The binding of thyroid hormone receptors to DNA |
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Authors: | B D Wilson C A Wium W L Gent |
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Institution: | S.A.M.R.C. Iodine Metabolism Unit, Pharmacology Department, University of Stellenbosch Medical School, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa |
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Abstract: | The behaviour of tri-iodothyronine (T3)- and thyroxine (T4)-receptor complexes when bound to native DNA-cellulose is reported. Equal and large proportions of both T3- and T4-receptor complexes bind to DNA but although T3-receptor complexes are 99% recoverable by 0.5 M NaCl buffer elution, only 60-70% of the T4-receptor complexes are regained. The balance appears as free T4, apparently released as the T4-receptor complexes bind to the DNA whilst the corresponding receptor remains bound. This effect is independent of T4-receptor complex/DNA ratio up to ca. 4 fmol/micrograms DNA, of the presence of an equal amount of unoccupied receptor and of an eight-fold concentration range of both T4-receptor complex and DNA at a fixed ratio, in the cellulose matrix. Pre-formed receptor-DNA material, likewise, only accepts some 60% of the expected quantity of T4 whereas the capacity for T3 appears to be similar to that of free receptors. |
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