TY - JOUR
T1 - Human progesterone receptor complexed with the antagonist RU 486 binds to hormone response elements in a structurally altered form
AU - El-Ashry, D.
AU - Onate, S. A.
AU - Nordeen, S. K.
AU - Edwards, D. P.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - Structural and functional properties of human progesterone receptor (PR) bound with the antiprogestin, RU 486, and the progestin agonist, R5020, were compared in order to identify receptor mechanisms responsible for the inability of RU 486 to activate the transcriptional capacity of receptors. RU 486 interaction with human PR did not inhibit receptor transformation as assessed by dissociation of nontransformed 8-10S oligomeric receptors (in vitro and in vivo) and by tight binding of PR to nuclei/chromatin in whole cells. Assays based on immunoprecipitation of PR-DNA complexes with an antibody to human PR and gel retardation were used to analyze the effect of RU 486 on receptor binding to the hormone response element (HRE) of the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV). RU 486 did not impair PR recognition of the MMTV HRE. Quantitative affinity constants and kinetic parameters of PR binding to these specific DNA sites were similar for receptors complexed with either agonist or antagonist. However, PR-RU 486 complexes exhibited an altered sedimentation rate on sucrose gradients and a faster mobility when bound to the MMTV HRE as assessed by gel retardation. These results indicate that human PR transformed by RU 486 exhibit no impairment in binding to specific DNA sites of target genes, but when bound to DNA assumes a structural form different from that of the receptor-agonist conplex. We propose that failure of PR-RU 486 complexes to activate transcription results from this structural alteration in PR, which does not permit protein-protein interactions required for receptor-mediated induction of gene transcription.
AB - Structural and functional properties of human progesterone receptor (PR) bound with the antiprogestin, RU 486, and the progestin agonist, R5020, were compared in order to identify receptor mechanisms responsible for the inability of RU 486 to activate the transcriptional capacity of receptors. RU 486 interaction with human PR did not inhibit receptor transformation as assessed by dissociation of nontransformed 8-10S oligomeric receptors (in vitro and in vivo) and by tight binding of PR to nuclei/chromatin in whole cells. Assays based on immunoprecipitation of PR-DNA complexes with an antibody to human PR and gel retardation were used to analyze the effect of RU 486 on receptor binding to the hormone response element (HRE) of the mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV). RU 486 did not impair PR recognition of the MMTV HRE. Quantitative affinity constants and kinetic parameters of PR binding to these specific DNA sites were similar for receptors complexed with either agonist or antagonist. However, PR-RU 486 complexes exhibited an altered sedimentation rate on sucrose gradients and a faster mobility when bound to the MMTV HRE as assessed by gel retardation. These results indicate that human PR transformed by RU 486 exhibit no impairment in binding to specific DNA sites of target genes, but when bound to DNA assumes a structural form different from that of the receptor-agonist conplex. We propose that failure of PR-RU 486 complexes to activate transcription results from this structural alteration in PR, which does not permit protein-protein interactions required for receptor-mediated induction of gene transcription.
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U2 - 10.1210/mend-3-10-1545
DO - 10.1210/mend-3-10-1545
M3 - Article
C2 - 2608048
AN - SCOPUS:0024434594
SN - 0888-8809
VL - 3
SP - 1545
EP - 1558
JO - Molecular Endocrinology
JF - Molecular Endocrinology
IS - 10
ER -