TY - JOUR
T1 - Interaction of triiodothyronine-receptor complexes with simian virus 40 minichromosomes in monkey kidney cv-1 cells
AU - Savouret, Jean Francois
AU - Eberhardt, Norman L.
AU - Cathala, Guy
AU - Baxter, John D.
PY - 1985/4
Y1 - 1985/4
N2 - Thyroid hormone-responsive tissues contain chromatin-localized receptors that bind to DNA and may associate preferentially with actively transcribed chromatin. To study such receptor-chromatin localization, we have used cultured CV-1 cells permissive for simian virus 40 (SV40), in which viral minichromosomes can be separated from the cellular chromatin. CV-1 cells were found to contain intranuclear thyroid hormone-binding sites with an affinity for T3 and T4 and a site concentration similar to those in other thyroid hormone-responsive tissues. When these cells were infected with SV40 or an SV40-human GH gene recombinant, T3 did not affect SV40 replication, early or late gene transcription, or human GH gene expression. However, in both cases, these infections resulted in the association of about 7.5% of the total specific T3-binding activity with the SV40 minichromosome, representing about 1 receptor molecule/65 minichromosomes and a 10-fold enrichment over the cellular chromatin-associated activity (4.3 fmol/Hg SV40 minichromosomal DNA vs. 0.43 fmol/μg chromosomal DNA); 30% of this could be covalently cross-linked to the minichromosome with dissuccinimidyl suberate. The minichromosomes were also found to be transcriptionally active. Thus, thyroid hormone receptors interact preferentially with the SV40 minichromosome, possibly owing to their tendency to associate with transcriptionally active chromatin. This system provides an alternate approach to study the association of thyroid hormone receptors with defined chromosomal segments.
AB - Thyroid hormone-responsive tissues contain chromatin-localized receptors that bind to DNA and may associate preferentially with actively transcribed chromatin. To study such receptor-chromatin localization, we have used cultured CV-1 cells permissive for simian virus 40 (SV40), in which viral minichromosomes can be separated from the cellular chromatin. CV-1 cells were found to contain intranuclear thyroid hormone-binding sites with an affinity for T3 and T4 and a site concentration similar to those in other thyroid hormone-responsive tissues. When these cells were infected with SV40 or an SV40-human GH gene recombinant, T3 did not affect SV40 replication, early or late gene transcription, or human GH gene expression. However, in both cases, these infections resulted in the association of about 7.5% of the total specific T3-binding activity with the SV40 minichromosome, representing about 1 receptor molecule/65 minichromosomes and a 10-fold enrichment over the cellular chromatin-associated activity (4.3 fmol/Hg SV40 minichromosomal DNA vs. 0.43 fmol/μg chromosomal DNA); 30% of this could be covalently cross-linked to the minichromosome with dissuccinimidyl suberate. The minichromosomes were also found to be transcriptionally active. Thus, thyroid hormone receptors interact preferentially with the SV40 minichromosome, possibly owing to their tendency to associate with transcriptionally active chromatin. This system provides an alternate approach to study the association of thyroid hormone receptors with defined chromosomal segments.
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U2 - 10.1210/endo-116-4-1259
DO - 10.1210/endo-116-4-1259
M3 - Article
C2 - 2578953
AN - SCOPUS:0021795974
SN - 0013-7227
VL - 116
SP - 1259
EP - 1266
JO - Endocrinology
JF - Endocrinology
IS - 4
ER -