Abstract
Vertebrate members of the nuclear receptor NR5A subfamily, which includes steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) and liver receptor homolog 1 (LRH-1), regulate crucial aspects of development, endocrine homeostasis, and metabolism. Mouse LRH-1 is believed to be a ligand-independent transcription factor with a large and empty hydrophobic pocket. Here we present structural and biochemical data for three other NR5A members - mouse and human SF-1 and human LRH-1 - which reveal that these receptors bind phosphatidyl inositol second messengers and that ligand binding is required for maximal activity. Evolutionary analysis of structure-function relationships across the SF-1/LRH-1 subfamily indicates that ligand binding is the ancestral state of NR5A receptors and was uniquely diminished or altered in the rodent LRH-1 lineage. We propose that phospholipids regulate gene expression by directly binding to NR5A nuclear receptors.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 343-355 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Cell |
Volume | 120 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Feb 11 2005 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We would like to thank Drs. D. Julius, K. Shokat, D. Stokoe, S. Wadekar, N. Jouravel, D. Moore, and F. Szoka for critical comments, experimental suggestions, and reagents. The IMCA-CAT beamline 17-ID (or 17-BM) at the Advanced Photon Source was supported by the companies of the Industrial Macromolecular Crystallography Association through a contract with Illinois Institute of Technology. We would like to thank Drs. Cheng Yang and Joseph Ferrara from Rigaku/MSC Inc. for an invitation to this facility. This work was funded by NIH 1R21-GM70792-1 and the Oregon Medical Research Foundation to J.W.T., a HHMI predoctoral fellowship to J.A.M., and a NIDDK-PO1 support to R.J.F., R.K.G., and H.A.I.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology