PMID- 9218465 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19970818 LR - 20210209 IS - 0021-9258 (Print) IS - 0021-9258 (Linking) VI - 272 IP - 29 DP - 1997 Jul 18 TI - Mutational analysis reveals that all-trans-retinoic acid, 9-cis-retinoic acid, and antagonist interact with distinct binding determinants of RARalpha. PG - 18267-72 AB - Retinoids exert their pleiotropic effects on cell differentiation and proliferation through specific nuclear receptors, the retinoic acid receptors (RARs) and retinoid X receptors (RXRs). Two biologically highly active natural retinoids have been identified, all-trans-retinoic acid (t-RA) and 9-cis-retinoic acid (9-cis-RA). The RXRs exclusively bind 9-cis-RA, whereas the RARs bind both isomers of RA with comparable affinity. Recently published results suggest that RARs have the same binding site for t-RA and 9-cis-RA but with different determinants (1-3). Antagonist binding on RARalpha has been suggested to induce distinct conformational changes in comparison with agonist binding. To elucidate the region minimally required for efficient binding of agonist (t-RA and 9-cis-RA) and antagonist Ro 41-5253 to the RARalpha, we generated N- and C-terminally truncated mutants of the receptor. Characterization of these deletion mutant proteins using protease mapping and ligand binding experiments revealed that different parts of the ligand-binding domain are necessary for t-RA, 9-cis-RA, and antagonist binding. Three distinct regions of the ligand-binding domain of the human retinoic acid receptor-alpha are required for binding of t-RA (RARalpha187-402), 9-cis-RA (RARalpha188-409), and the antagonist Ro 41-5253 (RARalpha226-414). FAU - Keidel, S AU - Keidel S AD - Preclinical Research, Department of Infectious Diseases, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd., CH-4070 Basel, Switzerland. FAU - Lamour, F P AU - Lamour FP FAU - Apfel, C M AU - Apfel CM LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Biol Chem JT - The Journal of biological chemistry JID - 2985121R RN - 0 (Benzoates) RN - 0 (Chromans) RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (RARA protein, human) RN - 0 (Receptors, Retinoic Acid) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha) RN - 0 (Retinoids) RN - 144092-31-9 (Ro 41-5253) RN - 1UA8E65KDZ (Alitretinoin) RN - 5688UTC01R (Tretinoin) SB - IM MH - Alitretinoin MH - Benzoates/*metabolism MH - Binding Sites MH - Chromans/*metabolism MH - DNA Mutational Analysis MH - DNA Primers MH - Humans MH - Kinetics MH - Mutagenesis, Insertional MH - Mutagenesis, Site-Directed MH - Peptide Fragments/chemistry/metabolism MH - Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Receptors, Retinoic Acid/*chemistry/*metabolism MH - Recombinant Proteins/chemistry/metabolism MH - Retinoic Acid Receptor alpha MH - Retinoids/metabolism MH - Sequence Deletion MH - Tretinoin/*metabolism EDAT- 1997/07/18 00:00 MHDA- 1997/07/18 00:01 CRDT- 1997/07/18 00:00 PHST- 1997/07/18 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1997/07/18 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1997/07/18 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0021-9258(18)39148-8 [pii] AID - 10.1074/jbc.272.29.18267 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Biol Chem. 1997 Jul 18;272(29):18267-72. doi: 10.1074/jbc.272.29.18267.