• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: A nuclear isoform of the focal adhesion LIM-domain protein Trip6 integrates activating and repressing signals at AP-1- and NF-κB-regulated promoters
  • Contributor: Kassel, Olivier; Schneider, Sandra; Heilbock, Christine; Litfin, Margarethe; Göttlicher, Martin; Herrlich, Peter
  • Published: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2004
  • Published in: Genes & Development, 18 (2004) 20, Seite 2518-2528
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1101/gad.322404
  • ISSN: 0890-9369; 1549-5477
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  • Description: Glucocorticoid receptor (GR)-mediated transrepression of the transcription factors AP-1 and NF-κB, responsible for most of the anti-inflammatory effects of glucocorticoids, is initiated by the tethering of GR to the promoters of target genes. We report that this tethering is mediated by a nuclear isoform of the focal adhesion LIM domain protein Trip6. Trip6 functions as a coactivator for both AP-1 and NF-κB. As shown by chromatin immunoprecipitation, Trip6 is recruited to the promoters of target genes together with AP-1 or NF-κB. In the presence of glucocorticoids, GR joins the Trip6 complex. Reducing the level of Trip6 by RNA interference or abolishing its interaction with GR by dominant-negative mutation eliminates transrepression. We propose that GR tethering to the target promoter through Trip6 forms the basis of transrepression, and that Trip6 exerts its nuclear functions by acting as a molecular platform, enabling target promoters to integrate activating or repressing signals.
  • Access State: Open Access