The N-CoR-HDAC3 nuclear receptor corepressor complex inhibits the JNK pathway through the integral subunit GPS2

Mol Cell. 2002 Mar;9(3):611-23. doi: 10.1016/s1097-2765(02)00468-9.

Abstract

The corepressors N-CoR and SMRT partner with histone deacetylases (HDACs) in diverse repression pathways. We report here that GPS2, a protein involved in intracellular signaling, is an integral subunit of the N-CoR-HDAC3 complex. We have determined structural motifs that direct the formation of a highly stable and active deacetylase complex. GPS2 and TBL1, another component of the N-CoR-HDAC3 complex, interact cooperatively with repression domain 1 of N-CoR to form a heterotrimeric structure and are indirectly linked to HDAC3 via an extended N-CoR SANT domain that also activates latent HDAC3 activity. More importantly, we show here that the N-CoR-HDAC3 complex inhibits JNK activation through the associated GPS2 subunit and thus could potentially provide an alternative mechanism for hormone-mediated antagonism of AP-1 function.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • HeLa Cells
  • Histone Deacetylases / isolation & purification
  • Histone Deacetylases / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • MAP Kinase Signaling System / physiology*
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Nuclear Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Nuclear Proteins / metabolism*
  • Nuclear Receptor Co-Repressor 1
  • Protein Structure, Tertiary
  • Protein Subunits
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Repressor Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Repressor Proteins / metabolism*

Substances

  • GPS2 protein, human
  • Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
  • Macromolecular Substances
  • NCOR1 protein, human
  • Nuclear Proteins
  • Nuclear Receptor Co-Repressor 1
  • Protein Subunits
  • Recombinant Fusion Proteins
  • Repressor Proteins
  • JNK Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases
  • Histone Deacetylases
  • histone deacetylase 3

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF314544