Specific and redundant functions of retinoid X Receptor/Retinoic acid receptor heterodimers in differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis of F9 embryonal carcinoma cells.
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Date publication
novembre 1997
Journal
The Journal of cell biology
Auteurs
Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr CHAMBON Pierre, Dr METZGER Daniel
Tous les auteurs :
Chiba H, Clifford J, Metzger D, Chambon P
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Résumé
We have generated F9 murine embryonal carcinoma cells in which either the retinoid X receptor (RXR)alpha and retinoic acid receptor (RAR)alpha genes or the RXRalpha and RARgamma genes are knocked out, and compared their phenotypes with those of wild-type (WT), RXRalpha-/-, RARalpha-/-, and RARgamma-/- cells. RXRalpha-/-/ RARalpha-/- cells were resistant to retinoic acid treatment for the induction of primitive and parietal endodermal differentiation, as well as for antiproliferative and apoptotic responses, whereas they could differentiate into visceral endodermlike cells, as previously observed for RXRalpha-/- cells. In contrast, RXRalpha-/-/RARgamma-/- cells were defective for all three types of differentiation, as well as antiproliferative and apoptotic responses, indicating that RXRalpha and RARgamma represent an essential receptor pair for these responses. Taken together with results obtained by treatment of WT and mutant F9 cells with RAR isotype- and panRXR-selective retinoids, our observations support the conclusion that RXR/ RAR heterodimers are the functional units mediating the retinoid signal in vivo. Our results also indicate that the various heterodimers can exert both specific and redundant functions in differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis. We also show that the functional redundancy exhibited between RXR isotypes and between RAR isotypes in cellular processes can be artifactually generated by gene knockouts. The present approach for multiple gene targeting should allow inactivation of any set of genes in a given cell.
Mots clés
Animals, Apoptosis, drug effects, Cell Differentiation, drug effects, Cell Division, drug effects, Dimerization, Embryonal Carcinoma Stem Cells, Endoderm, physiology, Mice, Mutagenesis, Site-Directed, Neoplastic Stem Cells, drug effects, Nuclear Proteins, drug effects, Receptors, Retinoic Acid, drug effects, Retinoid X Receptors, Retinoids, pharmacology, Transcription Factors, drug effects, Tumor Cells, Cultured
Référence
J. Cell Biol.. 1997 Nov;139(3):735-47