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  • Title: Receptor mediated genomic action of the 1,25(OH)2D3 hormone: expression of the human vitamin D receptor in E. coli.
    Author: Hsieh JC, Nakajima S, Galligan MA, Jurutka PW, Haussler CA, Whitfield GK, Haussler MR.
    Journal: J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol; 1995 Jun; 53(1-6):583-94. PubMed ID: 7626514.
    Abstract:
    The nuclear vitamin D receptor (VDR) binds the 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (1,25(OH)2D3) hormone with high affinity and elicits its actions to stimulate gene expression in target cells by binding to the vitamin D-responsive element (VDRE). VDREs in such positively controlled genes as osteocalcin, osteopontin, beta 3 integrin and vitamin D-24-OHase are direct hexanucleotide repeats with a spacer of three nucleotides. The present studies of VDR/VDRE interaction utilized full-length human vitamin D receptor (hVDR) that was overexpressed in E. coli, purified to near homogeneity (> 95%), and its authenticity confirmed by demonstrating high affinity hormone binding and reactivity to monoclonal antibody 9A7 gamma. The expressed hVDR displays strict dependence on the family of retinoid X receptors (RXRs) for binding to the vitamin D-responsive element (VDRE) in the rat osteocalcin gene. Similar overexpression in E. coli of the DNA binding domain (delta 134), containing only residues 4-133 of hVDR, generated a receptor species that possesses intrinsic DNA binding activity. Both full-length and delta 134 hVDRs retain similar DNA binding specificities when tested with several natural hormone responsive elements, indicating that the N-terminal zinc finger region determines hVDR-DNA sequence selectivity. The C-terminal region of the molecule is required for hormone binding and confers the receptor with the property of very high affinity DNA binding, via heterodimerization between hVDR and RXR. A natural ligand for the RXR co-receptor, 9-cis retinoic acid, suppresses both VDR-RXR binding to the VDRE and 1,25(OH)2D3 stimulated transcription, indicating that 9-cis retinoic acid recruits RXR away from VDR to instead form RXR homodimers.
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