PMID- 10611474 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20000124 LR - 20190621 IS - 0014-5793 (Print) IS - 0014-5793 (Linking) VI - 464 IP - 1-2 DP - 1999 Dec 24 TI - Specific hydroxylations determine selective corticosteroid recognition by human glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors. PG - 9-13 AB - The ligand binding domains of the human mineralocorticoid receptor (hMR) and glucocorticoid receptor (hGR) display a high sequence homology. Aldosterone and cortisol, the major mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid hormones, are very closely related, leading to the cross-binding of these hormones to both receptors. The present study reports on the mechanism by which hMR and hGR are activated preferentially by their cognate hormones. We found that the ability of corticosteroids to stimulate the receptor's transactivation function is depending on the stability of the steroid-receptor complexes. In the light of a hMR structural model we propose that contacts through the corticosteroid C21 hydroxyl group are sufficient to stabilize hMR but not hGR and that additional contacts through the C11- and C17-hydroxyl groups are required for hGR. FAU - Hellal-Levy, C AU - Hellal-Levy C AD - INSERM U478, Faculte de Medecine Xavier Bichat, Institut Federatif de Recherche 02, 16 rue Henri Huchard, P.O. Box 416, 75780, Paris, France. FAU - Couette, B AU - Couette B FAU - Fagart, J AU - Fagart J FAU - Souque, A AU - Souque A FAU - Gomez-Sanchez, C AU - Gomez-Sanchez C FAU - Rafestin-Oblin, M AU - Rafestin-Oblin M LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - FEBS Lett JT - FEBS letters JID - 0155157 RN - 0 (Adrenal Cortex Hormones) RN - 0 (Anti-Inflammatory Agents) RN - 0 (Glucocorticoids) RN - 0 (Receptors, Glucocorticoid) RN - 0 (Receptors, Mineralocorticoid) RN - 4964P6T9RB (Aldosterone) RN - 7S5I7G3JQL (Dexamethasone) RN - WI4X0X7BPJ (Hydrocortisone) SB - IM MH - Adrenal Cortex Hormones/*pharmacology MH - Aldosterone/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Anti-Inflammatory Agents/metabolism MH - Binding Sites MH - COS Cells MH - Dexamethasone/metabolism MH - Glucocorticoids/metabolism MH - Hydrocortisone/metabolism MH - Hydroxylation MH - Kinetics MH - Plasmids/metabolism MH - Protein Binding/drug effects MH - Protein Conformation MH - Receptors, Glucocorticoid/*metabolism MH - Receptors, Mineralocorticoid/*metabolism MH - Time Factors MH - Transfection EDAT- 1999/12/28 00:00 MHDA- 1999/12/28 00:01 CRDT- 1999/12/28 00:00 PHST- 1999/12/28 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1999/12/28 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1999/12/28 00:00 [entrez] AID - S0014579399016671 [pii] AID - 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01667-1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - FEBS Lett. 1999 Dec 24;464(1-2):9-13. doi: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)01667-1.