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Glucocorticoid receptor represses proinflammatory genes at distinct steps of the transcription cycle

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Gupte, Rebecca, Muse, Ginger W., Chinenov, Yurii, Adelman, Karen, Rogatsky, Inez·2013·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Widespread anti-inflammatory actions of glucocorticoid hormones are mediated by the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), a ligand-dependent transcription factor of the nuclear receptor superfamily. In conjunction with its corepressor GR-interacting protein-1 (GRIP1), GR tethers to the DNA-bound activator protein-1 and NF-κB and represses transcription of their target proinflammatory cytokine genes. However, these target genes fall into distinct classes depending on the step of the transcription cycle that is rate-limiting for their activation: Some are controlled through RNA polymerase II (PolII) recruitment and initiation, whereas others undergo signal-induced release of paused elongation complexes into productive RNA synthesis. Whether these genes are differentially regulated by GR is unknown. Here we report that, at the initiation-controlled inflammatory genes in primary macrophages, GR inhibited LPS-induced PolII occupancy. In contrast, at the elongation-controlled genes, GR did not affect PolII recruitment or transcription initiation but promoted, in a GRIP1-dependent manner, the accumulation of the pause-inducing negative elongation factor. Consistently, GR-dependent repression of elongation-controlled genes was abolished specifically in negative elongation factor-deficient macrophages. Thus, GR:GRIP1 use distinct mechanisms to repress inflammatory genes at different stages of the transcription cycle.

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  • GR:GRIP1 complexes prevent recruitment of PolII to initiation-controlled inflammatory genes such as IL-1alpha and IL-1beta, and promote accumulation of pause-inducing negative elongation factor, precluding PolII release from the elongation block of genes like TNF-alpha, CCL2, and CCL3.

    “In this line, very recent data point toward a role of GR:GRIP1 complexes in preventing the recruitment of PolII to initiation-controlled inflammatory genes such as IL-1α and IL-1β, and concomitantly promoting the accumulation of pause-inducing negative elongation factor, which precludes the release of PolII from the elongation block of genes like TNF-α, CCL2, and CCL3 (88).”

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Authors
Gupte, R., Muse, G. W., Chinenov, Y., Adelman, K., & Rogatsky, I.
Affiliations
  • Hospital for Special Surgery (US)
  • National Institutes of Health (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Published
2013-08-15
Volume
110
Issue
36
Pages
14616-14621
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
OpenAlex
W2029181455
Cited by
70
References
42
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FWCI
5.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Z01ES101987)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Estrogen and related hormone effects
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cancer Research › NF-κB Signaling Pathways
Keywords
glucocorticoid receptor, GRIP1, transcriptional repression, pro-inflammatory gene expression, NELF, RNA polymerase II, transcriptional pause, transcription elongation, macrophages, lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammation, NF-κB, AP-1
MeSH terms
Animals, Bone Marrow Cells, Cells, Cultured, Dexamethasone, Gene Expression Regulation, Lipopolysaccharides, Macrophages, Mice, Inbred C57BL, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Receptors, Glucocorticoid, RNA Polymerase II, Transcription Factors, Transcription, Genetic, Immunoblotting, Cytokines, NF-kappa B, Mice, Knockout, Inflammation Mediators, Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction, Positive Transcriptional Elongation Factor B, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Mice

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