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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
29
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-7-12
pubmed:abstractText
Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) is the central regulator of reproductive function. Expression of the GnRH gene is confined to a rare population of neurons scattered throughout the hypothalamus. Restricted expression of the rat GnRH gene is driven by a multicomponent enhancer and an evolutionarily conserved promoter. Oct-1, a ubiquitous POU homeodomain transcription factor, was identified as an essential factor regulating GnRH transcription in the GT1-7 hypothalamic neuronal cell line. In this study, we conducted a two-hybrid interaction screen in yeast using a GT1-7 cDNA library to search for specific Oct-1 cofactors. Using this approach, we isolated Pbx1b, a TALE homeodomain transcription factor that specifically associates with Oct-1. We show that heterodimers containing Pbx/Prep1 or Pbx/Meis1 TALE homeodomain proteins bind to four functional elements within the GnRH regulatory region, each in close proximity to an Oct-1-binding site. Cotransfection experiments indicate that TALE proteins are essential for GnRH promoter activity in the GT1-7 cells. Moreover, Pbx1 and Oct-1, as well as Prep1 and Oct-1, form functional complexes that enhance GnRH gene expression. Finally, Pbx1 is expressed in GnRH neurons in embryonic as well as mature mice, suggesting that the associations between TALE homeodomain proteins and Oct-1 regulate neuron-specific expression of the GnRH gene in vivo.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Chromatin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA, Complementary, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/DNA-Binding Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutathione Transferase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Hcfc1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Host Cell Factor C1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Octamer Transcription Factor-1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Oligonucleotides, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pou2f1 protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Pou2f1 protein, rat, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Repressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tgif protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Transcription Factors
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0021-9258
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
16
pubmed:volume
279
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
30287-97
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-2-3
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Amino Acid Motifs, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Binding Sites, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Chromatin, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Dimerization, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Dose-Response Relationship, Drug, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Gene Library, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Glutathione Transferase, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Host Cell Factor C1, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Hypothalamus, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Octamer Transcription Factor-1, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Oligonucleotides, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Precipitin Tests, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Protein Structure, Tertiary, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:15138251-Two-Hybrid System Techniques
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
TALE homeodomain proteins regulate gonadotropin-releasing hormone gene expression independently and via interactions with Oct-1.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Reproductive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92903, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't