TY - JOUR
T1 - Definition of the molecular basis for estrogen receptor-related receptor-α-cofactor interactions
AU - Gaillard, Stéphanie
AU - Dwyer, Mary A.
AU - McDonnell, Donald P.
PY - 2007/1
Y1 - 2007/1
N2 - Estrogen receptor-related receptor-α (ERRα) is an orphan nuclear receptor that does not appear to require a classical small molecule ligand to facilitate its interaction with coactivators and/or hormone response elements within target genes. Instead, the apo-receptor is capable of interacting in a constitutive manner with coactivators that stimulate transcription by acting as protein ligands. We have screened combinatorial phage libraries for peptides that selectively interact with ERRα to probe the architecture of the ERRα-coactivator pocket. In this manner, we have uncovered a fundamental difference in the mechanism by which this receptor interacts with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α, as compared with members of the steroid receptor coactivator subfamily of coactivators. Our findings suggest that it may be possible to develop ERRα ligands that exhibit different pharmacological activities as a consequence of their ability to differentially regulate coactivator recruitment. In addition, these findings have implications beyond ERRα because they suggest that subtle alterations in the structure of the activation function-2 pocket within any nuclear receptor may enable differential recruitment of coactivators, an observation of notable pharmaceutical importance.
AB - Estrogen receptor-related receptor-α (ERRα) is an orphan nuclear receptor that does not appear to require a classical small molecule ligand to facilitate its interaction with coactivators and/or hormone response elements within target genes. Instead, the apo-receptor is capable of interacting in a constitutive manner with coactivators that stimulate transcription by acting as protein ligands. We have screened combinatorial phage libraries for peptides that selectively interact with ERRα to probe the architecture of the ERRα-coactivator pocket. In this manner, we have uncovered a fundamental difference in the mechanism by which this receptor interacts with peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α, as compared with members of the steroid receptor coactivator subfamily of coactivators. Our findings suggest that it may be possible to develop ERRα ligands that exhibit different pharmacological activities as a consequence of their ability to differentially regulate coactivator recruitment. In addition, these findings have implications beyond ERRα because they suggest that subtle alterations in the structure of the activation function-2 pocket within any nuclear receptor may enable differential recruitment of coactivators, an observation of notable pharmaceutical importance.
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U2 - 10.1210/me.2006-0179
DO - 10.1210/me.2006-0179
M3 - Article
C2 - 17053040
AN - SCOPUS:33846024713
SN - 0888-8809
VL - 21
SP - 62
EP - 76
JO - Molecular Endocrinology
JF - Molecular Endocrinology
IS - 1
ER -