title: A novel cytoplasmic protein that interacts with the Ah receptor, contains tetratricopeptide repeat motifs, and augments the transcriptional response to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin.
abstract: To identify new proteins involved in dioxin-dependent signal transduction and transcriptional regulation, we used a yeast two-hybrid system to identify proteins that interact with the Ah receptor (AhR). We cloned a mouse cDNA, which encodes a novel approximately 37-kDa protein that binds to AhR; we have designated the protein as Ah receptor-interacting protein (AIP). The amino acid sequence of mouse AIP exhibits homology with members of the FK506-binding protein family. AIP also contains three tetratricopeptide repeat (TPR) motifs; the TPR sequence is present in proteins required for cell cycle control and RNA synthesis and in steroid receptor-binding immunophilins. Coimmunoprecipitation experiments in mouse hepatoma cells reveal that AIP is cytoplasmic and associates with unliganded Ah receptor and with hsp90; 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin treatment disrupts the AhR-AIP-hsp90 interaction. Overexpression of AIP augments the response of the CYP1A1 gene to 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. Our data suggest that AIP influences ligand receptivity and/or nuclear targeting of AhR.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5332, USA.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Whitlock
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002352:Carrier Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1 / Q000235:genetics; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D008114:Liver Neoplasms, Experimental / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011506:Proteins; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon / Q000378:metabolism*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014158:Transcription, Genetic / Q000187:drug effects*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D002352:Carrier Proteins; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D011506:Proteins; D018336:Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon; C103265:aryl hydrocarbon receptor-interacting protein; D019363:Cytochrome P-450 CYP1A1