Estrogen receptor (ER)-mediated transcriptional regulation of the human corticotropin-releasing hormone-binding protein promoter: differential effects of ERalpha and ERbeta

Molecular Endocrinology
Anja van de StolpePaul T van der Saag

Abstract

CRH-binding protein (CRH-BP) regulates activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis by binding and inhibiting CRH. We investigated for the first time transcriptional regulation of the human CRH-BP promoter using transient transfections. Estrogen receptors (ERs) contributed to ligand-independent constitutive activation of the promoter, whereas in the presence of estradiol ERalpha induced and ERbeta repressed promoter activity in a dose-dependent manner. TNFalpha inhibited promoter induction by ERalpha in the absence and presence of estradiol. Three ERE half-sites in the CRH-BP promoter bound ERalpha and ERbeta in an EMSA, and disruption of ERE half-sites by site-directed mutagenesis abolished ligand-independent induction by ERalpha and ERbeta and promoter enhancement by estradiol-activated ERalpha. Repression by estradiol/ERbeta was unaffected by disruption of ERE half-sites, activating protein 1, cAMP response element, GATA, or nuclear factor kappaB sites, and reversed to promoter induction by estrogen antagonists, tamoxifen and ICI 182,780, suggesting corepressor involvement. In hypothalamic GT1-7 cells, Western blotting demonstrated rapid induction of endogenous CRH-BP expression by estradiol-bound ER, which wa...Continue Reading

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