title: Role of dosage-sensitive sex reversal, adrenal hypoplasia congenita, critical region on the X chromosome, gene 1 in protein kinase A- and protein kinase C-mediated regulation of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression in mouse Leydig tumor cells: mechanism of action.
abstract: Dosage-sensitive sex reversal, adrenal hypoplasia congenita, critical region on the X chromosome, gene 1 (DAX-1) is an orphan nuclear receptor that has been demonstrated to be instrumental to the expression of the steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein that regulates steroid biosynthesis in steroidogenic cells. However, its mechanism of action remains obscure. The present investigation was aimed at exploring the molecular involvement of DAX-1 in protein kinase A (PKA)- and protein kinase C (PKC)-mediated regulation of StAR expression and its concomitant impact on steroid synthesis using MA-10 mouse Leydig tumor cells. We demonstrate that activation of the PKA and PKC pathways, by a cAMP analog dibutyryl (Bu)2cAMP [(Bu)2cAMP] and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA), respectively, markedly decreased DAX-1 expression, an event that was inversely correlated with StAR protein, StAR mRNA, and progesterone levels. Notably, the suppression of DAX-1 requires de novo transcription and translation, suggesting that the effect of DAX-1 in regulating StAR expression is dynamic. Chromatin immunoprecipitation studies revealed the association of DAX-1 with the proximal but not the distal region of the StAR promoter, and both (Bu)2cAMP and PMA decreased in vivo DAX-1-DNA interactions. EMSA and reporter gene analyses demonstrated the functional integrity of this interaction by showing that DAX-1 binds to a DNA hairpin at position -44/-20 bp of the mouse StAR promoter and that the binding of DAX-1 to this region decreases progesterone synthesis by impairing transcription of the StAR gene. In support of this, targeted silencing of endogenous DAX-1 elevated basal, (Bu)2cAMP-, and PMA-stimulated StAR expression and progesterone synthesis. Transrepression of the StAR gene by DAX-1 was tightly associated with expression of the nuclear receptors Nur77 and steroidogenic factor-1, demonstrating these factors negatively modulate the steroidogenic response. These findings provide insight into the molecular events by which DAX-1 influences the PKA and PKC signaling pathways involved in the regulation of the StAR protein and steroidogenesis in mouse Leydig tumor cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas 79430, USA.
authors.forename: Pulak R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Manna
authors.forename: Matthew T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Dyson
authors.forename: Youngah
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jo
authors.forename: Douglas M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Stocco
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002843:Chromatin / Q000235:genetics; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D057137:DAX-1 Orphan Nuclear Receptor; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012734:Disorders of Sex Development; D005260:Female; D007984:Leydig Cell Tumor / Q000235:genetics*; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D010750:Phosphoproteins / Q000235:genetics*; D011493:Protein Kinase C / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D013256:Steroids / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014960:X Chromosome / Q000235:genetics*; D000098682:Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein
chemical_list: D002843:Chromatin; D057137:DAX-1 Orphan Nuclear Receptor; D017931:DNA Primers; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C539966:Nr0b1 protein, mouse; D010750:Phosphoproteins; D013256:Steroids; D000098682:Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D011493:Protein Kinase C
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