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Molecular Endocrinology 11 (7): 928-937
Copyright © 1997 by The Endocrine Society

Two Separate Mechanisms for Ligand-Independent Activation of the Estrogen Receptor

Mohammed K. K. El-Tanani and Chris D. Green

School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3BX, United Kingdom

Transient transfection experiments in which three different estrogen response element-containing reporter genes were cotransfected into HeLa cells, together with constitutively expressed estrogen receptor (ER) constructs, demonstrate that activation of the transcription of the reporter genes by epidermal growth factor (EGF) and by cholera toxin with 3-isobutyl-1-methyl-xanthine, which elevate cellular cAMP, is dependent upon the presence of functional ER. Cotransfection of the reporter genes with truncated versions of the ER shows that the two non-ligand activators of ER require different regions of the receptor to produce their effects on transcription. EGF acts primarily by means of transactivation domain AF-1, whereas cAMP acts via transactivation domain AF-2 of the ER. A point mutation that removes a major site of inducible phosphorylation within the AF-1 domain of the ER abolishes the response to EGF, but the response to estradiol and cAMP is retained. Specific inhibition of cAMP-activated protein kinase (protein kinase A) prevents the response to elevated cAMP but does not affect EGF or estradiol responses. Overexpression of the protein kinase A catalytic subunit in HeLa cells results in an amplified response to estradiol, similar to that induced by cholera toxin with 3-isobutyl-1-methyl-xanthine. Comparable experiments performed using COS-1 cells produce similar results but also reveal cell type- and promoter-specific aspects of the activation mechanisms. Apparently, the ER may be activated by three different signal molecules, estradiol, EGF, and cAMP, each using a mechanism that is distinguishable from that of the others.




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