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Query: UNIPROT:P04155 (pS2)
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Gastric carcinoma is the fourth most common cause of cancer death worldwide but its molecular biology is poorly understood. We catalogued the genes expressed in two gastric adenocarcinomas and normal stomach, using serial analysis of gene expression (SAGE), and compared the profiles on-line with other glandular epithelia. Candidates were validated by Northern blotting and immunohistochemistry. A total of 29 480 transcripts, derived from 10 866 genes, were identified. In all, 1% of the genes were differentially expressed (>/=fivefold difference plus P-value </=0.01) between cancers and normal stomach. The most abundant transcripts included ribosomal and mitochondrial proteins, of which most were upregulated in the tumours, as were other widely expressed genes including transcription factors, signalling molecules (serine/threonine protein kinases), thymosin beta 10 and collagenase I. Transcripts abundant in normal stomach were functionally important, including gastrin, immunoglobulin alpha, lysozyme, MUC5, pS2 and pepsinogens, which were among 55 gastric-specific genes. Many transcripts were minimally characterized or new, some cancer-associated genes reflected their intestinal morphology, and some normal gastric genes had previously been considered as pancreatic carcinoma markers. The gastric carcinoma profiles resembled other tumours', supporting the existence of common cancer-associated targets. These data provide a catalogue from which to develop markers for better diagnosis and therapy of gastric carcinoma.
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PMID:Profiling, comparison and validation of gene expression in gastric carcinoma and normal stomach. 1283 51

Estrogen receptors (ERs) are transcription factors that can be modulated by both estrogen-dependent and growth factor-dependent phosphorylation. A yeast two-hybrid screening identified a serine/threonine protein phosphatase (PP5) as an interactant of ERbeta (1-481), a dominant negative ERbeta mutant. Glutathione S-transferase pull-down assays, mammalian two-hybrid assays, and immunoprecipitation studies showed that PP5 directly binds to both ERalpha and ERbeta via its tetratricopeptide repeat domain. E domains of ERalpha and ERbeta, without containing activation domain core regions in transcription activation function 2, were required for the binding to PP5. In ERalpha-positive breast cancer MCF7 cells, estrogen- and epidermal growth factor-dependent phosphorylation of ERalpha on serine residue 118, a major phosphorylation site of the receptor, was reduced by expressing PP5 but enhanced by PP5 antisense oligonucleotide. Estrogen-induced transcriptional activities of both ERalpha and ERbeta and mRNA expression of estrogen-responsive genes, including pS2, c-myc, and cyclin D1, were suppressed by PP5 but enhanced by PP5 antisense oligonucleotide. A truncated PP5 mutant consisting only of its tetratricopeptide repeat domain acted as a dominant negative PP5 that enhanced serine residue 118 phosphorylation of ERalpha and transactivations by ERalpha and ERbeta. We present the first evidence that PP5 functions as an inhibitory regulator of ER phosphorylation and transcriptional activation in vivo.
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PMID:Protein phosphatase 5 is a negative regulator of estrogen receptor-mediated transcription. 1476 52

The orphan nuclear receptor estrogen-related receptor alpha (ERRalpha, NR3B1) is a constitutively active transcription factor that controls multiple processes, most notably mitochondrial function. ERRalpha preferentially binds to a nine-nucleotide extended half-site sequence TNAAGGTCA, referred to as the ERRE, as either a monomer or a dimer, although how the mode of DNA binding is dictated remains to be determined. Here, we used variants of the extended half-site sequence and selective DNA binding domain mutants of ERRalpha to investigate the effects of ERRE sequence specificity on ERRalpha DNA binding mode, transactivation and interaction with the coactivator protein peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1alpha (PGC-1alpha). We found that the base at the N position of the TNAAGGTCA sequence dictated ERRalpha binding preference as a monomer or dimer. In addition, we demonstrated that the threonine residue at position 124 (Thr(124)) was a determinant of ERRalpha DNA-dependent dimerization. Transfection experiments also indicated that substituting a thymidine for a cytosine at the N position in the ERRE of the native ERRalpha target promoter trefoil factor 1 (TFF1) considerably diminished the transcriptional response of the ERRalpha/PGC-1alpha complex. These results suggest that a single nucleotide in an ERRalpha binding site can determine specific configuration to the receptor and productive interaction with the coactivator PGC-1alpha.
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PMID:A single nucleotide in an estrogen-related receptor alpha site can dictate mode of binding and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1alpha activation of target promoters. 1615 Aug 65