title: P-Lim, a LIM homeodomain factor, is expressed during pituitary organ and cell commitment and synergizes with Pit-1.
abstract: A pituitary LIM homeodomain factor, P-Lim, is expressed as Rathke's pouch forms and as specific pituitary cell phenotypes are established, suggesting functional roles throughout pituitary development. While selectively expressed in both anterior and intermediate pituitary in mature mice, P-Lim is also transiently expressed in the developing ventral neural cord and brainstem. P-Lim binds to and activates the promoter of the alpha-glycoprotein subunit gene, a marker of early pituitary development, and synergizes with Pit-1 in transcriptional activation of genes encoding terminal differentiation markers. The LIM domain of P-Lim specifically interacts with the Pit-1 POU domain and is required for synergistic interactions with Pit-1, but not for basal transcriptional activation events.
authors.affiliation: Eukaryotic Regulatory Biology Program, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla 92093-0648, USA.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Bach
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rhodes
authors.forename: R V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Pearse
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Heinzel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gloss
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Scully
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Sawchenko
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Rosenfeld
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D015870:Gene Expression; D015723:Gene Library; D015698:Genomic Library; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000378:metabolism; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D060850:LIM-Homeodomain Proteins; D051379:Mice; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010902:Pituitary Gland / Q000378:metabolism*; D010903:Pituitary Gland, Anterior / Q000378:metabolism; D010904:Pituitary Gland, Posterior / Q000378:metabolism; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D050817:Transcription Factor Pit-1; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; D018398:Homeodomain Proteins; D060850:LIM-Homeodomain Proteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D050817:Transcription Factor Pit-1; D014157:Transcription Factors; C094898:Lhx3 protein; C494185:Pou1f1 protein, mouse