Uterine estrogen receptor-DNA complexes: effects of different ERE sequences, ligands, and receptor forms.

Previous studies used the gel retardation assay to examine the binding of the mouse estrogen receptor (ER) to the estrogen-responsive element (ERE) from the vitellogenin A2 gene (VitA2ERE). Multiple specific complexes were formed when the ER was bound to various estrogen agonists or antagonists, or in the absence of bound hormone. The ERE from the human PS2 gene, which varies from the consensus ERE by one base change in the right arm, was used in this study to determine the effect of DNA sequence on ER-ERE interaction with various ligand-receptor complexes. Partially purified ligand-free soluble ER showed a 3-fold lower affinity for the PS2ERE than for the VitA2ERE, suggesting a possible influence of the imperfect DNA sequence on certain binding interactions. However, multiple complexes of similar affinity were formed with the PS2 sequence by nuclear ER regardless of the agonist or antagonist bound. In gel retardation experiments, antagonist (LY117018) nuclear ER complexes bound to either PS2 or VitA2ERE migrated more slowly than agonist complexes, indicating that the slower migrating form of the complex was not due to the DNA sequence. Interestingly, soluble ER bound by LY 117018 did not produce this decreased mobility complex, suggesting that it was specific to the nuclear form of the ER antagonist complex. Receptor activation has been linked with exposure to increased temperature, resulting in an ER form that has an increased affinity for DNA. The binding of molybdate-stabilized nonactivated 8S ER to VitA2ERE was studied to determine the effect of temperature on ER binding.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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