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Dax-1 and steroid receptor RNA activator (SRA) function as transcriptional coactivators for steroidogenic factor 1 in steroidogenesis.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Yang, Wei-Hsiung Gerin, Isabelle Hu, Chang-Deng Hammer, Gary D. Koenig, R. J. |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | The nuclear receptor steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) is essential for adrenal development and steroidogenesis. The atypical orphan nuclear receptor Dax-1 binds to SF-1 and represses SF-1 target genes. Paradoxically, however, loss-of-function mutations of Dax-1 also cause adrenal hypoplasia, suggesting that Dax-1 may function as an SF-1 coactivator under some circumstances. Indeed, we found that Dax-1 can function as a dosage-dependent SF-1 coactivator. Both SF-1 and Dax-1 bind to steroid receptor RNA activator (SRA), a coactivator that functions as an RNA. The coactivator TIF2 also associates with Dax-1 and synergistically coactivates SF-1 target gene transcription. A naturally occurring Dax-1 mutation inhibits this transactivation, and the mutant Dax-1-TIF2 complex mislocalizes in living cells. Coactivation by Dax-1 is abolished by SRA knockdown. The expression of the steroidogenic gene products steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) and melanocortin 2 receptor is reduced in adrenal Y1 cells following the knockdown of endogenous SRA. Similarly, the knockdown of endogenous Dax-1 downregulates the expression of the steroidogenic gene products CYP11A1 and StAR in both H295R adrenal and MA-10 Leydig cells. These findings reveal novel functions of SRA and Dax-1 in steroidogenesis and adrenal biology. |
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| DOI | 10.1128/MCB.01010-08 |
| PubMed reference number | 19188450 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 29 |
| Issue Number | 7 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://mcb.asm.org/content/29/7/1719.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1128/MCB.01010-08 |
| Journal | Molecular and cellular biology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
