TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of chromatin disruption and histone acetylation in thyroid hormone receptor action
T2 - Implications in the regulation of HIV-1 LTR
AU - Hsia, S. C.V.
AU - Tomita, A.
AU - Obata, K.
AU - Paul, B.
AU - Buchholz, D.
AU - Shi, Yun Bo
PY - 2003/1
Y1 - 2003/1
N2 - Thyroid hormone (TH) affects a wide variety of biological processes, from development to physiological function of different cells and organs. Alterations in plasma TH concentrations lead to developmental abnormalities and pathological consequences. Earlier studies have observed that plasma TH levels vary in AIDS patients such that low levels of TH correlate with survival rate. Furthermore, studies on the regulation of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) have shown that TH receptor (TR) is capable of binding to two regions within the long terminal repeat (LTR), which controls the transcription of HIV-1 genome. The frog oocyte is an in vivo system that allows microinjected DNA to be chromatinized in a process mimicking the process that occurs in somatic cells. Studies in the frog oocyte have provided in vivo evidence on the role of chromatin remodelling in transcriptional regulation by TR and have shown that TR utilizes similar mechanisms in the regulation of the HIV-1 LTR. That is, TR binds to LTR in chromatin in vivo and represses the LTR in the absence of TH by recruiting corepressor complexes containing histone deacetylases, and upon TH binding, TR causes chromatin remodeling and LTR activation.
AB - Thyroid hormone (TH) affects a wide variety of biological processes, from development to physiological function of different cells and organs. Alterations in plasma TH concentrations lead to developmental abnormalities and pathological consequences. Earlier studies have observed that plasma TH levels vary in AIDS patients such that low levels of TH correlate with survival rate. Furthermore, studies on the regulation of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) have shown that TH receptor (TR) is capable of binding to two regions within the long terminal repeat (LTR), which controls the transcription of HIV-1 genome. The frog oocyte is an in vivo system that allows microinjected DNA to be chromatinized in a process mimicking the process that occurs in somatic cells. Studies in the frog oocyte have provided in vivo evidence on the role of chromatin remodelling in transcriptional regulation by TR and have shown that TR utilizes similar mechanisms in the regulation of the HIV-1 LTR. That is, TR binds to LTR in chromatin in vivo and represses the LTR in the absence of TH by recruiting corepressor complexes containing histone deacetylases, and upon TH binding, TR causes chromatin remodeling and LTR activation.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 12507309
AN - SCOPUS:0037215985
SN - 0213-3911
VL - 18
SP - 323
EP - 331
JO - Histology and Histopathology
JF - Histology and Histopathology
IS - 1
ER -