title: Functional interaction between the glucocorticoid receptor and GANP/MCM3AP.
abstract: Glucocorticoids are widely used to treat inflammatory diseases but have a number of side effects that partly are connected to inhibition of cell proliferation. Glucocorticoids mediated their action by binding to the glucocorticoid receptor. In the present study, we have identified by two-hybrid screens the germinal center-associated protein (GANP) and MCM3-associated protein (MCM3AP), a splicing variant of GANP, as glucocorticoid receptor interacting proteins. GANP and MCM3AP can bind to the MCM3 protein involved in initiation of DNA replication. Glutathione-S-transferase-pull-down and co-immunoprecipitation assays showed that the C-terminal domain of GANP, encompassing MCM3AP, interacts with the ligand-binding domain of the glucocorticoid receptor. Characterization of the intracellular localization of GANP revealed that GANP is shuttling between the nucleus and the cytoplasm. Furthermore, we show that glucocorticoids are unable to inhibit DNA replication in HeLa cells overexpressing MCM3AP suggesting a role for both glucocorticoid receptor and GANP/MCM3AP in regulating cell proliferation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Novum, SE-141 86 Huddinge, Sweden.
authors.forename: Waffa
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: Sanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Laine
authors.forename: Johanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zilliacus
mesh_terms: D000123:Acetyltransferases / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D019556:COS Cells; D002522:Chlorocebus aethiops; D004261:DNA Replication; D006367:HeLa Cells; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000378:metabolism*; D020798:Two-Hybrid System Techniques
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; D020033:Protein Isoforms; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid; D000123:Acetyltransferases; C406825:MCM3AP protein, human