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Ligand binding and activation of the Ah receptor
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The Ah receptor (AhR) is a ligand-dependent transcription factor that can be activated by structurally diverse synthetic and naturally-occurring chemicals. Although a significant amount of information is available with respect to the planar aromatic hydrocarbon AhR ligands, the actual spectrum of chemicals that can bind to and activate the AhR is only now being elucidated. In addition, the lack of information regarding the actual three-dimensional structure of the AhR ligand binding domain (LBD) has hindered detailed analysis of the molecular mechanisms by which these ligands bind to and active AhR signal transduction. In this review we describe the current state of knowledge with respect to naturally occurring AhR ligands and present and discuss the first theoretical model of the AhR LBD based on crystal structures of homologous PAS family members.
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“While the AhR can bind and be activated by a large number of structurally diverse chemicals (4-6), the highest affinity ligands include halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (HAHs), such as 2,3,7,8tetrachlorodibenzop -dioxin (TCDD, dioxin), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), both widespread classes of environmental contaminants (4,7).”
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“Numerous studies have shown that some synthetic or natural compounds with different structure are also AhR ligands, indicating a high degree of the structural diversity of AhR ligands [8,9].”
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“Once activated by ligand, the AHR translocates into the nucleus and heterodimerizes with the aryl hydrocarbon nuclear translocator (ARNT), generating a complex that binds target genes at dioxin responsive elements, initiating gene transcription (Denison et al., 2002; Swanson, 2002).”
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“PAH exposure can result in AhR activation (Denison et al. 2002; Denison and Nagy 2003).”
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“In the absence of ligand, AhR is associated with a cytoplasmic protein complex with two molecules of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90), one X-associated protein 2 (XAP2) (also referred to as AIP or ARA9), and a 23-kDa co-chaperone protein (p23) (Denison et al., 2002).”
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“Many environmental pollutants or natural substances (dioxins, PAHs, tryptophan derivatives, etc.) bind and activate the AhR as exogeneous or endogeneous ligands (Miller et al. 1999; Ziccardi et al. 2002; Clemons et al. 1998; Machala et al. 2001a, b; Till et al. 1999; Jones et al. 1999; Okamura et al. 2004; Bols et al.…”
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“Because of the AhR-activating capacity of many PACs, AhR-based bioassays, like the H4IIE-luc bioassay, can be used in the analysis of PAH-contaminated samples (Denison et al., 2002; Larsson et al., 2014).”
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“CYP1 family members are known to be involved in the oxidative transformation of PAHs, via the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (Denison et al. 2002, Nebert and Russell 2002, Tian et al. 2014).”
BackgroundRole of GAC63 in Transcriptional Activation Mediated by the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor
Chen, Y., Beischlag, T. V., Kim, J., Perdew, G. H., & Stallcup, M. R. (2006) · Journal of Biological Chemistry · doi:10.1074/jbc.m512537200 · Cited by 34
AhR and Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling Pathways and Their Interplay
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“The activity of AhR depends on the type of ligands, which are xenobiotics, naturally occurring food compounds, and endogenous molecules [17,60–62].”
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“The AhR:ARNT complex then binds the dioxin responsive element (DRE) on the DNA, increasing the transcription of various genes, such as the CYP1A1 gene [14,15].”
BackgroundLuteolin, an aryl hydrocarbon receptor ligand, suppresses tumor metastasis in�vitro and in�vivo
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“So, the methylation of the AhR:Arnt-related CpGs might influence the response to the beneficial actions of these compounds (Denison et al., 2002).”
BackgroundN′jai, A. U., Boverhof, D. R., Dere, E., Burgoon, L. D., Tan, Y. S., Rowlands, J. C., Budinsky, R. A., Stebbins, K. E., & Zacharewski, T. R. (2008) · Toxicological Sciences · doi:10.1093/toxsci/kfn053 · Cited by 30
“Many, if not all of these effects are due to the inappropriate regulation of gene expression mediated by the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) (Denison and Heath-Pagliuso, 1998; Denison et al., 2002; Poland and Knutson, 1982; Safe, 2001).”
BackgroundRole of nuclear receptor PXR in immune cells and inflammatory diseases
Sun, L., Sun, Z., Wang, Q., Zhang, Y., & Jia, Z. (2022) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2022.969399 · Cited by 31
“The main lesions are located in the subendothel ia l space, where the chemokine-driven mononuclear cells recruit and differentiate into macrophages, a prerequisite for atherosclerosis (60).”
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“The AhR transcription factor has a strong affinity to a range of endogenous and exogenous ligands including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (37, 38).”
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“N IH -PA Author M anuscript N IH -PA Author M anuscript reported to be AHR ligands (Denison et al., 2002).”
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“While the AhR can be found in the cytoplasm of almost all vertebrate cells, significant species and tissue differences exist in its concentration and distribution [12-14].”
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“[14] Denison MS, Pandini A, Nagy SR, Baldwin EP, Bonati L.”
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Interaction of diuron and related substituted phenylureas with the Ah receptor pathway
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“Given previously documented species differences in the ability of ligands to bind to and/or activate the AhR and AhR signal transduction pathway [38–40], it is also possible that the observed species-specific differences in diuron efficacy may be related to differences in its ability to bind to and stimulate AhR trans…”
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“Some PAHsbind to and activate the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR), a ligand-activated nuclear transcription factor (Denison et al. 2002).”
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“The best-characterized ligands for the AHR are planar hydrophobic molecules, including many environmental contaminants such as halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (HAHs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) (reviewed by Denison et al. 2002).”
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“The ability of harmine or harmol to affect the transformation and DNA binding of TCDD-activated AhR was tested using a synthetic pair of post-labeled oligonucleotides for XRE binding site as described previously (Denison et al., 2002).”
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BackgroundSelf-citation
Metadata
- Authors
- Denison, M. S., Pandini, A., Nagy, S. R., Baldwin, E. P., & Bonati, L.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis (US)
- University of Milano-Bicocca (IT)
- Corresponding author
- Denison, Michael S
- Venue
- Chemico-Biological Interactions
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2002-09
- Volume
- 141
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 3-24
- ISSN
- 0009-2797 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1985754063
- Cited by
- 485
- References
- 153
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- FWCI
- 15.36
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Chemico-Biological Interactions (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- BOA (University of Milano-Bicocca) (submittedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5r01es007072-04)
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (ES07059, ES 07685, R01ES007685, ES-07072, ES5707, T32ES007059)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmacology › Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › Carcinogens and Genotoxicity Assessment
- Keywords
- aryl hydrocarbon receptor, ligand binding, receptor activation, ligand-binding domain, aromatic hydrocarbons, crystal structure, signal transduction, transcription factors
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Binding Sites, Humans, Ligands, Protein Binding, Protein Conformation, Signal Transduction, Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon
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