PMID- 9482667 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19980330 LR - 20131121 IS - 0888-8809 (Print) IS - 0888-8809 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 2 DP - 1998 Feb TI - The transactivation domain AF-2 but not the DNA-binding domain of the estrogen receptor is required to inhibit differentiation of avian erythroid progenitors. PG - 263-77 AB - Earlier work demonstrated that an activated estrogen receptor (ER) is required for long-term self-renewal of c-ErbB-expressing avian erythroid progenitors. Here, we demonstrate that activation of the ER does not only arrest or retard differentiation of early progenitors but that it affects erythroid differentiation at all stages of erythroid maturation. A search for genes whose expression is affected by the ER showed that the 17beta-estradiol-activated receptor suppressed the differentiation-associated up-regulation of Gata-1, SCL-1, and globin genes in partially mature cells. In the same cells, the expression of carbonic anhydrase II (CAII) and histone H5 was enhanced. This led to premature expression of CAII, a possible explanation for the toxic effects of overexpressed ER. Repression specifically required the transactivation domain AF-2, but neither an intact DNA-binding domain (DBD) nor the AF-1 domain. The transcriptional activation of CAII, however, required both an intact AF-2 and a functional DBD. The requirement for the AF-2, but not the DBD, suggested that the ER may compete with other nuclear hormone receptors for transcriptional coactivators that bind AF-2, a domain well conserved within this family of transcription factors. We show, however, that this model does not apply for the most likely candidate, the avian thyroid hormone receptor. FAU - von Lindern, M AU - von Lindern M AD - Institute of Molecular Pathology, Vienna Biocenter, Austria. vonlindern@hema.fgg.eur.nl FAU - Boer, L AU - Boer L FAU - Wessely, O AU - Wessely O FAU - Parker, M AU - Parker M FAU - Beug, H AU - Beug H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Mol Endocrinol JT - Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) JID - 8801431 RN - 0 (DNA-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Receptors, Estrogen) RN - 0 (Receptors, Thyroid Hormone) RN - 4TI98Z838E (Estradiol) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects/genetics MH - Cell Line MH - Chickens MH - DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism/*physiology MH - Erythroid Precursor Cells/*cytology/metabolism/physiology MH - Estradiol/pharmacology MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Protein Structure, Tertiary MH - Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism/*physiology MH - Receptors, Thyroid Hormone/physiology MH - Transcription, Genetic MH - *Transcriptional Activation/drug effects EDAT- 1998/03/03 00:00 MHDA- 1998/03/03 00:01 CRDT- 1998/03/03 00:00 PHST- 1998/03/03 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1998/03/03 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1998/03/03 00:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1210/mend.12.2.0068 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Endocrinol. 1998 Feb;12(2):263-77. doi: 10.1210/mend.12.2.0068.