PGE1 and PGA1 bind to Nurr1 and activate its transcriptional function
The orphan nuclear receptor Nurr1 is critical for the development, maintenance and protection of midbrain dopaminergic (mDA) neurons. Here we show that prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) and its dehydrated metabolite, PGA1, directly interact with the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of Nurr1 and stimulate its trans...
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Published in | Nature chemical biology Vol. 16; no. 8; pp. 876 - 886 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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New York
Nature Publishing Group US
01.08.2020
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Summary: | The orphan nuclear receptor Nurr1 is critical for the development, maintenance and protection of midbrain dopaminergic (mDA) neurons. Here we show that prostaglandin E1 (PGE1) and its dehydrated metabolite, PGA1, directly interact with the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of Nurr1 and stimulate its transcriptional function. We also report the crystallographic structure of Nurr1-LBD bound to PGA1 at 2.05 Å resolution. PGA1 couples covalently to Nurr1-LBD by forming a Michael adduct with Cys566, and induces notable conformational changes, including a 21° shift of the activation function-2 helix (H12) away from the protein core. Furthermore, PGE1/PGA1 exhibit neuroprotective effects in a Nurr1-dependent manner, prominently enhance expression of Nurr1 target genes in mDA neurons and improve motor deficits in 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-lesioned mouse models of Parkinson’s disease. Based on these results, we propose that PGE1/PGA1 represent native ligands of Nurr1 and can exert neuroprotective effects on mDA neurons, via activation of Nurr1’s transcriptional function.
Prostaglandins PGE1 and PGA1 have neuroprotective effects by enhancing the transcriptional activity of Nurr1 by directly binding to its ligand-binding domain and upregulating their target genes implicated in Parkinson’s disease. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 K.-S.K. and H.S.Y. initiated and supervised the project. S.R., Y.J., C.H.K. and W.K. were responsible for the overall design and performance of experiments. S.R., H.T.T., H.Y., C.K., A.S., J.L., J.Y.Y., S.B., H.Y., C.K., X.L., G.G. and K.L.L. performed and analyzed structural studies. Y.J., C.H.K., W.K, J.J., B.S., M.F., Y.K., D.H., H.M.P., S.F.O. and C.H.L. performed and analyzed functional and biological studies. K.-S.K., H.S.Y., S.R., Y.J., C.H.K., W.K. and G.A.P. analyzed the data and wrote the paper. All authors contributed to the discussion and final approval of the paper. Author contributions |
ISSN: | 1552-4450 1552-4469 |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41589-020-0553-6 |