title: Ecdysone- and NO-mediated gene regulation by competing EcR/Usp and E75A nuclear receptors during Drosophila development.
abstract: The Drosophila ecdysone receptor (EcR/Usp) is thought to activate or repress gene transcription depending on the presence or absence, respectively, of the hormone ecdysone. Unexpectedly, we found an alternative mechanism at work in salivary glands during the ecdysone-dependent transition from larvae to pupae. In the absense of ecdysone, both ecdysone receptor subunits localize to the cytoplasm, and the heme-binding nuclear receptor E75A replaces EcR/Usp at common target sequences in several genes. During the larval-pupal transition, a switch from gene activation by EcR/Usp to gene repression by E75A is triggered by a decrease in ecdysone concentration and by direct repression of the EcR gene by E75A. Additional control is provided by developmentally timed modulation of E75A activity by NO, which inhibits recruitment of the corepressor SMRTER. These results suggest a mechanism for sequential modulation of gene expression during development by competing nuclear receptors and their effector molecules, ecdysone and NO.
authors: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA.
authors: Danika M
authors: DM
authors: Johnston
authors: Yurii
authors: Y
authors: Sedkov
authors: Svetlana
authors: S
authors: Petruk
authors: Kristen M
authors: KM
authors: Riley
authors: Miki
authors: M
authors: Fujioka
authors: James B
authors: JB
authors: Jaynes
authors: Alexander
authors: A
authors: Mazo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster; D004440:Ecdysone / Q000378:metabolism*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D020868:Gene Silencing; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase / Q000378:metabolism; D007814:Larva; D008957:Models, Genetic; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D011679:Pupa; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000378:metabolism*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D014157:Transcription Factors; C066030:USP protein, Drosophila; C055469:ecdysone receptor; C061375:Eip75B protein, Drosophila; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D004440:Ecdysone; D011495:Histone-Lysine N-Methyltransferase; C479519:TRR protein, Drosophila