title: Glucocorticoid receptor inhibits microtubule assembly in vitro.
abstract: The effect of glucocorticoid hormones, purified glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and purified heat shock protein M(r) 90,000 (hsp90) on microtubule (MT) assembly in vitro was tested by a spectrophotometric MT assembly assay and electron microscopy. GR significantly prolonged the nucleation phase, slowed down the assembly rate and reduced the maximal amplitude of MT assembly compared with control. The effects were partially reversed by the addition of glucocorticoid hormone. GR associated with MTs. These results indicate that GR affects MT assembly in vitro, which may be a functional correlate to the structural association of GR with MTs. This implies that factors affecting GR may affect MT assembly in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Nutrition, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge University Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Akner
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Wikström
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Strömstedt
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Stockman
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Gustafsson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wallin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002417:Cattle; D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000502:physiology; D007700:Kinetics; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008868:Microtubule Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D008870:Microtubules / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D051381:Rats; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000502:physiology*; D013053:Spectrophotometry
chemical_list: D018841:HSP90 Heat-Shock Proteins; D008868:Microtubule Proteins; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid