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1: Cell. 1991 Jun 28;65(7):1255-66.
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Direct repeats as selective response elements for the thyroid hormone, retinoic acid, and vitamin D3 receptors.

Umesono K, Murakami KK, Thompson CC, Evans RM.

Gene Expression Laboratory, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, San Diego, California 92186-5800.

We report here the identification of thyroid hormone response elements (TREs) that consist of a direct repeat, not a palindrome, of the half-sites. Unlike palindromic TREs, direct repeat TREs do not confer a retinoic acid response. The tandem TRE can be converted into a retinoic acid response element by increasing the spacing between the half-sites by 1 nucleotide, and the resulting retinoic acid response element is no longer a TRE. Decreasing the half-site spacing by 1 nucleotide converts the TRE to a vitamin D3 response element, while eliminating response to T3. These results correlate well with DNA-binding affinities of the thyroid hormone, retinoic acid, and vitamin D3 receptors. This study points to the general importance of tandem repeat hormone response elements and suggests a simple physiologic code exists in which half-site spacing plays a critical role in achieving selective hormonal response.

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PMID: 1648450 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]