Aminosulfhydryl and Aminodisulfide Compounds Enhance Binding of the Glucocorticoid Receptor Complex to Deoxyribonucleic Acid-Coated Cellulose and to Chromatin
Abstract
In the presence of amine-containing sulfhydryl compounds, binding of heat-transformed cytosolic rat liver glucocorticoid receptor complex (GRC) to double-stranded calf thymus DNA-coated cellulose and to rat liver chromatin was enhanced up to 10-fold. These observations were made under conditions when a maximum of 8% of the total GRC bound to DNA in the absence of test compound. Compounds which did not contain both a sulfhydryl and amine group were inactive. Phosphorothioate derivatives of the active sulfhydryl compounds were also inactive. However, pretreatment of the phosphorothioate compounds with alkaline phosphatase restored activity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA272785
Entities
People
- Aimee S. Park
- Jean M. Karle
- Raul Olmeda
Organizations
- Walter Reed Army Institute of Research