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GRKO mice express an aberrant dexamethasone-binding glucocorticoid receptor, but are profoundly glucocorticoid resistant.

Abstract：

:The introduction of a targeted insertion mutation into exon 2 of the gene coding for the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) enabled production of glucocorticoid receptor knock-out (GRKO) mice. GRKO mice on a C57BL/6/129sv mixed genetic background show a variable phenotype, with 90% of -/- mice dying at birth with respiratory insufficiency but 10% of mutant mice surviving to maturity. To investigate the possibility of residual GR expression in surviving GRKO mice we have measured binding of the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone in tissue extracts from adrenalectomized mice. High affinity binding of dexamethasone in protein extracts of liver, kidney, lung and brain from adult GRKO mice is found at levels 30-60% those in wild-type mice, with heterozygotes (+/-) having intermediate levels. PCR and ribonuclease protection analysis showed comparable levels of GR mRNA on the 3' side of the gene-targeted insertional mutation in exon 2 of the GR gene, with almost no GR mRNA detected from exons 1 and 2 on the 5' side of the gene-targeted insertional mutation. Western blot analysis using a C-terminal specific GR antibody detects a 39 kDa GR fragment in extracts from adult GRKO mice. Despite the evidence for expression of a ligand-binding domain fragment of the glucocorticoid receptor these mice are profoundly glucocorticoid resistant, with elevated levels of plasma ACTH and corticosterone. Thymocytes from adult and fetal GRKO mice are resistant to dexamethasone-induced apoptosis and cultured fetal hepatocytes from GRKO mice are completely refractory to glucocorticoid induction of the gluconeogenic enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase. Thus although the surviving adult homozygous GRKO mice express a dexamethasone-binding GR fragment, their classic target tissues remain profoundly glucocorticoid insensitive.

journal_name

Mol Cell Endocrinol

journal_title

Molecular and cellular endocrinology

authors

Cole TJ,Myles K,Purton JF,Brereton PS,Solomon NM,Godfrey DI,Funder JW

doi

10.1016/s0303-7207(00)00407-x

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pub_date

2001-02-28 00:00:00

pages

193-202

issue

1-2

eissn

0303-7207

issn

1872-8057

pii

S0303-7207(00)00407-X

journal_volume

173

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GRKO mice express an aberrant dexamethasone-binding glucocorticoid receptor, but are profoundly glucocorticoid resistant.