptors, Retinoic Acid) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 0 (retinoic acid receptor beta) RN - 5688UTC01R (Tretinoin) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects/physiology MH - Base Sequence MH - Binding Sites MH - Breast Neoplasms MH - COUP Transcription Factor I MH - Cell Division/drug effects MH - Cell Line MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - Dimerization MH - Female MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Kinetics MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Receptors, Glucocorticoid/metabolism MH - Receptors, Retinoic Acid/biosynthesis/*genetics MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/biosynthesis MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Transfection MH - Tretinoin/*pharmacology MH - Tumor Cells, Cultured PMC - PMC85213 EDAT- 2000/01/11 09:00 MHDA- 2000/02/19 09:00 PMCR- 2000/02/01 CRDT- 2000/01/11 09:00 PHST- 2000/01/11 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2000/02/19 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2000/01/11 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2000/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1474 [pii] AID - 10.1128/MCB.20.3.957-970.2000 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biol. 2000 Feb;20(3):957-70. doi: 10.1128/MCB.20.3.957-970.2000.