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La unión cooperativa de los receptores de la hormona esteroide contribuye al sinergismo transcripcional en los
S Y Tsai1, M J Tsai, B W O'Malley
1Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030.
Cell
|May 5, 1989
Resumen
Dos moléculas del receptor de la hormona esteroide se unen cooperativamente al ADN, mejorando la activación de los genes. Esta unión cooperativa aumenta significativamente el receptor de progesterona.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología Molecular Biología Molecular
- Genética La genética.
- Endocrinología Endocrinología.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los receptores de la hormona esteroide regulan la expresión génica al unirse a secuencias específicas de ADN llamadas elementos de respuesta hormonal (HREs).
- Anteriormente, se demostró que dos moléculas del receptor de la hormona esteroide se unen a un solo HRE (GRE / PRE) en el gen de la tirosina aminotransferasa.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Investigar el efecto de múltiples HREs en la inducibilidad genética por las hormonas esteroides.
- Determinar el mecanismo subyacente a la inducción de genes sinérgicos por la progesterona.
Principales métodos:
- Construcción de un gen reportero (TK-CAT) con dos sitios GRE/PRE enlazados en tándem.
- Pruebas de inducción de progesterona para medir la expresión génica.
- Estudios de unión al ADN para evaluar las interacciones receptor-HRE.
Principales resultados:
- Dos tandems GRE/PREs confirieron inducibilidad sinérgica de progesterona al gen TK-CAT.
- Los estudios de vinculación revelaron un aumento de 100 veces en la afinidad de unión al receptor para el segundo sitio GRE / PRE después de la ocupación del primer sitio.
- Esto sugiere la unión cooperativa de los dímeros del receptor de progesterona.
Conclusiones:
- La unión cooperativa de los receptores de la hormona esteroide a las ERH adyacentes puede conducir a la activación de genes sinérgicos.
- Este mecanismo proporciona una base molecular para la mayor sensibilidad y especificidad de la regulación génica mediada por hormonas.
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