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New insights into the anti-inflammatory mechanisms of glucocorticoids: an emerging role for glucocorticoid-receptor-mediated transactivation

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Vandevyver, Sofie, Dejager, Lien, Tuckermann, Jan, Libert, Claude·2013·Endocrinology

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Glucocorticoids are anti-inflammatory drugs that are widely used for the treatment of numerous (autoimmune) inflammatory diseases. They exert their actions by binding to the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), a member of the nuclear receptor family of transcription factors. Upon ligand binding, the GR translocates to the nucleus, where it acts either as a homodimeric transcription factor that binds glucocorticoid response elements (GREs) in promoter regions of glucocorticoid (GC)-inducible genes, or as a monomeric protein that cooperates with other transcription factors to affect transcription. For decades, it has generally been believed that the undesirable side effects of GC therapy are induced by dimer-mediated transactivation, whereas its beneficial anti-inflammatory effects are mainly due to the monomer-mediated transrepressive actions of GR. Therefore, current research is focused on the development of dissociated compounds that exert only the GR monomer-dependent actions. However, many recent reports undermine this dogma by clearly showing that GR dimer-dependent transactivation is essential in the anti-inflammatory activities of GR. Many of these studies used GR(dim/dim) mutant mice, which show reduced GR dimerization and hence cannot control inflammation in several disease models. Here, we review the importance of GR dimers in the anti-inflammatory actions of GCs/GR, and hence we question the central dogma. We summarize the contribution of various GR dimer-inducible anti-inflammatory genes and question the use of selective GR agonists as therapeutic agents.

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Authors
Vandevyver, S., Dejager, L., Tuckermann, J., & Libert, C.
Affiliations
  • Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (BE)
  • Universität Ulm (DE)
Corresponding author
Libert, Claude
Venue
Endocrinology
Published
2013-03-01
Volume
154
Issue
3
Pages
993-1007
ISSN
  • 0013-7227 (ISSN-L)
  • 1945-7170
OpenAlex
W2054115898
Cited by
296
References
190
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FWCI
4.10
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Endocrinology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
Universiteit Gent
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, anti-inflammatory mechanism, receptor dimerization, transcriptional activation, transrepression, glucocorticoid response element, inflammatory diseases
MeSH terms
Animals, Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Glucocorticoids, Humans, Mice, Mutant Strains, Models, Biological, Receptors, Glucocorticoid, Signal Transduction, Transcriptional Activation, Annexin A1, Response Elements, Mice, Protein Multimerization

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