An Acetylation Switch Modulates the Transcriptional Activity of Estrogen-Related Receptor α
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Posttranslational modifications are instrumental to achieve gene- and tissue-specific regulatory outcomes by transcription factors. Nuclear receptors are dynamically modulated by several types of posttranslational modifications including phosphorylation, methylation, acetylation, ubiquitination, and sumoylation. The estrogen-related receptor α (ERRα, NR3B1) is phosphorylated on multiple sites, and sumoylated in the amino-terminal region in a phosphorylation-dependent manner. Here we demonstrate that ERRα interacts with and is acetylated by p300 coactivator associated factor (PCAF) in vitro and in mouse liver. Purified PCAF acetylated the DNA-binding domain of ERRα on four highly-conserved lysines. In addition, coexpression of PCAF reduced the transcriptional activity of ERRα and, reciprocally, a deacetylase screen identified histone deacetylase 8 (HDAC8) and sirtuin 1 homolog (Sirt1) as independent enhancers of ERRα transcriptional function. HDAC8 and Sirt1 were also demonstrated to interact directly with ERRα in vivo and to deacetylate and increase the DNA binding affinity of ERRα in vitro. The removal of PCAF increases the DNA binding of ERRα in vivo, whereas the removal of Sirt1 and HDAC8 decreases it as assessed by chromatin immunoprecipitation assay. Altogether, our results show that ERRα is an acetylated protein and imply the existence of a dynamic acetylation/deacetylation switch involved in the control of ERRα transcriptional activity.
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Only two direct HDAC8 targets, ERRα and SMC3, have been substantially validated.
“However, so far, only two proteins have been validated as HDAC8 deacetylation targets, estrogen-related receptor alpha (ERRα)9 and structural maintenance of chromosomes protein 3 (SMC3).10”
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HDAC8 deacetylates nonhistone proteins such as TP53 and ERR-α.
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- Authors
- Wilson, B. J., Tremblay, A. M., Deblois, G., Sylvain-Drolet, G., & Giguère, V.
- Affiliations
- McGill University (CA)
- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre (B.J.W., A.M.T., G.D., G.S.-D., V.G.), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3A 1A3
- ORCID
- Tremblay, Annie M.
- Venue
- Molecular Endocrinology
- Publisher
- The Endocrine Society
- Published
- 2010-07-01
- Volume
- 24
- Issue
- 7
- Pages
- 1349-1358
- ISSN
- 0888-8809 (ISSN-L)
- 1944-9917
- PMC
- PMC5417470
- OpenAlex
- W2148204746
- Cited by
- 192
- References
- 43
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- FWCI
- 8.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Molecular Endocrinology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (77763_1)
- 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 › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Nuclear Receptors and Signaling
- Keywords
- estrogen-related receptor alpha, acetylation, PCAF, HDAC8, SIRT1, transcriptional activity, DNA-binding domain, lysine acetylation, nuclear receptor coactivators, protein-protein interaction, liver
- MeSH terms
- ERRalpha Estrogen-Related Receptor, p300-CBP-Associated Factor, Acetylation, Animals, Cell Line, Chlorocebus aethiops, Histone Deacetylases, Humans, Protein Binding, Receptors, Estrogen, Mass Spectrometry, Transcription, Genetic, Immunoblotting, COS Cells, Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay, Chromatin Immunoprecipitation, Immunoprecipitation, p300-CBP Transcription Factors, Mice, Sirtuin 1
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