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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-6-8
pubmed:abstractText
Some members of the Sry-type HMG box (Sox) protein family play important roles in embryogenesis as transcription factors. Here, we report that Sox15 transcripts were much more abundant in mouse placenta than in the fetus, the yolk sac, or several adult tissues. In situ hybridization analysis of the mouse E8.0 conceptus indicated that Sox15 mRNA was predominantly expressed in the trophoblast giant cells of the placenta. We also observed that the amount of Sox15 mRNA dramatically increased during the differentiation of mouse trophoblast stem cells. Ectopic expression of Sox15 in Rat choriocarcinoma cells enhanced the giant cell differentiation induced by a bHLH transcription factor, Hand1. Binding experiments in cotransfected 293 T cells and in vitro revealed that Sox15 interacted with Hand1. We next examined the effects of this interaction on the transcriptional activity of Hand1 and Sox15 using the luciferase reporter assay. Overexpression of Hand1 repressed the Sox15-driven reporter expression, but Sox15 enhanced the Hand1-driven transcription. This enhancement required both the Hand1-binding region and the transactivation domain of Sox15. These results may suggest that the increased transcriptional activity of Hand1 caused by Sox15 might promote the transcription of the target gene resulting in the trophoblast giant cell differentiation in the mouse placenta.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0301-4681
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
212-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Blotting, Northern, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-CHO Cells, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Cell Differentiation, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Cricetinae, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-DNA, Complementary, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-DNA Primers, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-High Mobility Group Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Placenta, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-SOX Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:16759287-Trophoblasts
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Sox15 enhances trophoblast giant cell differentiation induced by Hand1 in mouse placenta.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biosciences, School of Science, Kitasato University, 1-15-1 Kitasato, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 228-8555, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't