PMID- 8395017 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19930923 LR - 20210526 IS - 0270-7306 (Print) IS - 1098-5549 (Electronic) IS - 0270-7306 (Linking) VI - 13 IP - 9 DP - 1993 Sep TI - Retinoid X receptors stimulate and 9-cis retinoic acid inhibits 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-activated expression of the rat osteocalcin gene. PG - 5907-17 AB - The vitamin D receptor (VDR) binds the vitamin D-responsive element (VDRE) as a heterodimer with an unidentified receptor auxiliary factor (RAF) present in mammalian cell nuclear extracts. VDR also interacts with the retinoid X receptors (RXRs), implying that RAF may be related to the RXRs. Here we demonstrate that highly purified HeLa cell RAF contained RXR beta immunoreactivity and that both activities copurified and precisely coeluted in high-resolution hydroxylapatite chromatography. Furthermore, an RXR beta-specific antibody disrupted VDR-RAF-VDRE complexes in mobility shift assays. These data strongly indicate that HeLa RAF is highly related to or is identical to RXR beta. Consequently, the effect of the 9-cis retinoic acid ligand for RXRs was examined in 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3]-activated gene expression systems. Increasing concentrations of 9-cis retinoic acid (1 nM to 1 microM) markedly reduced 1,25(OH)2D3-dependent accumulation of osteocalcin mRNA in osteoblast-like ROS 17/2.8 cells. All-trans retinoic acid also interfered with vitamin D responsiveness, but it was consistently less potent than the 9-cis isomer. Transient transfection studies revealed that attenuation by 9-cis retinoic acid was at the transcriptional level and was mediated through interactions at the osteocalcin VDRE. Furthermore, overexpression of both RXR beta and RXR alpha augmented 1,25(OH)2D3 responsiveness in transient expression studies. Direct analysis of VDRE binding in mobility shift assays demonstrated that heteromeric interactions between VDR and RXR were enhanced by 1,25(OH)2D3 and were not affected appreciably by 9-cis retinoic acid, except that inhibition was observed at high retinoid concentrations. These data suggest a regulatory mechanism for osteocalcin gene expression that involves 1,25(OH)2D3-induced heterodimerization of VDR and unliganded RXR. 9-cis retinoic acid may attenuate 1,25(OH)2D3 responsiveness by diverting RXRs away from VDR-mediated transcription and towards other RXR-dependent transcriptional pathways. FAU - MacDonald, P N AU - MacDonald PN AD - Department of Biochemistry, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tuscon 85724. FAU - Dowd, D R AU - Dowd DR FAU - Nakajima, S AU - Nakajima S FAU - Galligan, M A AU - Galligan MA FAU - Reeder, M C AU - Reeder MC FAU - Haussler, C A AU - Haussler CA FAU - Ozato, K AU - Ozato K FAU - Haussler, M R AU - Haussler MR LA - eng GR - 1-F32-GM-13846/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - AR-15781/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States GR - DK-33351/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article 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 (Ligands) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (Receptors, Calcitriol) RN - 0 (Receptors, Cell Surface) RN - 0 (Receptors, Retinoic Acid) RN - 0 (Receptors, Steroid) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Retinoid X Receptors) RN - 0 (Transcription Factors) RN - 104982-03-8 (Osteocalcin) RN - 5688UTC01R (Tretinoin) RN - FXC9231JVH (Calcitriol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Calcitriol/antagonists & inhibitors/*pharmacology MH - Gene Expression MH - *Gene Expression Regulation MH - HeLa Cells MH - Humans MH - Ligands MH - Osteocalcin/*genetics MH - Promoter Regions, Genetic MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - Rats MH - Receptors, Calcitriol MH - Receptors, Cell Surface/*physiology MH - *Receptors, Retinoic Acid MH - Receptors, Steroid/*physiology MH - Recombinant Proteins/metabolism MH - Retinoid X Receptors MH - *Transcription Factors MH - Tretinoin/*pharmacology PMC - PMC360339 EDAT- 1993/09/01 00:00 MHDA- 1993/09/01 00:01 PMCR- 1993/09/01 CRDT- 1993/09/01 00:00 PHST- 1993/09/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1993/09/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1993/09/01 00:00 [entrez] PHST- 1993/09/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1128/mcb.13.9.5907-5917.1993 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Cell Biol. 1993 Sep;13(9):5907-17. doi: 10.1128/mcb.13.9.5907-5917.1993.