A ligand for the aryl hydrocarbon receptor isolated from lung
AUTOR(ES)
Song, Jiasheng
FONTE
National Academy of Sciences
RESUMO
The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-inducible transcription factor that is best known because it mediates the actions of polycyclic and halogenated aromatic hydrocarbon environmental toxicants such as 3-methylcholanthrene and 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin. We report here the successful identification of an endogenous ligand for this receptor; ≈20 μg was isolated in pure form from 35 kg of porcine lung. Its structure was deduced as 2-(1′H-indole-3′-carbonyl)-thiazole-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester from extensive physical measurements and quantum mechanical calculations. In a reporter gene assay, this ligand activates the AHR with a potency five times greater than that of β-naphthoflavone, a prototypical synthetic AHR ligand. 2-(1′H-indole-3′-carbonyl)-thiazole-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester competes with 2,3,7,8-[3H]tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin for binding to human, murine, and fish AHRs, thus showing that AHR activation is caused by direct receptor binding, and that recognition of this endogenous ligand is conserved from early vertebrates (fish) to humans.
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