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Structure of the intact PPAR-γ–RXR-α nuclear receptor complex on DNA

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Chandra, Vikas, Huang, Pengxiang, Hamuro, Yoshitomo, Raghuram, Srilatha, Wang, Yongjun, Burris, Thomas P., Rastinejad, Fraydoon·2008·Nature

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Nuclear receptors are multi-domain transcription factors that bind to DNA elements from which they regulate gene expression. The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) form heterodimers with the retinoid X receptor (RXR), and PPAR-gamma has been intensively studied as a drug target because of its link to insulin sensitization. Previous structural studies have focused on isolated DNA or ligand-binding segments, with no demonstration of how multiple domains cooperate to modulate receptor properties. Here we present structures of intact PPAR-gamma and RXR-alpha as a heterodimer bound to DNA, ligands and coactivator peptides. PPAR-gamma and RXR-alpha form a non-symmetric complex, allowing the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of PPAR-gamma to contact multiple domains in both proteins. Three interfaces link PPAR-gamma and RXR-alpha, including some that are DNA dependent. The PPAR-gamma LBD cooperates with both DNA-binding domains (DBDs) to enhance response-element binding. The A/B segments are highly dynamic, lacking folded substructures despite their gene-activation properties.

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  • Previously published full-length nuclear hormone receptor structures do not present NTD information.

    “Previously published full-length nuclear hormone receptor structures (Chandra et al., 2008; Chandra et al., 2013; Lou et al., 2014; Orlov et al., 2012) also do not present any NTD information.”
  • The LBD-DBD domain arrangement is similar to the HNF4α dimer and different from the non-symmetric PPARγ-RXRα dimer or the X-shape LBD-DBD crossing arrangement in the RXRα-LXRβ dimer.

    “This LBD-DBD domain arrangement is similar to the HNF4α dimer that was solved by X-ray crystallography (Chandra et al., 2013), which is different from the non-symmetric PPARγ-RXRα dimer (Chandra et al., 2008) or the X-shape LBD-DBD crossing arrangement in RXRα-LXRβ dimer (Lou et al., 2014).”
  • AnSRs exist as obligate dimers, exhibit less flexibility, and maintain binding to repeat consensus sequences in vivo (70%).

    “AnSRs that exist as obligate dimers, exhibit less flexibility, and maintain binding to repeat consensus sequences in vivo (70%)”

    From Allosteric interactions prime androgen receptor dimerization and activation (2022) · cites this paper as Chandra et al., 2008

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Authors
Chandra, V., Huang, P., Hamuro, Y., Raghuram, S., Wang, Y., Burris, T. P., & Rastinejad, F.
Affiliations
  • University of Virginia Health System (US)
  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center (US)
Venue
Nature
Published
2008-11
Volume
456
Issue
7220
Pages
350-356
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
OpenAlex
W2105259330
Cited by
808
References
52
Citations by year
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FWCI
21.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
  • Lirias (KU Leuven) (submittedVersion)
Funders
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM055217)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Protein Structure and Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Keywords
PPARγ, RXRα, nuclear receptor heterodimers, DNA binding, ligand-binding domain, DNA-binding domain, coactivator peptide, insulin sensitization, transcription factor structure
MeSH terms
Allosteric Regulation, Base Sequence, DNA, Humans, Ligands, Models, Molecular, Protein Binding, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Response Elements, Multiprotein Complexes, Retinoid X Receptor alpha, PPAR gamma, Protein Multimerization

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