PMID- 17355985 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070605 LR - 20211203 IS - 1362-4962 (Electronic) IS - 0305-1048 (Print) IS - 0305-1048 (Linking) VI - 35 IP - 7 DP - 2007 TI - Transactivation of a DR-1 PPRE by a human constitutive androstane receptor variant expressed from internal protein translation start sites. PG - 2177-90 AB - Downstream in-frame start codons produce amino-terminal-truncated human constitutive androstane receptor protein isoforms (DeltaNCARs). The DeltaNCARs are expressed in liver and in vitro cell systems following translation from in-frame methionine AUG start codons at positions 76, 80, 125, 128, 168 and 265 within the full-length CAR mRNA. The resulting CAR proteins lack the N-terminal DNA-binding domain (DBD) of the receptor, yielding DeltaNCAR variants with unique biological function. Although the DeltaNCARs maintain full retinoid X receptor alpha (RXRalpha) heterodimerization capacity, the DeltaNCARs are inactive on classical CAR-inducible direct repeat (DR)-4 elements, yet efficiently transactivate a DR-1 element derived from the endogenous PPAR-inducible acyl-CoA oxidase gene promoter. RXRalpha heterodimerization with CAR1, CAR76 and CAR80 isoforms is necessary for the DR-1 PPRE activation, a function that exhibits absolute dependence on both the respective RXRalpha DBD and CAR activation (AF)-2 domains, but not the AF-1 or AF-2 domain of RXRalpha, nor CAR's DBD. A new model of CAR DBD-independent transactivation is proposed, such that in the context of a DR-1 peroxisome proliferator-activated response element, only the RXRalpha portion of the CAR-RXRalpha heterodimer binds directly to DNA, with the AF-2 domain of tethered CAR mediating transcriptional activation of the receptor complex. FAU - Stoner, Matthew A AU - Stoner MA AD - Center for Molecular Toxicology & Carcinogenesis, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. FAU - Auerbach, Scott S AU - Auerbach SS FAU - Zamule, Stephanie M AU - Zamule SM FAU - Strom, Stephen C AU - Strom SC FAU - Omiecinski, Curtis J AU - Omiecinski CJ LA - eng GR - R01 GM066411/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - GM066411/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20070313 PL - England TA - Nucleic Acids Res JT - Nucleic acids research JID - 0411011 RN - 0 (Codon, Initiator) RN - 0 (Constitutive Androstane Receptor) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors) RN - 0 (Protein Isoforms) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear) RN - 0 (Retinoid X Receptors) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) SB - IM MH - Amino Acid Sequence MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - COS Cells MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chlorocebus aethiops MH - Codon, Initiator MH - Constitutive Androstane Receptor MH - Hepatocytes/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Ligands MH - Molecular Sequence Data MH - Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors/metabolism MH - Protein Isoforms/chemistry/genetics/metabolism MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - RNA, Messenger/chemistry MH - Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Response Elements MH - Retinoid X Receptors/metabolism MH - Sequence Alignment MH - Sequence Deletion MH - Transcription Factors/chemistry/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Transcriptional Activation PMC - PMC1874654 EDAT- 2007/03/16 09:00 MHDA- 2007/06/06 09:00 PMCR- 2007/03/13 CRDT- 2007/03/16 09:00 PHST- 2007/03/16 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/06/06 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2007/03/16 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2007/03/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - gkm090 [pii] AID - 10.1093/nar/gkm090 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nucleic Acids Res. 2007;35(7):2177-90. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkm090. Epub 2007 Mar 13.