Structural highlights
Function
VDRA_DANRE Nuclear hormone receptor. Transcription factor that mediates the action of vitamin D3 by controlling the expression of hormone sensitive genes. Regulates transcription of hormone sensitive genes via its association with the WINAC complex, a chromatin-remodeling complex. Plays a central role in calcium homeostasis.[1]
Evolutionary Conservation
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Publication Abstract from PubMed
Side chain fluorination is often used to make analogs of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 [1,25(OH)2D3] resistant to degradation by 24-hydroxylase. The fluorinated nonsteroidal analogs CD578, WU515, and WY1113 have an increased prodifferentiating action on SW480-ADH colon cancer cells, which correlated with stronger induction of vitamin D receptor (VDR)-coactivator interactions and stronger repression of beta-catenin/TCF activity. Cocrystallization of analog CD578 with the zebrafish (z)VDR and an SRC-1 coactivator peptide showed that the fluorine atoms of CD578 make additional contacts with Val444 and Phe448 of activation helix 12 (H12) of the zVDR and with Leu440 of the H11-H12 loop. Consequently, the SRC-1 peptide makes more contacts with the VDR-CD578 complex than with the VDR-1,25(OH)2D3 complex. These data show that fluorination not only affects degradation of an analog but can also have direct effects on H12 stabilization.
Superagonistic fluorinated vitamin D3 analogs stabilize helix 12 of the vitamin D receptor.,Eelen G, Valle N, Sato Y, Rochel N, Verlinden L, De Clercq P, Moras D, Bouillon R, Munoz A, Verstuyf A Chem Biol. 2008 Oct 20;15(10):1029-34. PMID:18940664[2]
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References
- ↑ Ciesielski F, Rochel N, Moras D. Adaptability of the Vitamin D nuclear receptor to the synthetic ligand Gemini: remodelling the LBP with one side chain rotation. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2007 Mar;103(3-5):235-42. Epub 2007 Jan 10. PMID:17218092 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jsbmb.2006.12.003
- ↑ Eelen G, Valle N, Sato Y, Rochel N, Verlinden L, De Clercq P, Moras D, Bouillon R, Munoz A, Verstuyf A. Superagonistic fluorinated vitamin D3 analogs stabilize helix 12 of the vitamin D receptor. Chem Biol. 2008 Oct 20;15(10):1029-34. PMID:18940664 doi:10.1016/j.chembiol.2008.08.008
