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Genomic and nongenomic effects of glucocorticoids

Stahn, Cindy, Buttgereit, Frank·2008·Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology

Abstract

The strong anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects of glucocorticoids are mediated primarily by the cytosolic glucocorticoid receptors. These receptors are members of the steroid hormone receptor family, a superfamily of ligand-inducible transcription factors, and exert genomic effects that can result in increased expression of regulatory-including anti-inflammatory-proteins (transactivation), or decreased production of proinflammatory proteins (transrepression). Transactivation is thought to be responsible for numerous adverse effects of glucocorticoids; transrepression is thought to be responsible for many of the clinically desirable anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects of glucocorticoids. Optimized glucocorticoids, such as selective glucocorticoid receptor agonists, are being developed to try to minimize the adverse effects many patients experience. Glucocorticoids also exert their effects via rapid, nongenomic mechanisms that can be classified as involving nonspecific interactions of glucocorticoids with cellular membranes, nongenomic effects that are mediated by cytosolic glucocorticoid receptors, or specific interactions with membrane-bound glucocorticoid receptors. Increased understanding of these mechanisms of glucocorticoid action could enable the development of novel drugs with which to treat patients with inflammatory and autoimmune disease.

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  • GR-β permanently resides in the nucleus and acts as a dominant negative inhibitor of GR-α; its relative abundance, normally 1% of GR-α in the brain, is a key parameter dictating glucocorticoid responsiveness.

    “In contrast, GR-β permanently resides in the nucleus where it selectively acts as a dominant negative inhibitor of GR-α (75). The relative abundance of the inhibitor GR-β, which normally represents only 1% of GR-α in the brain, is thus a key parameter in dictating GC responsiveness (76).”

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Authors
Stahn, C., & Buttgereit, F.
Affiliations
  • Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
  • Berlin Institute of Health at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE)
Corresponding author
Buttgereit, Frank
Venue
Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology
Published
2008-09-02
Volume
4
Issue
10
Pages
525-533
ISSN
  • 1745-8382 (ISSN-L)
  • 1745-8390
OpenAlex
W1968436319
Cited by
594
References
65
Citations by year
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FWCI
2.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adrenal Hormones and Disorders
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
Keywords
glucocorticoids, glucocorticoid receptor, genomic mechanisms, transcriptional activation, transrepression, steroid hormone receptors, selective glucocorticoid receptor agonists, adverse effects, anti-inflammatory activity, immunosuppression, rheumatic diseases
MeSH terms
Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Cell Membrane, Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, Glucocorticoids, Humans, Immunosuppressive Agents, Ligands, Receptors, Glucocorticoid, Rheumatology, Transcriptional Activation, Genomics

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