Title
Subnuclear distribution of the vitamin D receptor
UMMS Affiliation
Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences; Department of Cell Biology
Publication Date
1994-04-01
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
The subnuclear distribution of the vitamin D receptor was investigated to begin addressing the contribution of nuclear architecture to vitamin D-responsive control of gene expression in ROS 17/2.8 rat osteosarcoma cells. The nuclear matrix is an anastomosing network of filaments that is functionally associated with DNA replication, transcription, and RNA processing. The representation of vitamin D receptor in the nuclear matrix and nonmatrix nuclear fractions was determined by the combined application of 1) sequence-specific interactions with the vitamin D receptor binding element of the rat bone-specific osteocalcin gene promoter and 2) Western blot analysis. Both methods confirmed the presence of vitamin D receptor in the nonmatrix nuclear fraction and the absence of detectable vitamin D receptors associated with the nuclear matrix. In contrast, these same nuclear matrix proteins preparations exhibited association with the general transcription factor AP-1 and a bone tissue-specific promoter binding factor NMP2. NMP-2 exhibits recognition for a promoter domain contiguous to the vitamin D-responsive element of the osteocalcin gene, although the vitamin D receptor does not appear to be a component of the nuclear matrix proteins. Interrelationships between nuclear matrix proteins and nonmatrix nuclear proteins, in mediating steroid hormone responsiveness of a vitamin D-regulated promoter, are therefore suggested.
DOI of Published Version
10.1002/jcb.240540417
Source
J Cell Biochem. 1994 Apr;54(4):494-500. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Journal of cellular biochemistry
Related Resources
PubMed ID
8014199
Repository Citation
Bidwell JP, Van Wijnen AJ, Fey EG, Merriman HL, Penman S, Stein JL, Stein GS, Lian JB. (1994). Subnuclear distribution of the vitamin D receptor. Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Student Publications. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcb.240540417. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/gsbs_sp/100