申请人:THE SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES
公开号:EP0999271A2
公开(公告)日:2000-05-10
The present invention relates to novel receptor polypeptides, which, upon interaction with certain ligands, or activation by certain compounds, modulate transcription of certain genes by binding to cognate response elements associated with promoters of such genes. The novel receptors of the invention modulate transcription in the presence of retinoid compounds. The receptors of the present invention differ significantly from known retinoid acid receptors, in protein primar yseqence and in responsiveness to exposure to various retinoids. The invention provides DNAs encoding the novel receptors, expression vectors for expression of the receptors, cells transformed with such expression vectors, cells co-transformed with such expression vectors and with reporter vectors to monitor modulation of transcription by the receptors, and methods of using such co-transformed cells in screening for compounds which are capable, directly or indirectly, of activating the receptors. The invention also provides nucleic acid probes for identifying DNAs which encode additional retinoid receptors of the same class as the novel receptors disclosed herein.
本发明涉及新型受体多肽,它们在与某些配体相互作用或被某些化合物激活后,通过与与这些基因启动子相关的同源反应元件结合,调节某些基因的转录。本发明的新型受体可在视黄醇化合物存在的情况下调节转录。本发明的受体与已知的视黄酸受体在蛋白质序列和对各种视黄酸的反应性方面有很大不同。本发明提供了编码新型受体的 DNA、表达受体的表达载体、用这种表达载体转化的细胞、用这种表达载体和报告载体共同转化的细胞以监测受体对转录的调节,以及用这种共同转化的细胞筛选能直接或间接激活受体的化合物的方法。本发明还提供了用于鉴定 DNA 的核酸探针,这些 DNA 编码与本发明公开的新型受体属于同一类的其他视黄醇受体。