Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1937236 | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications | 2007 | 6 Pages |
Although crucial for TH homeostasis, the molecular mechanisms responsible of thyroid hormone receptors (TRs)-mediated regulation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid axis (HPT) axis remain unclear. We examined the role played by TR-isoforms in combination with RanBPM, a novel coactivator of TRs. In transient transfections studies with the human TRH and TSH-α subunit promoters, we found that the overexpression of RanBPM increases the transcriptional activity of all TR-isoforms by a magnitude of 1.7- to 3-fold. The addition of RanBPM, in the absence of THs, increased the ligand-independent activation (LIA) of TRα1 and TRβ1 on both promoters tested by 300% and 200%, respectively, whereas, the LIA of TRβ2 was not significantly modified. This data reinforces the concept of isoform-specific regulation of genes of the HPT axis and demonstrates that RanBPM may be an important factor to achieve adequate regulation of nTREs in the presence of low TH levels.