title: Cloning of a cDNA encoding the murine orphan receptor RZR/ROR gamma and characterization of its response element.
abstract: In this study, we describe the cloning of the mouse homologue of the orphan receptor, RZR/ROR gamma, a member of the nuclear receptor superfamily, from a mouse muscle cDNA library. The amino acid sequence of mouse ROR gamma (mROR gamma) is highly homologous to that of human ROR gamma, with an overall identity of 88%. Northern blot analysis using RNA from different tissues showed that mROR gamma was found to be highly expressed in skeletal muscle, liver and kidney. Analysis of the ROR gamma-response element using in vitro synthesized ROR gamma revealed that it binds as a monomer to response elements composed of a single core motif GGTCA preceded by a 6 bp AT-rich sequence. The ROR gamma-binding specificity was further defined by mutational analysis of the consensus RORE. ROR gamma was able to activate RORE-dependent transcription of the CAT reporter gene in mouse fibroblast D1 cells. ROR alpha 1 and ROR gamma inhibit the transactivation induced by GAL4(DBD)-ROR gamma in fibroblast D1 cells suggesting that these receptors compete for binding to the same coactivators.
authors.affiliation: Cell Biology Section, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Medvedev
authors.forename: Z H
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hirose
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Giguère
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Jetten
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase / Q000235:genetics; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016296:Mutagenesis; D057132:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014018:Tissue Distribution; D015533:Transcriptional Activation
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D057132:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 1, Group F, Member 3; C539900:RORC protein, human; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D011988:Receptors, Thyroid Hormone; C539901:Rorc protein, mouse; D015500:Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase