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  • Title: Polyanionic-binding properties of the receptor for 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. A comparison with the glucocorticoid receptor.
    Author: Wilhelmsson A, Wikström AC, Poellinger L.
    Journal: J Biol Chem; 1986 Oct 15; 261(29):13456-63. PubMed ID: 3020033.
    Abstract:
    The interaction of the rat hepatic receptor for 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (dioxin) with immobilized heparin (heparin-Sepharose) or DNA (DNA-cellulose) has been compared to the polyanionic-binding properties of the rat hepatic glucocorticoid receptor. Both the nonoccupied and in vitro occupied forms of the receptors interacted with heparin-Sepharose but with varying strength, as determined by ligand binding assays or an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay based on a monoclonal antibody against the steroid- and DNA-binding Mr approximately 94,000 glucocorticoid receptor protein. In the absence of ligand, both the dioxin and glucocorticoid receptors eluted from heparin-Sepharose at 0.1-0.2 M KCl, in contrast to the in vitro occupied receptor forms which eluted at 0.3-0.4 M KCl. Following elution of the in vitro occupied dioxin receptor from heparin-Sepharose, it was efficiently retained on DNA-cellulose and eluted at an ionic strength of approximately 0.2 M KCl. In the presence of 20 mM sodium molybdate which is known to inhibit the activation of steroid hormone receptors to a DNA-binding form, both the dioxin and glucocorticoid receptors eluted at 0.1-0.2 M KCl from heparin-Sepharose. In analogy to what has previously been shown for the glucocorticoid receptor, sodium molybdate stabilized a large dioxin-receptor complex with a sedimentation coefficient, S20,w, of 9-10 S, a Stokes radius of approximately 7.5 nm, and a calculated Mr of 290,000-310,000. Limited proteolysis of both the dioxin and glucocorticoid receptors with trypsin which is known to eliminate the DNA-binding property of both receptor forms also resulted in a decreased strength in the interaction of both in vitro occupied receptors with heparin-Sepharose (elution at 0.1-0.2 M KCl). In line with these data, calf thymus DNA in solution competed for receptor binding to heparin-Sepharose. In conclusion, the chromatographic properties of the dioxin receptor on heparin-Sepharose are indistinguishable from those of the glucocorticoid receptor, and both receptors appear to be structurally and functionally closely related proteins.
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