PMID- 23878391 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131125 LR - 20211021 IS - 1098-5549 (Electronic) IS - 0270-7306 (Print) IS - 0270-7306 (Linking) VI - 33 IP - 18 DP - 2013 Sep TI - Brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling rewrites the glucocorticoid transcriptome via glucocorticoid receptor phosphorylation. PG - 3700-14 LID - 10.1128/MCB.00150-13 [doi] AB - Abnormal glucocorticoid and neurotrophin signaling has been implicated in numerous psychiatric disorders. However, the impact of neurotrophic signaling on glucocorticoid receptor (GR)-dependent gene expression is not understood. We therefore examined the impact of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling on GR transcriptional regulatory function by gene expression profiling in primary rat cortical neurons stimulated with the selective GR agonist dexamethasone (Dex) and BDNF, alone or in combination. Simultaneous treatment with BDNF and Dex elicited a unique set of GR-responsive genes associated with neuronal growth and differentiation and also enhanced the induction of a large number of Dex-sensitive genes. BDNF via its receptor TrkB enhanced the transcriptional activity of a synthetic GR reporter, suggesting a direct effect of BDNF signaling on GR function. Indeed, BDNF treatment induces the phosphorylation of GR at serine 155 (S155) and serine 287 (S287). Expression of a nonphosphorylatable mutant (GR S155A/S287A) impaired the induction of a subset of BDNF- and Dex-regulated genes. Mechanistically, BDNF-induced GR phosphorylation increased GR occupancy and cofactor recruitment at the promoter of a BDNF-enhanced gene. GR phosphorylation in vivo is sensitive to changes in the levels of BDNF and TrkB as well as stress. Therefore, BDNF signaling specifies and amplifies the GR transcriptome through a coordinated GR phosphorylation-dependent detection mechanism. FAU - Lambert, W Marcus AU - Lambert WM AD - Departments of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA. FAU - Xu, Chong-Feng AU - Xu CF FAU - Neubert, Thomas A AU - Neubert TA FAU - Chao, Moses V AU - Chao MV FAU - Garabedian, Michael J AU - Garabedian MJ FAU - Jeanneteau, Freddy D AU - Jeanneteau FD LA - eng GR - MH086651/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - NS21072/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 NS021072/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - 5T32AI07180-29/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - P30 NS050276/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States GR - T32 AI007180/AI/NIAID NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 MH086651/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States GR - R56 NS021072/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130722 PL - United States TA - Mol Cell Biol JT - Molecular and cellular biology JID - 8109087 RN - 0 (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) RN - 0 (Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein) RN - 0 (Glucocorticoids) RN - 0 (Receptors, Glucocorticoid) RN - 7S5I7G3JQL (Dexamethasone) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Receptor, trkB) SB - IM EIN - Mol Cell Biol. 2013 Oct;33(20):4138 MH - Animals MH - Biological Evolution MH - Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Conserved Sequence MH - Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein/metabolism MH - Dexamethasone/pharmacology MH - Glucocorticoids/genetics/*metabolism MH - HEK293 Cells MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Neurons/metabolism MH - Phosphorylation MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - Rats MH - Receptor, trkB/deficiency/genetics/metabolism MH - Receptors, Glucocorticoid/deficiency/genetics/*metabolism MH - Signal Transduction MH - Transcriptome PMC - PMC3753865 EDAT- 2013/07/24 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/16 06:00 PMCR- 2014/03/01 CRDT- 2013/07/24 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/24 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/24 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/03/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - MCB.00150-13 [pii] AID - 00150-13 [pii] AID - 10.1128/MCB.00150-13 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biol. 2013 Sep;33(18):3700-14. doi: 10.1128/MCB.00150-13. Epub 2013 Jul 22.