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Circadian rhythms of glucocorticoid hormone actions in target tissues: potential clinical implicationsTomoshige Kino
Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Sci Signal 5:pt4. 2012....
ZNF764 haploinsufficiency may explain partial glucocorticoid, androgen, and thyroid hormone resistance associated with 16p11.2 microdeletionTomoshige Kino
Unit on Molecular Hormone Actio, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1109, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 97:E1557-66. 2012..Microdeletion of small chromosomal segments results in hereditary or sporadic diseases by affecting expression of residing genes...
Statin-induced blockade of prenylation alters nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of GTP-binding proteins gamma2 and beta2 and enhances their suppressive effect on glucocorticoid receptor transcriptional activityT Kino
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Eur J Clin Invest 35:508-13. 2005..These proteins, as a heterodimeric complex, suppress glucocorticoid response element-mediated transcriptional activity of the glucocorticoid receptor through direct physical interactions between Gbeta and the glucocorticoid receptor...
G protein beta interacts with the glucocorticoid receptor and suppresses its transcriptional activity in the nucleusTomoshige Kino
Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Cell Biol 169:885-96. 2005..We conclude that the Gbetagamma complex interacts with the GR and suppresses its transcriptional activity by associating with the transcriptional complex formed on GR-responsive promoters...
FLASH interacts with p160 coactivator subtypes and differentially suppresses transcriptional activity of steroid hormone receptorsTomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Building 10, Clinical Research Center, Room 1 3140, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1109, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 92:357-63. 2004..Thus, FLASH differentially suppresses steroid hormone receptor-induced transcriptional activity by interfering with their association with SRC2/N-CoA2 and SRC3/N-CoA3 but not with SRC1/N-CoA1...
Human glucocorticoid receptor isoform beta: recent understanding of its potential implications in physiology and pathophysiologyTomoshige Kino
Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10, Clinical Research Center, Rm 1E 3140, 10 Center Drive MSC 1109, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
Cell Mol Life Sci 66:3435-48. 2009..In this review, we discuss the functions of GRbeta, its mechanisms of action, and its pathologic implications...
Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 accessory protein Vpr: a causative agent of the AIDS-related insulin resistance/lipodystrophy syndrome?Tomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1583, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1024:153-67. 2004....
Glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors and associated diseasesTomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1583, U S A
Essays Biochem 40:137-55. 2004..Here we discuss the actions of GR and MR and the molecular defects of naturally occuring mutations in these receptors with associated pathophysiological changes...
HIV-1 accessory protein Vpr inhibits the effect of insulin on the Foxo subfamily of forkhead transcription factors by interfering with their binding to 14-3-3 proteins: potential clinical implications regarding the insulin resistance of HIV-1-infected patTomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 10 Center Dr MSC 1109, Building 10, Clinical Research Center, Room 1 3140, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
Diabetes 54:23-31. 2005..Vpr thus may contribute to the tissue-selective insulin resistance often observed in HIV-1-infected individuals...
Tissue glucocorticoid resistance/hypersensitivity syndromesTomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1583, USA
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 85:457-67. 2003....
Glucocorticoid receptor mutants demonstrate increased motility inside the nucleus of living cells: time of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) is an integrated measure of receptor functionTomoshige Kino
Pediatric Endocrinology Section, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
Mol Med 10:80-8. 2004....
Rho family Guanine nucleotide exchange factor Brx couples extracellular signals to the glucocorticoid signaling systemTomoshige Kino
Pediatric Endocrinology Section, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda Maryland 20892, USA
J Biol Chem 281:9118-26. 2006..Nuclear Brx might act as a local GRE-GR-transcriptosome activator by mediating the effect of small G-proteins on glucocorticoid-regulated genes...
Virus-mediated modulation of the host endocrine signaling systems: clinical implicationsTomoshige Kino
Pediatric Endocrinology Section, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
Trends Endocrinol Metab 18:159-66. 2007..We propose that virus-encoded molecules and the signaling systems they influence are potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of disorders that are associated with some viral infections...
Glucocorticoid receptor: implications for rheumatic diseasesT Kino
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Clin Exp Rheumatol 29:S32-41. 2011....
Acetylation-mediated epigenetic regulation of glucocorticoid receptor activity: circadian rhythm-associated alterations of glucocorticoid actions in target tissuesTomoshige Kino
Unit on Molecular Hormone Action, Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bldg 10, CRC, Rm 1 3140, 10 Center Drive MSC 1109, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
Mol Cell Endocrinol 336:23-30. 2011..Thus, acetylation-mediated epigenetic regulation of the glucocorticoid receptor may be essential for the maintenance of proper time-integrated glucocorticoid action, significantly influencing human well-being and longevity...
Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 modulates the transcriptional activity of the mineralocorticoid receptor and regulates expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factorTomoshige Kino
Unit on Molecular Hormone Action, Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1109, USA
Mol Endocrinol 24:941-52. 2010....
Noncoding RNA gas5 is a growth arrest- and starvation-associated repressor of the glucocorticoid receptorTomoshige Kino
Unit on Molecular Hormone Action, Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
Sci Signal 3:ra8. 2010..We conclude that Gas5 is a "riborepressor" of the GR, influencing cell survival and metabolic activities during starvation by modulating the transcriptional activity of the GR...
Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) beta has intrinsic, GRalpha-independent transcriptional activityTomoshige Kino
Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 381:671-5. 2009..Our results indicate that GRbeta has intrinsic, GRalpha-independent, gene-specific transcriptional activity, in addition to its previously reported dominant negative effect on GRalpha-induced transactivation of GRE-driven promoters...
Brx mediates the response of lymphocytes to osmotic stress through the activation of NFAT5Tomoshige Kino
Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Sci Signal 2:ra5. 2009..Our results indicate that Brx integrates the responses of immune cells to osmotic stress and inflammation by elevating intracellular osmolarity and stimulating the production of cytokines...
3-O-Formyl-20R,21-epoxyresibufogenin suppresses IL-6-type cytokine actions by targeting the glycoprotein 130 subunit: potential clinical implicationsTomoshige Kino
Pediatric Endocrinology Section, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Clinical Research Center, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 120:437-44. 2007..The multifunctional inflammatory cytokine IL-6 regulates the acute phase reaction and plays central roles in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory disorders...
Cyclin-dependent kinase 5 differentially regulates the transcriptional activity of the glucocorticoid receptor through phosphorylation: clinical implications for the nervous system response to glucocorticoids and stressTomoshige Kino
Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Mol Endocrinol 21:1552-68. 2007..Thus, CDK5 exerts some of its biological activities in neuronal cells through the GR, dynamically modulating GR transcriptional activity in a target promoter-dependent fashion...
AIDS-related insulin resistance and lipodystrophy syndromeTomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1583, USA
Curr Drug Targets Immune Endocr Metabol Disord 3:111-7. 2003..In this article, we review our current understanding of the pathogenesis and therapeutic approach of this newly emerging AIDS-associated metabolic syndrome...
Tumor necrosis factor alpha receptor- and Fas-associated FLASH inhibit transcriptional activity of the glucocorticoid receptor by binding to and interfering with its interaction with p160 type nuclear receptor coactivatorsTomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1583, USA
J Biol Chem 278:3023-9. 2003..These findings indicate that FLASH participates in TNF alpha-induced blockade of GR transactivation at the nuclear receptor coactivator level, upstream and independently of NF-kappa B...
Transcription factor TFIIH components enhance the GR coactivator activity but not the cell cycle-arresting activity of the human immunodeficiency virus type-1 protein VprTomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 298:17-23. 2002..These findings suggest that TFIIH participates in Vpr's GR coactivating activity, at a step beyond its interaction with p300/CBP...
Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) accessory protein Vpr induces transcription of the HIV-1 and glucocorticoid-responsive promoters by binding directly to p300/CBP coactivatorsTomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1583, USA
J Virol 76:9724-34. 2002..These results indicate that Vpr activates transcription by acting as an adapter linking transcription components and coactivators...
Protein 14-3-3sigma interacts with and favors cytoplasmic subcellular localization of the glucocorticoid receptor, acting as a negative regulator of the glucocorticoid signaling pathwayTomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Biol Chem 278:25651-6. 2003..Conversely, through its 14-3-3 protein interactions, GRalpha may influence these processes...
Conditional modulation of glucocorticoid receptor activities by CREB-binding protein (CBP) and p300T Kino
Section on Pediatric Endocrinology, Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1862, USA
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 70:15-25. 1999..These findings suggest that CBP and p300 may function additively or antagonistically to each other depending on their relative concentrations and type of target tissue, to influence the sensitivity of tissues to glucocorticoids...
Glucocorticoids suppress human immunodeficiency virus type-1 long terminal repeat activity in a cell type-specific, glucocorticoid receptor-mediated fashion: direct protective effects at variance with clinical phenomenologyT Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Building 10, Room 9D42, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive MSC 1583, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 75:283-90. 2000..We conclude that glucocorticoids suppress, rather than stimulate, the HIV-1 promoter, thus acting, protectively for the host. Their apparent negative clinical association with AIDS is most likely due to immunosuppression of the host...
Nuclear receptor coactivator p160 proteins enhance the HIV-1 long terminal repeat promoter by bridging promoter-bound factors and the Tat-P-TEFb complexTomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Biol Chem 277:2396-405. 2002..Tat may function as an adaptor molecule, efficiently stimulating the processes of transcription initiation and elongation through potentiation of the coupling of p160 coactivators and the P-TEFb complex...
Pathologic human GR mutant has a transdominant negative effect on the wild-type GR by inhibiting its translocation into the nucleus: importance of the ligand-binding domain for intracellular GR traffickingT Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1583, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 86:5600-8. 2001..We conclude that the trans-dominant negative effect of the pathological mutant is exerted primarily at the translocation step, whereas that of the natural isoform beta is exerted at the level of transcription...
AIDS-related lipodystrophy/insulin resistance syndromeT Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Horm Metab Res 35:129-36. 2003..In this article, we review our current understanding of the pathogenesis of this severe AIDS-associated metabolic disorder...
Familial/sporadic glucocorticoid resistance syndrome and hypertensionTomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH, Building 10, Room 9D42, 10 Center Drive MSC 1583, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 970:101-11. 2002..These results suggest that the pathologic mechanisms of glucocorticoid resistance is quite broad, and this is reflected in the wide variability of the clinical picture in patients with the syndrome...
The HIV-1 virion-associated protein vpr is a coactivator of the human glucocorticoid receptorT Kino
Section on Pediatric Endocrinology, Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Exp Med 189:51-62. 1999..The glucocorticoid coactivator activity of Vpr may contribute to increased tissue glucocorticoid sensitivity in the absence of hypercortisolism and to the pathogenesis of AIDS...
Natural glucocorticoid receptor mutants causing generalized glucocorticoid resistance: molecular genotype, genetic transmission, and clinical phenotypeEvangelia Charmandari
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:1939-49. 2004....
Activated glucocorticoid receptor interacts with the INHAT component Set/TAF-Ibeta and releases it from a glucocorticoid-responsive gene promoter, relieving repression: implications for the pathogenesis of glucocorticoid resistance in acute undifferentiatTakamasa Ichijo
Section on Pediatric Endocrinology, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
Mol Cell Endocrinol 283:19-31. 2008....
HIV-1 protein Vpr suppresses IL-12 production from human monocytes by enhancing glucocorticoid action: potential implications of Vpr coactivator activity for the innate and cellular immunity deficits observed in HIV-1 infectionMarco Mirani
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Immunol 169:6361-8. 2002..Through this effect, Vpr may contribute to the suppression of innate and cellular immunities of HIV-1-infected individuals and AIDS patients...
A novel, C-terminal dominant negative mutation of the GR causes familial glucocorticoid resistance through abnormal interactions with p160 steroid receptor coactivatorsAlessandra Vottero
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, MSC 1583, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:2658-67. 2002..The mutant receptor has an ineffective AF-2 domain, which leads to an abnormal interaction with p160 coactivators and a distinct nuclear distribution of both...
The non-ligand binding beta-isoform of the human glucocorticoid receptor (hGR beta): tissue levels, mechanism of action, and potential physiologic roleM de Castro
Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Mol Med 2:597-607. 1996....
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 viral protein R suppresses transcriptional activity of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor {gamma} and inhibits adipocyte differentiation: implications for HIV-associated lipodystrophyShashi Shrivastav
Kidney Disease Section, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease NIH, 10 Center Drive MSC 1268, Bethesda, MD 20892 1268, USA
Mol Endocrinol 22:234-47. 2008..Vpr may alter sensitivity to insulin and thereby contribute to the development of lipodystrophy and insulin resistance observed in HIV-1-infected patients...
A novel point mutation in helix 11 of the ligand-binding domain of the human glucocorticoid receptor gene causing generalized glucocorticoid resistanceEvangelia Charmandari
Section on Endocrinology, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 92:3986-90. 2007....
Endocrine and metabolic evaluation of human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients with evidence of protease inhibitor-associated lipodystrophyJ A Yanovski
Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 84:1925-31. 1999..The cause remains to be elucidated...
Glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid resistance/hypersensitivity syndromesT Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1583, USA
J Endocrinol 169:437-45. 2001..The former may directly stimulate viral proliferation, while the latter may indirectly enhance viral propagation by suppressing the host immune system through glucocorticoid-mediated mechanisms...
Modulatory effects of L-carnitine on glucocorticoid receptor activityIrini Manoli
Endocrine Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1033:147-57. 2004..The clinical and therapeutic implications of these findings, as well as a better understanding of their mechanisms, warrant further research...
Cushing's disease preceded by generalized glucocorticoid resistance: clinical consequences of a novel, dominant-negative glucocorticoid receptor mutationM Karl
Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1862, USA
Proc Assoc Am Physicians 108:296-307. 1996..The latter probably was due to the combined effects of chronic corticotroph hyperstimulation, decreased glucocorticoid negative feedback, and at least one subsequent somatic defect in the control of the cell cycle...
Pituitary homeobox factor 1, a novel transcription factor in the adrenal regulating steroid 11beta-hydroxylaseN Hiroi
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Horm Metab Res 35:273-8. 2003..In conclusion, this study represents the first demonstration for a role of Ptx1/Pitx1 in the regulation of transcription of enzymes involved in adrenal steroidogenesis...
AMPK regulates metabolic actions of glucocorticoids by phosphorylating the glucocorticoid receptor through p38 MAPKNancy Nader
Unit on Molecular Hormone Action, Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Clinical Research Center, Room 1 3140, 10 Center Drive MSC 1109, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
Mol Endocrinol 24:1748-64. 2010..Because increased action of glucocorticoids is associated with the development of metabolic disorders, activation of AMPK could be a promising target for developing pharmacological interventions to these pathologies...
The glucocorticoid receptor and the orphan nuclear receptor chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor II interact with and mutually affect each other's transcriptional activities: implications for intermediary metabolismMassimo U De Martino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Mail Stop Code 1583, Building 10, Room 9D42, Bethesda, MD 20892 1583, USA
Mol Endocrinol 18:820-33. 2004..These interactions influence the transcription of both COUP-TFII- and GRalpha-responsive target genes, seem to be promoter specific, and can be in either a positive or negative direction...
Steroidogenic factor 1 messenger ribonucleic acid expression in steroidogenic and nonsteroidogenic human tissues: Northern blot and in situ hybridization studiesM S Ramayya
Developmental Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 82:1799-806. 1997..These findings suggest that hSF-1 may play a role in reticuloendothelial/immune cell maturation and/or function, as well as nervous system development and/or neurosteroid biosynthesis...
Tissue glucocorticoid sensitivity: beyond stochastic regulation on the diverse actions of glucocorticoidsT Kino
Pediatric Endocrinology Section, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
Horm Metab Res 39:420-4. 2007....
The human glucocorticoid receptor (GR) isoform {beta} differentially suppresses GR{alpha}-induced transactivation stimulated by synthetic glucocorticoidsOren Fruchter
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:3505-9. 2005..These results may provide helpful information concerning the selection of synthetic glucocorticoids for treatment of pathological conditions in which hGRbeta modulates the sensitivity of tissues to glucocorticoids...
The Smad6-histone deacetylase 3 complex silences the transcriptional activity of the glucocorticoid receptor: potential clinical implicationsTakamasa Ichijo
Pediatric Endocrinology Section, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, NICHD, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Biol Chem 280:42067-77. 2005....
Novel causes of generalized glucocorticoid resistanceE Charmandari
Section on Pediatric Endocrinology, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Horm Metab Res 39:445-50. 2007....
A novel point mutation in the ligand-binding domain (LBD) of the human glucocorticoid receptor (hGR) causing generalized glucocorticoid resistance: the importance of the C terminus of hGR LBD in conferring transactivational activityEvangelia Charmandari
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, 9th Floor, Southwood Building, Great Ormond Street, London, United Kingdom WC1N 3JH
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:3696-705. 2005..We conclude that the carboxyl terminus of the ligand-binding domain of hGRalpha is extremely important in conferring transactivational activity by altering multiple functions of this composite transcription factor...
Glucocorticoid action networks and complex psychiatric and/or somatic disordersGeorge P Chrousos
First Department of Pediatrics, Athens University Medical School, 11527 Athens, Greece
Stress 10:213-9. 2007....
L-carnitine: A nutritional modulator of glucocorticoid receptor functionsSalvatore Alesci
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1583, USA
FASEB J 17:1553-5. 2003....
Pediatric stress: hormonal mediators and human developmentEvangelia Charmandari
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Horm Res 59:161-79. 2003....
Functional characterization of the natural human glucocorticoid receptor (hGR) mutants hGRalphaR477H and hGRalphaG679S associated with generalized glucocorticoid resistanceEvangelia Charmandari
Pediatric Endocrinology Section, Reproductive Biology and Medicine Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20895, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91:1535-43. 2006....
Familial/sporadic glucocorticoid resistance: clinical phenotype and molecular mechanismsEvangelia Charmandari
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1583, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1024:168-81. 2004..The present review focuses on the mechanisms of GR action and the clinical manifestations and molecular mechanisms of familial/sporadic glucocorticoid resistance...
L-Carnitine is a modulator of the glucocorticoid receptor alphaSalvatore Alesci
Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1284, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1024:147-52. 2004..We conclude that pharmacologic doses of LC can activate GRalpha and, via this mechanism, regulate glucocorticoid-responsive genes, potentially sharing some of the biological and therapeutic properties of glucocorticoids...
A novel point mutation in helix 10 of the human glucocorticoid receptor causes generalized glucocorticoid resistance by disrupting the structure of the ligand-binding domainNancy Nader
Unit on Molecular Hormone Action, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Building 10, Clinical Research Center, 10 Center Drive MSC 1109, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1109, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 95:2281-5. 2010..Most of the reported cases are adults, demonstrating symptoms associated with mineralocorticoid and/or adrenal androgen excess caused by compensatively increased secretion of the adrenocorticotropic hormone...
Monoamine oxidase-A is a major target gene for glucocorticoids in human skeletal muscle cellsIrini Manoli
Endocrine Section, Laboratory of Clinical Investigation, NCCAM, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
FASEB J 19:1359-61. 2005..We suggest that MAO-A-mediated oxidative stress can lead to cell damage, representing a novel pathogenetic mechanism for glucocorticoid-induced myopathy and a potential target for therapeutic intervention...
The human glucocorticoid receptor (hGR) beta isoform suppresses the transcriptional activity of hGRalpha by interfering with formation of active coactivator complexesEvangelia Charmandari
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Building 10, Room 9D42, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1583, USA
Mol Endocrinol 19:52-64. 2005..These findings suggest that participation of hGRbeta in the formation of a coactivator complex renders this complex ineffective...
Glucocorticoids and their actions: an introductionEvangelia Charmandari
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-1583, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1024:1-8. 2004
Interaction of the glucocorticoid receptor and the chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor II (COUP-TFII): implications for the actions of glucocorticoids on glucose, lipoprotein, and xenobiotic metabolismMassimo U De Martino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1583, USA
Ann N Y Acad Sci 1024:72-85. 2004..It appears that glucocorticoids exert their intermediary effects partly via physical interaction with COUP-TFII...
Low glucocorticoid receptor alpha/beta ratio in T-cell lymphoblastic leukemiaC A Longui
Section on Pediatric Endocrinology, DEB, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, USA
Horm Metab Res 32:401-6. 2000....
Interactions of the circadian CLOCK system and the HPA axisNancy Nader
Unit on Molecular Hormone Action, Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Trends Endocrinol Metab 21:277-86. 2010..In this review, we summarize the mutual physiologic interactions between the circadian CLOCK system and the HPA axis, and discuss their clinical implications...
Circadian rhythm transcription factor CLOCK regulates the transcriptional activity of the glucocorticoid receptor by acetylating its hinge region lysine cluster: potential physiological implicationsNancy Nader
Section on Pediatric Endocrinology, Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1109, USA
FASEB J 23:1572-83. 2009..Further, these results suggest that a peripheral target tissue circadian rhythm indirectly influences the functions of every organ and tissue inside the body through modulation of the ubiquitous and diverse actions of glucocorticoids...
The Rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor AKAP13 (BRX) is essential for cardiac development in miceChantal M Mayers
Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Biol Chem 285:12344-54. 2010..The results suggest that AKAP13 coordinates Galpha(12) and Rho signaling to an essential transcription program in developing cardiomyocytes...
The PPARdelta agonist GW501516 suppresses interleukin-6-mediated hepatocyte acute phase reaction via STAT3 inhibitionT Kino
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1109, USA
Eur J Clin Invest 37:425-33. 2007..Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta (PPARdelta), which binds to and is activated by a variety of fatty acids, was recently shown to have anti-inflammatory actions...
Glucocorticoids and inflammation revisited: the state of the art. NIH clinical staff conferenceDenis Franchimont
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892-1583, USA
Neuroimmunomodulation 10:247-60. 2002..Designer' glucocorticoids promise to be a great new advance in the therapy of inflammatory diseases...
Combating atherosclerosis with LXR alpha and PPAR alpha agonists: is rational multitargeted polypharmacy the future of therapeutics in complex diseases?Tomoshige Kino
Pediatric and Reproductive Endocrinology Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Mol Interv 4:254-7. 2004
Partner molecules of accessory protein Vpr of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1Tomoshige Kino
Human Retrovirus Section, Center for Basic Research, National Cancer Institute Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702 1201, USA
DNA Cell Biol 23:193-205. 2004..Further studies on Vpr function are needed to fully assess the function of this important early regulatory molecule of HIV and other lentiviruses...
Tissue-specific glucocorticoid resistance-hypersensitivity syndromes: multifactorial states of clinical importanceTomoshige Kino
J Allergy Clin Immunol 109:609-13. 2002
Glucocorticoid action networks--an introduction to systems biologyGeorge P Chrousos
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:563-4. 2004
Ski-interacting protein, a bifunctional nuclear receptor coregulator that interacts with N-CoR/SMRT and p300Gary M Leong
Bone and Mineral Research Program, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Biochem Biophys Res Commun 315:1070-6. 2004..Overall these results suggest that transcriptional action of SKIP may depend on distinct functional domains and cell line-specific interactions with both corepressors and coactivators...
Vpr protein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 binds to 14-3-3 proteins and facilitates complex formation with Cdc25C: implications for cell cycle arrestTomoshige Kino
Human Retrovirus Section, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute Frederick, Bldg 535, Rm 210, Frederick, MD 21702 1201, USA
J Virol 79:2780-7. 2005..These results indicate that Vpr promotes cell cycle arrest at the G(2)/M phase by facilitating association of 14-3-3 and Cdc25C independently of the latter's phosphorylation status...
Ikaros transcription factors: flying between stress and inflammationGeorge P Chrousos
First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
J Clin Invest 115:844-8. 2005..These results indicate that Ikaros is an ontogenetic and phylogenetic integrator of the stress and immune systems and that abnormalities in its function may produce endocrine and/or immune pathologies...
Effects of transgenic expression of HIV-1 Vpr on lipid and energy metabolism in miceAshok Balasubramanyam
Translational Metabolism Unit, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, BCM 700B, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX 77030, USA
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 292:E40-8. 2007....
Intracellular glucocorticoid signaling: a formerly simple system turns stochasticGeorge P Chrousos
Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens, Athens 115 27, Greece
Sci STKE 2005:pe48. 2005..The presence of multiple GR monomers and dimers in different quantities with quantitatively and qualitatively different transcriptional activities suggests that the glucocorticoid signaling system is highly stochastic...
Female pseudohermaphroditism caused by a novel homozygous missense mutation of the GR geneBerenice B Mendonca
Unidade de Endocrinologia do Desenvolvimento e Laboratorio de Hormonios e Genetica Molecular, Disciplina de Endocrinologia, Hospital das Clinicas, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:1805-9. 2002..This phenotype indicates that pre- and postnatal virilization can occur in females with the glucocorticoid resistance syndrome...
Generalized glucocorticoid resistance: clinical aspects, molecular mechanisms, and implications of a rare genetic disorderEvangelia Charmandari
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Clinical Research Center, Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, 4 Soranou tou Efessiou Street, Athens, Greece
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:1563-72. 2008..We review the clinical aspects, molecular mechanisms, and implications of this disorder...
Human renal mesangial cells produce aldosterone in response to low-density lipoprotein (LDL)Tetsuo Nishikawa
Department of Medicine, Yokohama Rosai Hospital, 3211 Kozukue cho, Kohoku Ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa 222 0036, Japan
J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol 96:309-16. 2005....
