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Molecular Endocrinology 15 (11): 1953-1970
Copyright © 2001 by The Endocrine Society

Synergism Between ER{alpha} Transactivation Function 1 (AF-1) and AF-2 Mediated by Steroid Receptor Coactivator Protein-1: Requirement for the AF-1 {alpha}-Helical Core and for a Direct Interaction Between the N- and C-Terminal Domains

Raphaël Métivier1, Graziella Penot, Gilles Flouriot and Farzad Pakdel

Equipe d’Endocrinologie Moléculaire de la Reproduction, Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 6026, Université de Rennes I, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France

Address all correspondence and requests for reprints to: Farzad Pakdel, Equipe d’Endocrinologie Moléculaire de la Reproduction, Unité Mixte de Recherche Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique 6026, Université de Rennes I, Rennes Cedex, France. E-mail: farzad.pakdel{at}univ-rennes1.fr

The transcriptional activity of ER{alpha} (or NR3A1) after binding of ligand is mediated through synergistic action between activation functions (AFs) AF-1 and AF-2 and the transcriptional machinery. This is functionally achieved by bridging coactivators such as CEBP binding protein/p300 and members of the p160 subfamily such as steroid receptor coactivator protein-1 (SRC-1). We previously identified a conserved potential {alpha}-helical structure within the AF-1 functional core, and by evaluating point mutants of human ER{alpha} (hER{alpha}) within this region, we show that in transfection experiments this structure is required for synergism between SRC-1 and hER{alpha}. We report that the transcriptional synergism between AF-1 mutants and SRC-1 was abolished in AF-1-sensitive cells such as HepG2, whereas it was reduced by 50% in CHO-K1 cells, which have a mixed context that is sensitive to both the AF-1 and AF-2 regions of hER{alpha}. Glutathione-S-transferase pulldown assays demonstrate that the AF-1 core is able and sufficient for the hER{alpha} N-terminal region to interact with SRC-1. Interestingly, an enhancement of this recruitment in the presence of the hER{alpha} ligand-binding domain was observed, which was found to be dependent on a direct interaction between the N-terminal B domain and the ligand-binding domain. Another functional consequence of this physical interaction, which is promoted by both partial and full agonists of hER{alpha}, was an increase in the phosphorylation state of the N-terminal domain. Binding of 4-hydroxytamoxifen (OHT) to the hER{alpha} C-terminal region induced a functional AF-1 conformation in vitro through this N- and C-terminal interaction. The involvement of an SRC-1-mediated pathway in transactivation mediated by hER{alpha} AF-1 was further substantiated by transfection experiments using the OHTresponsive human C3 promoter, which showed that OHT-induced hER{alpha} AF-1 activity was enhanced by SRC-1 and required the AF-1 {alpha}-helical structure. In conclusion, we demonstrate that the synergism between AF-1 and AF-2 is mediated in part by a cooperative recruitment of SRC-1 by both the AF-1 {alpha}-helical core and AF-2 regions and that it is stabilized by a direct interaction between the B and C-terminal domains. This interaction of SRC-1 with the AF-1 {alpha}-helical core is essential for both E2- and OHT-induced ER{alpha} activity.




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