PMID- 11075811 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20010531 LR - 20131121 IS - 0888-8809 (Print) IS - 0888-8809 (Linking) VI - 14 IP - 11 DP - 2000 Nov TI - Regulation of ligand-induced heterodimerization and coactivator interaction by the activation function-2 domain of the vitamin D receptor. PG - 1776-87 AB - Twenty-epi analogs of 1alpha,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25D3) are 100-1000 times more potent transcriptionally than the natural hormone. To determine whether this enhanced activity is mediated through modulation of the dimerization process or through interaction with coactivators, we performed quantitative protein-protein interaction assays with in vitro translated vitamin D receptor (ivtVDR) and fusion proteins containing glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and either the ligand-binding domain of retinoid X receptor (RXRalpha), or the nuclear receptor-interacting domain of the steroid receptor coactivator 1 (SRC-1), or the glucocorticoid receptor-interacting protein 1 (GRIP-1). We found that heterodimerization of the ligand-binding domains of RXRalpha and VDR was primarily deltanoid dependent as was the interaction of VDR with the SRC-1 or with GRIP-1. The ED50 for induction of heterodimerization was 2 nM for 1,25D3 and 0.05 nM for 20-epi-1,25D3. However, the ED50 for induction of VDR interaction with SRC-1 was similar for both 1,25D3 and the 20-epi analog (ED50 = 0.7-1.0 nM) as was the ED50 for ligand-mediated interaction of VDR with GRIP-1 (ED50 = 0.1-0.3 nM). Mutations in heptad 9 diminished both 1,25D3 and the 20-epi analog-mediated dimerization, without changing binding of these ligands to VDR. Mutations in VDR's activation function 2 (AF-2) domain/helix 12 residues diminished the ability of 1,25D3 to induce heterodimerization and interaction with SRC-1. These mutations did not change the ability of 20-epi-1,25D3 to induce dimerization but did diminish its ability to induce interaction with SRC-1. We hypothesize that both the hormone and the analog stabilize receptor conformations that expose VDR's functional interfaces. The mechanisms by which the two ligands expose these functional interfaces differ with respect to participation of the AF-2 domain. FAU - Liu, Y Y AU - Liu YY AD - Department of Medical Specialties, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030, USA. FAU - Nguyen, C AU - Nguyen C FAU - Peleg, S AU - Peleg S LA - eng GR - DK-50583/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S. PL - United States TA - Mol Endocrinol JT - Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) JID - 8801431 RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 2) RN - 0 (Receptors, Calcitriol) RN - 0 (Receptors, Retinoic Acid) RN - 0 (Retinoid X Receptors) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - EC 2.3.1.48 (Histone Acetyltransferases) RN - EC 2.3.1.48 (Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 1) RN - FXC9231JVH (Calcitriol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Binding Sites MH - COS Cells MH - Calcitriol/chemistry/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Dimerization MH - Histone Acetyltransferases MH - Ligands MH - Molecular Biology/methods MH - Mutation MH - Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 1 MH - Nuclear Receptor Coactivator 2 MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - Receptors, Calcitriol/drug effects/genetics/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Retinoic Acid/genetics/*metabolism MH - Response Elements/drug effects/genetics MH - Retinoid X Receptors MH - Stereoisomerism MH - Structure-Activity Relationship MH - Transcription Factors/genetics/*metabolism MH - Transcription, Genetic EDAT- 2000/11/15 11:00 MHDA- 2001/06/02 10:01 CRDT- 2000/11/15 11:00 PHST- 2000/11/15 11:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2001/06/02 10:01 [medline] PHST- 2000/11/15 11:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1210/mend.14.11.0560 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Endocrinol. 2000 Nov;14(11):1776-87. doi: 10.1210/mend.14.11.0560.