TY - JOUR
T1 - Ligand-induced peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α conformational change
AU - Dowell, Paul
AU - Peterson, Valerie J.
AU - Mark Zabriskie, T.
AU - Leid, Mark
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - Structurally diverse peroxisome proliferators and related compounds that have been demonstrated to induce the ligand-dependent transcriptional activation function of mouse peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (mPPARα) in transfection experiments were tested for the ability to induce conformational changes within mPPARα in vitro. WY-14,643, 5,8,11,14- eicosatetraynoic acid, LY-171883, and clofibric acid all directly induced mPPARα conformational changes as evidenced by a differential protease sensitivity assay. Carboxyl-terminal truncation mutagenesis of mPPARα differentially affected the ability of these ligands to induce conformational changes suggesting that PPAR ligands may make distinct contacts with the receptor. Direct interaction of peroxisome proliferators and related compounds with, and the resulting conformational alteration(s) in, mPPARα may facilitate interaction of the receptor with transcriptional intermediary factors and/or the general transcription machinery and, thus, may underlie the molecular basis of ligand-dependent transcriptional activation mediated by mPPARα.
AB - Structurally diverse peroxisome proliferators and related compounds that have been demonstrated to induce the ligand-dependent transcriptional activation function of mouse peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (mPPARα) in transfection experiments were tested for the ability to induce conformational changes within mPPARα in vitro. WY-14,643, 5,8,11,14- eicosatetraynoic acid, LY-171883, and clofibric acid all directly induced mPPARα conformational changes as evidenced by a differential protease sensitivity assay. Carboxyl-terminal truncation mutagenesis of mPPARα differentially affected the ability of these ligands to induce conformational changes suggesting that PPAR ligands may make distinct contacts with the receptor. Direct interaction of peroxisome proliferators and related compounds with, and the resulting conformational alteration(s) in, mPPARα may facilitate interaction of the receptor with transcriptional intermediary factors and/or the general transcription machinery and, thus, may underlie the molecular basis of ligand-dependent transcriptional activation mediated by mPPARα.
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U2 - 10.1074/jbc.272.3.2013
DO - 10.1074/jbc.272.3.2013
M3 - Article
C2 - 8999894
AN - SCOPUS:0031030718
SN - 0021-9258
VL - 272
SP - 2013
EP - 2020
JO - Journal of Biological Chemistry
JF - Journal of Biological Chemistry
IS - 3
ER -