title: Identification of a putative steroidogenic factor-1 response element in the DAX-1 promoter.
abstract: The nuclear hormone receptor, DAX-1, is responsible for X-linked adrenal hypoplasia congenita and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism. We recently cloned the 5' flanking region of the human DAX-1 gene and in this report we describe the identification of a putative steroidogenic factor 1 (SF-1) response element approximately 110 bases upstream of the TATA box. Both DAX-1 and SF-1 are expressed in similar tissues including the adrenal cortex, gonads, hypothalamus, and the pituitary gland. Like DAX-1, SF-1 expression has been shown to be essential for the development of the adrenal cortex. We demonstrate that SF-1 is able to efficiently bind to the putative SF-1 response element found in the DAX-1 promoter in vitro. This suggests that SF-1 may directly regulate the expression of DAX-1 and that these two transcription factors may be components of a cascade required for development of steroidogenic tissues.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine 90024, USA.
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Burris
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: McCabe
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000378:metabolism; D016384:Consensus Sequence; D057137:DAX-1 Orphan Nuclear Receptor; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D051717:Fushi Tarazu Transcription Factors; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D054339:Steroidogenic Factor 1; D016385:TATA Box; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D057137:DAX-1 Orphan Nuclear Receptor; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D051717:Fushi Tarazu Transcription Factors; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; C539965:NR0B1 protein, human; C515057:NR5A1 protein, human; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D018168:Receptors, Retinoic Acid; D012097:Repressor Proteins; D054339:Steroidogenic Factor 1; D014157:Transcription Factors