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A coregulator shift, rather than the canonical switch, underlies thyroid hormone action in liver

ABSTRACT: Thyroid hormones (TH) are powerful regulators of metabolism with major effects on body weight, cholesterol, and liver fat that have been exploited pharmacologically for many years. Activation of gene expression by TH action is canonically ascribed to a hormone- dependent “switch” from corepressor to activator binding to thyroid hormone receptors (TR), while the mechanism of TH-dependent repression is controversial. To address this, we generated a mouse line in which endogenous TRβ1 was epitope-tagged to allow precise chromatin immunoprecipitation at the low physiological levels of TR, and defined high confidence binding sites where TR functioned at enhancers regulated in the same direction as the nearest gene in a TRβ-dependent manner. Remarkably, although positive and negative regulation by TH have been ascribed to different mechanisms, TR binding was highly enriched at canonical DR4 motifs irrespective of the transcriptional direction of the enhancer. The canonical NCoR1/HDAC3 corepressor complex was reduced but not completely dismissed by TH and, surprisingly, similar effects were seen at enhancers associated with negatively as well as positively regulated genes. Conversely, coactivator CBP was found at all TH-regulated enhancers, with transcriptional activity correlating with the ratio of CBP to NCoR rather than their presence or absence. These results demonstrate that, in contrast to the canonical “all or none” coregulator switch model, TH regulates gene expression by orchestrating a shift in the relative binding of corepressors and coactivators.

ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus

PROVIDER: GSE159648 | GEO | 2021/01/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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Project description:Thyroid hormones (THs) play a critical role in development and throughout adulthood. THs act through the thyroid receptor (TR), which binds to the TH response element (TRE) to regulate the expression of target genes. Although TH action has been studied for decades, surprisingly few TREs have been well validated and characterized. In this study we used chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by microarray analysis (ChIP-chip) to identify TR-binding sites in juvenile (postnatal day 15) mice liver. Microarray analysis revealed twelve TR-binding sites consistent between all analyzed samples. In silico analysis was carried out to search for moderately conserved classic TRE sequences within these novel binding regions, which led to the identification of six candidate TREs within three binding regions. Luciferase reporter assays confirmed the presence of a TRE in the promoter region of DEAD (Asp-Glu-Ala-Asp) box polypeptide 54 (Ddx54) and thyroid hormone responsive SPOT14 (Thrsp). The TR/retinoid X receptor (RXR) heterodimer and RXR homodiner were shown to bind the promoter region of Ddx54 and drive gene expression in the presence of 9-cis-retinoic acid (9cRA). The promoter region of Thrsp was shown to allow binding of the TR/RXR heterodimer, and both T3 and 9cRA were able to significantly increase luciferase activity. The RXR homodimer was also able to bind the response element in the promoter region of Thrsp and increase luciferase activity. Overall, ChIP-chip analysis revealed a relatively limited number of TR-binding sites in juvenile mouse liver despite previous studies showing that numerous genes can be affected by TH disruption at that developmental stage, suggesting that TH action may also be mediated through other intermediates. Collectively the results provide an important step towards characterizing TR-binding sites and identifying the underlying drivers of TR-gene regulation. Three samples were analyzed (total input and immunoprecipitated for each samples).

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A coregulator shift, rather than the canonical switch, underlies thyroid hormone action in liver

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