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  • Title: Differential binding and activation of thyroid hormone response elements by TR alpha 1 and RXR alpha-trap heterodimers.
    Author: Miyamoto T, Suzuki S, DeGroot LJ.
    Journal: Mol Cell Endocrinol; 1994 Jun; 102(1-2):111-7. PubMed ID: 7926263.
    Abstract:
    Thyroid hormone receptor (TR) forms homo- and heterodimers on various thyroid hormone response elements (TREs). We wished to clarify the relationship of homo- and heterodimer binding to TREs and their trans-activation. We investigated binding characteristics in gel mobility shift assays using synthetic direct repeat (DR) TREs having the consensus motifs separated by different oligonucleotide gaps, and we compared binding to trans-activation mediated via the direct repeat TRE. HTR alpha 1 purified from E. coli formed a monomer and homodimer on DR-TRE +0 to +5 but binding did not closely correlate with T3-dependent trans-activation. When RXR alpha expressed in COS 1 cell was added to purified TR alpha 1 in the gel shift assays, TR/RXR heterodimers were formed, and binding of heterodimers correlated highly with the level of trans-activation. These results strongly suggest that TR/TRAP heterodimers mediate the effect of thyroid hormone on DR-TREs. We also found T3-dependent disruption of homodimer formation on DR +0 to +2 and that T3 increased heterodimer formation on these TREs.
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